Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-08-08
STEEL TRUST
CLAIMS GAINS
Work Has Been Started in a Num-
ber Of the Union Iron
Works.
STRIKERS FOUND PLACES
President shafer of the Amalgamated As
sociation and President Gompers Of the
American Federation of Labor Hold
An Important Conference.

moving quickly in the steel strlke now
and unless some unlocked for lhteN-
vention occurs, the contending sloes
will soon face one another in the fun
measure of their strength. This n2rn-
ing the United States Steel COZ pofa7-
tion succeeded in reopening the Farm
mill at the say-McCutcheon plant
and the nine inch mill of the Clark
plant.
President Sampel j. Gompers OF the
American Federation Of Labor, arrived
here to confer with President Shaffer
of the Amalgamated association. The
steel corporation counts the reopening
of the Lindsay-McCutcheon mill as q
material victory over the strikers
while the latter insist that the COM
pany has not sufficient men to keep the
mill in operation. There is no distur-
bance over the reopening of the mill.
Most of the men who struck at that
mill found places in the independent
plants and when the start was maze
nobody was on hand to offer any oppo-
sition. The steel officials are elated at
the success at Wellsville, Hyde Park,
Clark and the indsay-McCutcheon
plants and are preparing to open the
other mills. They have fires alight at
the Painter mill and may produce the
men needed to start up at any time.
There has been no violence as yet, but
it is predicted here today that II the
general strike order becomes effective
H. 1o1 ,,f 0110o
to preserve order.
GOBBLED UP BY THE STEEL
TRUST.
New York, Aug. SIT is announced
here that the United States Steel cor-'
poration has obtained control of the
Shelby tube works, corporation with
fifteen mills in various parts of the
country producing tubes Of all kinds,
but principally the higher grades. The
works are operated by non-union men,
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. S.-President
Shaffer and President Gompers are in
conference. The latter came here last
night from Atlantic City, accompanied
by Secretary Morrison and reached the
strike headquarters unobserved. The
conference is a secret one, in fact, 1t Is
not generally known here yet that he
is in the city. The resultss of the con-
ference are of the greatest Importance
to the strikers. Thousands of fedora
ton men work side by side with the
Amalgamated men and their policy as
to the strike will be vitality important.
Besides that, the federation has vast
membership and it's financial assist
ance is an important consideration.
President Shaffer, when shown the re-
port of the starting of the Lindsay
McCutcheon plant of the American
Steel Hoop company, said: Nothing in
it. have a report from Vice President
Gibson informing he that there are on
ly two men at the works, one striker
and the other common laborer. 1t
would do them no good and would do
the company harm to take men from
the other mills and put them there as
they only break the machinery and
spoil the material. There being no
place for them to get raw material, as
they cannot get the puddlers to make
it, how can they run the finishing mills
Why I cannot get puddlers for the
union mills. I have an order for 81
puddlers to go to work at once at the
Sligo mills on the southside and can
not get them. Men are wanted at st
Louis, Birmingham and all over the
country. We have advertisements ir
the Amalgamated Journal for al
classes of skilled men, and it is i'm.
possible to get them"
AT 1880 this afternoon the conference
between the national officers of the
Amalgamated association and th'
Federation Of Labor was still on. Pres
ident Samuel Gpmpers, Secretary Nor
rison and General Organizer Flynn O.
the American Federation of Labor
and President Shaffer Secretary VIII
Jams and Assistant Secretary Tigh'
held a conference behind closed doors
THE MEN REFUSE TO STRIKE.
Altoona, Pa., Aug. S.-The rumor o
strike at the non-union American
Steel Hoop company's mill at Dun
cansville, Pa, is without foundation
All the men are at work today. Their
is no organization among the workmel
and the men have already voted almos
unanimously not to strike.
A BUNK HOUSE FOR NON-UNIOl
MMN.
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. Sat tn
Crescent tin plates works today tn
carpenters are engaged in erecting
large building which 1t Is said is to b
used as a boarding house for non
union men employed at the plant. Th
union men visited practically ever
merchant in Newburgh today and ask
ed all to. refuse to sell supplies to nor
union men.
THE STRIKE AT SAN FRANCISCt
washington, Aug. S.-A dispatch he
been received at the war departmer
from Colonel Long, quartermaster
San Francisco, showing the serio'
condition that exists there as resu
of the strikes. 1t has been found IN
possible to procure skilled labor ar
its almost impossible to find labor
any kind to work on the ships. For tn
reason the government will turn tt
transport Lennox over to it's owne
without removing the government Il
tings. Heretofore, It has been the GU
tom to have the transport refitted {
expiration Of the charter as when Il