Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-10
Forces at Riverside Iron
Works Follow Shat
fer's Order.
THOUGHT TO BE NON-UNIoN
Belief That the Federation
Will Help in the Steel
Struggle.


men at the large Riverside Iron works
here obeyed the order of President
Schaffer and came out on q strike this
morning. The plant has been oper-
ated as non-union mill.
Pittsburg, Aug. 10.-It is believed
here now that accurate figures as to
the number of men that will obey the
strike order will not be obtainable
until tomorrow night. With the last
turn of the day all the mills close to
remain closed until tomorrow night,
when the next turn is supposed to
commence. A true test will be fur
nished by the number of men who
fail to put in an appearance tomorrow
night.
Pittsburg, Aug. 1O.-O1icials of the
Amalgsmated Plate company issued
a statement today announcing that it
was their intention to dismaDtle and
remove to Monessen certain of
their mills which are tied up by
strikes.
Miners IndOrss Strikers.
indianapolis, Aug. 10 The execu-
tive board of the United Mine Work
ers of America in session here today
adopted resolutions setting out the
Cdh6Co VI luC 5ICCA ShIlkG duo lnuOl5-
ing the action of the Amalgamated
association. pledgirg the support of
the mine workers and ling on
President Gompers to call meeting
of the pre- sidents aud secretaries of
all bodies connected with the Ameri
can Federation of Labor to meet and
devise plans fer aiding the strikers.
Copies were sent to ShafTer and Com
pers.
Pfttsburg. Aug. 1O-There were
ErIvely important developments in
the strike situation yesterday. The |
United States Steel Corpora ion moved |
decisive Iy in its strike campaign with |
a peremp;Ory order directing that the |
great DeweeS-WOOd plant at McIlees-
port be dismantled mad removed TO
the Kiskimt netas valley. PRESIDENT |
GOmpers of the American Federation |
Of Labor. after two days conference |
with President Shaffer and his assO-
Ciates. issued Il formal statement last /
night specifically pledsing the Fedora
tiOn to the moral and financial" sup
port Of th AmalgamItcd. His writ /
ten review Of the train Of events lead /
ing up 10 the Industrial quarrel SuS- /
tainS the course Of the Amalgamated |
Association. and declares that moth /
ing remains for labor but to battle /
for the cause OF uniOniSm.
Trust HagnAtes Spring n Surprise.
The official announcement OF the or
der to dismantl~ the Devices Wood 4
plant came toward the close OF an
otherwise uneventful day, and It's i'm
portance WAS such that II claimed the /
serious consideration of either side Of Il
tho great Industrial conflict now be-
ing wagpd here. Persifer +. Smith, |
district manager for the American /
Sheet Steel company, made the formal Il
announcement in the following state
menL. Il have orders from President /
SIcNurty. OF the American Sheet Steel |
company. TO at once tear down the /
Devices Wood plant 1T MckeespOrt /
and remove the same to Kiskimenetas
valley. This I shall proceed to do im-
mediately." The publication of the
order was complete surprise, and L
McKeesport received mt the first with 4
doubt. Actual preparations We're
made later in the day for the disman-
Ting of The mill, and there is little Il
room for doubt that il viii be taken /
apart piece by piece.
How the Strikers Take the Move.
The strikers heard the order in
spirit of defiance. They simply said i
that it showed the steel corporation
was convinced that it. could not re
open the plant in the face Of the oppo-
sitiOn OF the Amalgamated ASsocia-
ton. Strike leaders here said that
the order was bluff that had been
worked unsuccesSfully before. and de-
cliued to take it seriously. A repre-
sentative or the press showed District |
Manager Smiths statement to Presi-
dent Shaffer. but after reading it he
declined to talk about il. Il have
nothing TO say about this order TO dis
mantle the Dewees-W Wood plant" was
all that he would say.
Local sympathy with Strikers.
The steel OfficAlS declined to give |
any reason for the order. but it is |
openly stated here that the pronounced |
sympathy Of citizens and city officials
at McKeespOrt with the strikers is re-
sponsfble for IL. The National Tube |
company had in contemplation i'm
provementS at MckeeSpOrt Of an ex-
tensive nature. but It is now said that
owing to- the fact that their men have
been drawn into the Amalgamated
dispute and the policy of the people At
McKeesport they are seriously cOnsid-
ering a plan 10 remove The mayor
of McKeesport is quoted as declaring
that he would arrest all non-union
men coming into McKeesport as va
grants.
WILL STAND BY THE EAMALGAMATED
Gompers' Stntemsut on That Point-What /
sha Federation NAV Do.