The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-08-15
GAINS BY STRIKERS.
Bellaire Plant Is Forced to
Shut Down.
BREAK IN CARNEGIE FORCES.
Zen skilled Workmen In Lower MIL
Go Out-some Accessions to shaf-
fcr's Ranks In Mckcesport and
whceIing-To Close BeIIwood.


made gains at Pittsburg. McKeesport.
Wheeling and Belaire in the last "a
hours, hut in the main the advantage is
still with the mill owners Both sides
claim to be preparing moves that will
bring confusion to opponents but neither
side had shown its hand. The general sit
uation can be briefly summarized as fol-
lows
Ten men, five of them skilled, quit at
the lower Union mill Of the Carnegie COM
pany in Pittsburg and joined the strikers.
Their detection represents the first break
in the Carnegie forces of more than To-
600 men. The strikers were jubilant over
the incident, but the company claims TO
have filled their places at once and that
there will be no more desertions at any of
the plants
The Bellaire plant at which the men
struck on Sunday was finally closed down
after working short handed until Monday
afternoon. When another start will be
made is problematical.
Several hundred boys employed at the
National Tube works at McKeesport
went out during the night and day, and
their action materially aided the effort of
the strikers to finally tie the plant up.
The works are going ahead short handed,
but the ranks Of the workers are thinning,
and the supply of material is limited.
The strikers made gains at Wheeling,
and the steel officials admitted that Ben
wood would be closed down. Clark's mill
here is moving along full handed, Lind
say Il McCutcheon's is operating with a
small crew, and the managers are plan
ming to open Painters and increase the
force at Lindsay & McCutcheon's
break in the ranks of the men who struck
at Painters is expected, but the strike
managers deny that one will occur. An
other break is reported as possible Mt
Newcastle, but there are as yet no posi-
tive indications of it.
The American Tin Plate company has
a small force at the Crescent plant in
Cleveland and is also planning resumption
at other points with nonunon men.
Both sides express their confidence in
ultimate victory and are actively carry
ing forward their respective campaigns
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated
association left today for Wheeling,
where he is to address the strikers. The
number of men out as result of the
general order is now roughly estimated at
10000 and on the three orders at 62,000
Many strikers have found work in inde-
and many are idle merely because the
skilled men are out.
According to an authoritative announce
ment made to representative of the
press by officials of the American Sheet
Steel company, the destruction of another
plant has been ordered by the steel cor
poration as a result Of the refusal of the
men to operate il. This time it Is the
CHARTERS plant at Carnegie that is to be
dismantled. 1t is owned by the American
Sheet Steel company, and the orders to
tear 1t down went out yesterday. 1t will
be removed to Leechburg, in the Kiski-
minetas valley.
The strikers were called together Mon
day by Superintendent John Henry and
preliminary notice of the company's plan
served on them. Eighty strikers re-
sponded, and Mr.. Henry told them that
the fires would be lighted and all prepara-
tions made for start Tuesday. He
said that at . o'clock the whistle would
be blown, and if the men failed to re-
spond the fires would never be relghted
The programme as outlined was carried
out, but when the whistle sounded the
men did not respond. The fires were at
once drawn, and the order to dismantle
and remove the mills was given. The
officials of the company said that the
plant would be down and moved within
two weeks.
The steel corporation held its ground at
Chicago, Joliet, Bay View Youngstown,
Columbus, the Kiskiminetas valley and
the Carnegie group with the exception of
the instance named. The strikers are
considering plans for breaking the deci-
sion Of Chicago, Joliet and Bay View to
CT md wtrith tl. Il
they plan to do has not yet been made
clear. They are charging some of the
western men with both dishonesty and
disloyalty, and there is a general desire
among members of the Amalgnmated
here for some form Of inquiry.
There was no trouble at any of the
strike centers yesterday, although it was
anticipated at the points where plants
are being partially operated and the men
are wayering on the question Of going out.
Crowds surrounded the Carnegie plants
here, and the officials finally called on the
police to clear them away. The officials
say that the loss of ten men at the lower
Union mill can he directly traced to the
threats of the strikers, who intercept the
men on the way to and from work. They
make the same complaint as to Bellaire,
Wheeling and McKeesport.
telegram from Youngstown SAYS
that the furnace workers have decided
not to strike. The executive committee
OF the Furnace Workers union of Ma
honing and Shenango valleys met in that
cry today to receive and take action up
on the report of the subcommittee ap-
pointed to investigate the rumored sale of
the output Of the furnaces of the two val
leys to the United States Steel corpora
uon. The subcommittee's finding was
TO the effect that the rumor was correct,
but the executive committee, after long
discussion of the situation, in view of the
1act that the steel corporation has fur
PACE capacity Of its own sufficient to sup
ply IT'S present needs and the further
iact that the furnace owners involved
have given the men assurances that il
they will continue at work no pig iron
will be shipped under the contract with
the steel corporation, decided that n
strike at this time is unadvisable. Mean
time 1t was decided to organize the stock
men and other employees of all the fur
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