Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-08-16
STRIKE
STRUGGLE BETWEENTHETRusT
AND sUN.
DER FULL SWING.

About sixty Observation-Disclosures
Make Gains. During the Day With
Prospects Of Further AceessIons.
~Pittsburg, Aug. 13.-The struggle
for mastery between manufacturers
and men in the steel industry is now
fairly launched and on the first show
of strength advantage is with the for.
mer. The general strike order issued
by President Shaffer of the .Amalga>5
mated Association has so far been
obeyed by only about $4,000 men. &C.
cording to the best figures obtainable
here. The first two preliminary calls
were answered by about $4,000 men,
30 that the total number now out j.
In the neighborhood Of $4,000. The
strikers made gains here during the
day and their prospects for further
accessions at both McKeesport and
Wheeling during the week are very
favorable. The action Of the AmalGa-
mated men at Chicago, Joliet and Bay
View in refusing to come out and.
their failure: to secure any recruits in
the Carnegie group throughout the
Kiskiminetas valley and the big plants
at Youngstown and Columbus, o.
have been markedly disappointing to
them. They r keeping up the fight,
however, In a spirited manner and
claim that they have strength in re-
serve which viii surprise their joppo7;
nents. They assert that they have
gained q foothold in the Carnegie
mills in this city and at the time de-
sired the men will come out. They
are pressing their advantages At Nc
Keesport and. Wheeling and their or.
g~antzers are still at work in. those :tWo,
cities.
Appeal for Financial Aid.
An appeal for financial aid has been
made to- organized labor and The gen.
eral public and it is expected that the
responses to it will be liberal. The
Amalgamated leaders were not dis
posed to do much talking. They would
not discuss the desertion of their
Western fellows. "
The men who are directing the fight
In the field for the steel corporation
and its constituent companies would
give no indication Of their plans for
the future and would only discuss the
situation generally. Their reports
showed that the Carnegie group, South
Chicago, Bay View, Joliet, Youngs-
town, Columbus, the Kiskiminetas val
ley group, Wellsville and Monessens
were moving along full handed. Bel
laire, their adyices showed, was bad
~ crippled. but world be started up
again in the=morning. They admitted
the loss OF the National Rolling mill
at McKeesport, which they had ex.
pected to hold, and that the Boston
mill and Monongahela steel works at
McKeesport. and the Republic and
Elba here were tied up. Their tube
workers at McKeesport and here were
still at work. but menaced by: a pos
stble shortage of material. Their tube
men at Wheeling were out. but the
furnace and coke men there were at
work and their steel men there w.
+ Showed an inclination to Stay
On unless intimidated. They also
claimed that many Of their men at
McKeesport desired to work, but were
being terrorized by the disorderly ele-
ment. They also charged that many
OF their men were being frightened
from their places at Wheeling and in.
sisted that adequate protection for the
men there would insure continued on.
erations.. It was also stated by the
steel officials that Clark's mill here
was moving along with its non-union
crews engaged last week, and that an.
other mill manned by old .Amalga.
mated men had started up at Wells.
Vile, representing a gain of one there
since Saturday. -:
Officials of the National Tube com.
pany and Mayor Black clashed over
the question OF protection for non.
strikers and property. A large crowd
Of strikers assembled around the
works and: their pickets Intercepted
tube workers On their way to the
mills, There was some excitement
and the mill. officers. claiming that
their; men were being threatened and
IN danger Of violence, called on Mayor
Black to clear the streets and protect,
The mayor said that he would only In:
terfere to stop actual noting and as,
SAINT. Two other appeals were made
to him later in the morning, but he in.
sisted that, there was no danger Of an
outbreak.
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