Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-08
made for a time. hut IL will not
last long,

ly outlined by J. W. Pryale, secretary
of the Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers. who said to-day:
There are no union mills
making structural steel or iron
and our men have been work
Ing the material furnished them
and will continue to do so. IL
there was one union mill maxi
ing the material used by ms we
would possibly act differently.
1 took this matter up with
President shaaer two years
ago, but he did not sec then of
of wbnt benefit an alliance
with our organization would
he to the mill
Secretary John Bishop, of the OhiJ
board of arbitration, is in town and is
visiting several of the combine officers,
it is said. in the interest of another
conference. He refused to discuss ais
movements, saying he was here on otn-
er than the steel organizations affairs.
The continuation of the strike and
tho Fact that it is to be extended 20
greater proportions augmented the
scramble that has been on in pittshurg
Co. two weeks to secure sheets aud lin
plates. A canvass Of lie jobbers devel-
c9e.i that the supply of both sheets
and tin plate is rapidly running behind
the demand, especially in tin plate.
The American Tin Plate Company has
not changed its quotation of s4.25 per
box, but have paid this week
as high as $3.50 for boxes for immedi-
ate delivery. The combine price for
sheets is $50 per ton, but $40 and SIS
have been paid for sheets available at
once. The independent mills are reap
ing a harvest. They are taking con-
tracts at prices as high, in some cases,
as $40 a ton for future delivery.
The sale department OF the American
Steel Sheet Company has given notice
to jobbers that it cannot take any Or
ders for some time, as the capacity OF
the operating sheet mills has been con
traoted for.
AmnIgamated Headquarters
are more quiet to-day than they have
been since the strike order was talked
of. The officials of the organization
were busy all day attending to routine
business and getting out material for
the various local lodges Of the associa-
ton that have been organized during
the past few weeks. A report was re-
ceived early in the morning from the
strikers in New Castle, announcing that
the order for a strike had been obeyed
to the letter and the men were out to
a man. The news of the starting Of
the Clark mills in this city was not
surprising to the officials of the organ
ization as they had received intima-
tions of what was to happen yesterday
afternoon. The situation is perfectly
understood in Lawrenceville, the Of
ficers say and the misunderstanding
that caused the colored men to return
to work will, it is said, be rectifed in
a short time. One OF the most inter-
esting factors of the strike is beginning
to develop. 1t was intimated that a
plan is on foot for the formation of an
advisory board for the purpose of aid
ing President Shaffer in carrying on the
struggle. which will be composed Of the
presidents of the
Various Trade Organizations
with headquarters in Pittsburg. Such
men as President Simon Burns, OF the
window glass workers association;
President John Kunzler, Of the Flint
glass workers; National Secretary
James Pryal, of the structural iron
workers association; Patrick Dolan, OF
the United Mine Workers and others,
who can be brought together. This
board would. it was argued, prove a
powerful factor in carrying the weight
of public opinion with the strike and
perhaps give far more substantial sup
port to the organization now struggling
than by any other means.
No one in the offices of the trust
seems to expect any settlement OF the
strike except by the destruction OF the
Organization of the ~Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION in all trust mills. 1t seems
perfectly reasonable to the officials that
this should be the result of the present
difficulty and they look for no other.
The whole plan of campaign Will be
one of silence, and no statement will
be made by the officials of any kind.
1t is expected to keep the strikers
guessing all the time. and not knowing
where their lines are to be attacked.
It is said that the officials have re-
ceived assurances from many of the
men that they will return at the proper
time and they could
start Several of Their III
il it was not for the desire on their
part to avoid any open rupture or Gre
ate riots or violence. They deny that
there is any motive on their part to
goad the men to acts which will give
cause for calling on the militia to guard
property and allow non-union men to
work in peace.
A rumor was current to-day that
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