Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-07-06
FIFTY THOUSAND
\ MEN INVOLVED NOW
Employees Of tie american Steel
Company to Be Called Out
Today.
PRESIDENT SHAFfER ON STRIKE
He Declares the Anaigamated Association
VIII Make the Fight One TO Be neA
membered-Is Well Prepared
for - Long Struggle.

Pittsburg, Pa, July 2.-President 1.
J. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Assoc
citation of Iron, Steel and Tin workers,
will this morning issue an order
calling out all union employees of the
various mills of the American Steel
Hoop company, known as the hoop
trust. 1t is estimated that $4,000 men
will be subject TO the call, which, In
connection with the big strike Of the
American Sheet Steel company, ordered
by President Shafrer on Saturday viii
affect $4,000 men.
President Shafier said last night:
THE impression that only the mills
Of the American Sheet Steel
are affected by the decision Of Satur-
day Is a mistake. The workmen OF all
mills I'm the American Steel Hoop COM
pany are interested, and will be Of
hcIally notified tomorrow that the scale
has not been signed and that they viii
quit work. In the well organized mills
this notice will not be necessary, rs
the men will have watched the situa-
ton carefully, but in what is known as
open mills where union men have been
allowed to work side by side with the
non-union men is where we have TO
move. Union men must walk out OF
these mills T. the hoop rust.
1.-The open mills TO be notified are one
at Eollidaysburg, Pa, three at Pitts
burg and one at Monessen. The or
ganized mills which Will close on u
call are the upper and lower mills at
youngstown, o., Pomeroy, o., sharon
Pa, Girard, Pa, Warren, Pa, Greea-
vile, Pa. This, | believe, VIII bring the
number of men affected up 10 oO,OOo'
III is q matter OF regret that the is
49,. I..g L.an fnrpp1 hat IL now lOUkS
as though it will be n Tight TO death,
continued Mr.. Shaffer. The AElalBa-
mated association is not unprepared
for It. We have not had a general
strike for many years, and in that time
we have not been idle. We have funds
and will use them. Right here, l want
to correct an impression which has Deen
given out that no benefits will be paid
strikers until two months have elapsed
The Amalgamated association viii be-
gin at once to AXE care OF it's people.
Mr.. Shaffer concluded his talk BY
saying:
Il will say now what / said to Mr..
Smith, general manager Of h Sheet
Steel company, in the conference.
said If IT Is to be a strike we VIII MAKE
IT one to be ramembered. The officials
now DEALING nth us nave but little
idea of the extent to which this strike
will go once it is on
Saturdays strike Order.
Pittsburg, July 1.-The joint con-
ference OF the committee OF the ANAL
galnated Association OF Iron, Steel and
Tin workers and the American sheet
Steel company, which has been in ses-
sion here, has been unable TO reach an
agreement on the wage scale Tor the
ensuing year and adjourned nnally.
The Amalgamated association officials
asked that the scale be signed for all
union mills and the manufacturers pre-
scented a counter proposition not only
refusing to sign for all union mills, but
stipulating that two plants that were
included last year be excepted. These
mills are the old Meadow plant at
Scottdale and the Salisbury, Pa,
works. The conference then broke up
and President Shaffer at once issued a
strike order. The shutdown OF the
union plants OF the American Sheet
Steel company will involve nine of the
largest plants in the country, involving
about 10000 men. Notwithstanding
Skaters order il is thought another
effort will be made next week 10 effect
q settlement, as 1t is known neither
side is anxious for q ~protracted shut
down.