The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-17

Dover mills. In the first three they
nad all started to work. In the Canal
Dover works the strikers were not ac
copied Tor the present. The American
oteel HOOP company reported the five
pants IN Ohio, which were idle as a
result of the strike, all operating TO-DAY
ihese plants are still union and will re-
main So With the American Sheet Steel
company 1t was stated that with the
starting of the additional union mills
Yesterday, the company was turning ont
Iully 80 per cent of the normal tonnage
beIore the strikers returned they were
Eelung out 70 per cent. The actual loss
~ lne company on account of the strike
was comparatively small The reports
from the National Tube company mills
showed that over 1000 strikers in Nc
heesport asked for work there in the.
various plants during the day. OF this
number about 1000 were EMPLOYED. The
olher Z,OO0 were not employed owing to
.he mills not being ready for them If
Is expected that they will all return to
work during the week.
TIN WORKERS MAY WITHDRAW.
The indications that the tin workers
VIII withdraw from the AmaIgamate0
association shortly and form an indie
penoeht organization are becoming
stronger. Many of the more prominent
Workmen are active in suggesting this
course and of giving united aid to these
H'en VINO are standing out in the Star
and MonongaheIa plants.
"A committee from the coupling tan de-
partment In the tube works at McKees-
port demanded that Supt Moyat rein
state the twenty men discharged this
morning He refused, and the coupIers
voted to stay out in a body. That de-
partment was running with small force
tonight. Twenty-Five hundred men went
ON night turn in the tube works The
mills VIII be picketed Tonight If ia
sdlo, as many discharges were report
ed IN other departments and the men
say tney must go back in body.
Union lodge, of Boston rolling mill, voted
70 stay out or go back in a body Supt.
Ayres told them he could onlv treat
with them as individuals The commit
tee learned from President Shaffer thar
the men could go in or stay ont and
would be recognized by the AmsIga,
mated IN either case If thew stava,5
out they would get strike BENEFITS. TIE
union lodge voted to retain its indie
penoent organization. A majority OF
the strikers are Disguised with svmna.
thetic strikes and the treatment received
from Amalgamated headquarters. The
minority threatens local tie I'D but il
is not believed possible
MKEESPORT HIT HARD.
The results of the strike in Mckee
sport are that the Wood mill probably
viii be lost to McKeesport and the
Demmler lost to the union More than
$l ,Ooo,OOO was lost in wages as follows.
Nine thousand five hundred tube men out
i've weeks, $4,000; 900 Wood men OUT
eleven weeks, s155,O00; 700 Demmler men
out nine weeks, $4,000; total, 81, O5O. COO.
The settlement of the steel strike with
out giving publicity to the terms of agree
ment has resulted in a rather chaotic
state OF affairs here. At the Riverside
ana Bellaire mills there has been no COM
pllance with President Skaters orders
TO return to work. The Aetna Standard
VIII be an association mill and will start
Wednesday. Ten mills at the Iaugh;i1
plant, In Martins Ferry, started TODAY
ana more will be started tomorrow. The
riverside and Bellaire workmen were or,
ganized after the strike started. At the
former district Vice President Walter
Larklns has advised against going to
work until the situation is definitely I'M
derstood
New Castle, Pa, reports that the Shen.
ango tin mills were tonight ordered TO
resume operations tomorrow morning
rms Is said to be because the men of the
Monongahela and Star mills at Pittsburo
refused to go to work on the basis on
which the strike was settled.
The Bellaire mill will start under the
agreement as a union plant