The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-21
STEEL STRIKERS WORRIED
Leaders Apprehensive Over the
Symptoms at WelIsyille.

/ The Men Aroused by the Heavy Finci
Imposed on Fractions IdIers-Quict
at McENeespOrt-The Mills at Du
/ quesnc Continue in Operation
/ PITTSBURG. Aug. 21.-Thc reports re.
/ ceived from WeusyiHe today Of the ap
/ pearance of "a riotous temper among ,he
/ strikers because of the heavy fines i'm
posed by Mayor Dennis on some Of the
! fractions idIers and because a score and
/ a half Of non-union men had been sworn
/ in as deputies, were viewed with appre-
hension al strike headquarters. The
/ strike leaders say that an extensive out
break Of violence is to be dreaded by
/ them as the one thing which would cause
the instant colIerse Of the strike.
McKeesport is stiH enjoying the quiet
4 that has characterized il since the mill
men went out last week and at Duqucsae.
where trouble was predicted for today,
there is quiet also. Many Of the labor lead
ers have gone 20 Duquesne in the effort 20
get the men there 10 strike and a new lot
have come In here 10 take their places.
There is great activity among the lead
ers just now. Last night there were
three union meetings At one Of them the
painters. paperhangers. and decorators
We're admitted TO the Federation OF La
bor- The new members Numbered forty
thee men. This is one OF the unions that
Will be represented in the advisory board
when it Is formed. Another meeting last
night was one Of the Poles. Hungarians.
and sIavs who were employed in the tube
mills The leaders report that several Of
the foreigners joined the Federation The
local members Of the Switchmen's Union
Of North America held a meeting also m
honor Of the grand master Of the organi-
zation- After this meeting a secret ses-
sion was hello in which the strike was dis
cussed.
The strike leaders are doing their ut
most 10 induce the switchmen Of the Nc
Keesport connecting railroad, that dis
tributes freight TO the mills TO strike.
They have had no success thus far.
At Duquesne this morning the early day
shift went on duty at the usual hour and
there was no sign Of a strike. although
the union organizers hung around the
mills gates as usual and encouraged the
men 20 strike as they went into their
work. Yesterday and last night some Of
the strike leaders here spread the report
that the steel corporation would close
down the Duquesue mills for fear of a
strike.
The latest news in regard 10 the moving
Of the Devices Wood mill is 10 the erect
that the plant viii be- taken TO Leechburg.
Pa. instead Of 10 Nandergrift. as was an
nounced at first. II IS said by very good
authority that the President OF the Amer
lean sheet Steel Company. 10 which the
Wood mill belongs. mas ordered a plot OF
ground near the kirkpatrick mills at
Leechburg- cleared fOr the Wood mill. and
also has ordered the officers Of the kIrk-
patrick mills TO be ready 70 receive the
machinery from the mill when il is ship
ped At present day and night gangs are
al work at the Wood mill, and the work
Of clearing out the plant is progresstng
satisfactorily. The report that the Wood
mill could not be moved because OF a
S-,or,yoJ mortgage on the plant is declared
10 be groundiess- a prominent attorney
here VINO is familiar with the affairs Of
the Wood coucerl said today.
If the officers Of the Steel CORPORATION
desire to remove the plant they can do
so because there are no obstacles 10 pre-
vent them The bonds issued as security
for the mortgage mature on May 1. 1910.
but that can De got over All that the
officers Of the corporation need 10 do is 20
pay the interest on the amount until the
dato Of the maturity Of the bonds and
then pay the principal"
Never was NcHeesport so guarded in a
strike as il is now Yet in all there IS
not one sign 10 show that any one plant
along the river front IS considered sus-
piciOus except Demmler. There extra
pickets do duty day and night and the
picNets have acquired the right TO a tele-
phone line by means Of which they can
sound any alarm This week the strikers
have adopted "a new method of picketiug
Both al night and in the day time there
are men stationed in certain houses along
the danger line, always at upstairs win
dows. whore an uudervicW is TO be had and
always from behind closed shutters or
drawn curtains. sharp eyes watch the
street and runs leading 20 the mills This
is especially true of the main run to the
pipe mill. which is at the foot Of Locust
Street adjacent 90 the Baltimore and
Ohio depot and which is regarded as the
danger point