The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-22
BAY VIEW MEN QUIT.
Steel Workers at Milwaukee Re
consider Their Action.

L 0lAAN lhhAINg IL -.
example OF their brothers in Joliet,
the members OF the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION Of Iron, Steel and Tin Work.
ers, about 200 in number, Saturday
night voted to go out in a body and as a
result a strike which will probably last
an indefinite period has been inaugu-
rated. The arguments of Assistant
Secretary Michael f. Tighe, of Pitts
| burg, and Vice President Davis, of
South Chicago, proved too potent for
the majority of the union, and when
the vote was counted it was found that
l57 were in favor of breaking the con-
tract with the Illinois Steel company
to 3S against it. 1t was then decided
to make the vote unanimous and the
meeting closed with a congratulatory
| address by Vice President w. c. Davis,
whose lodge in South Chicago has
voted to continue at work.
As a result of the action taken by
the local lodge about 1900 men will be
thrown out of work and the resump-
ton of the big plant in Bay View is
problematical. The meeting of the
lodge, which was held in Odd Fellows
hall, was attended by nearly 200 men,
the Bay View plant having been closed
down for the purpose. The session
lasted five hours andit was $50 before
| the final vote was taken and the mem
bers of the lodge fled silently out of
the doors. The only men who eX-
] pressed joy at the result were Vice
President w. C. Davis and Michael F.
TIghe, the personal representative of
President T. J. Shaffer. 1t was the ar
gument of the latter, continued for 1h
hours, which induced the men to
change their decision of a week ago
and to obey the strike order of Presi-
dent Shaffer.
Vice President Davis said he thought
that the South Chicago lodge may be
| induced to change its decision when
the action of the Bay View lodge is
made known.
May he Moved from Milwaukee.
The mills at Bay View have been
operated unin~terruptedly for years.
The village of Bay View had become so
prosperous that it was annexed to the
city a few years ago., but it still forms
an Independent community, greatly
dependent upon the mills for its pros
perity. There are at least 5000 peo-
pie, the workmen and their families,
dependent upon the mill wages for a
livelihood. 1t is strongly limited that
the mills will never again be opened in
Milwaukee. This statement is made
on the authority of one having a close
connection with the Federal Steel
company, who says that the question
of a removal has long been considered
among the possibilities. one of the
possibilities being a strike. There are
said to be many objections to Bay
View, which have led the company to
talk of removal of the works, but now
that the iron workers have left their
places the question of removal viii be
renewed with what is believed to be a
strong probability of contamination
OF plans long ago partly matured.
Situation at Joliet.
Joliet, Ill, Aug. 19.-Au is quiet in
Joliet. The men are busy perfecting
plans for keeping the local situation
well in hand. At a meeting of lodges
Sunday interest centered in reports
from South Chicago. Great hopes are
entertained by the leaders that South
Chicago will follow the lead of Joliet
and Bay View. No attempt to start
up the plant here is anticipated this
week. The wire mills will be com
PEELED to shut down before the end
Of this week. This will throw out
1000 additional men.
steel Operatives Hopeful.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. ia party of
strike breakers brought up from the
south by special train were safely de-
livered in the steel mill at Monessen
early Sunday morning and the United
States Steel corporation expects to add
that plant to the number running part
" or in full with nonunion men within
the next "a hours. The Carnegie prop
critics also resumed Sunday night
without a break in the forces operating
them and that fact joined with a prom
Use of an early start at Monessen leads
the steel officials here TO take a very
NDpt4u4 vie" VI AAE S4Lud AlOus
some Fear Of Trouble.
The strikers claim that men enough
to start the MOnessen mills cannot be
obtained, and that they have not yet
shown their hand at Duquesne and the
other Carnegie plants, but promise
that later developments will indicate
their strength to better advantage. 1t
was anticipated that there would be
trouble when the nonunion men
reached Monessen for the strikers
were watching the railroads and river
and had expressed a determination to
prevent the entrance of the strike
breakers. The men who were handling
the movement for the steel corpora
tion successfully yelled their action,
however, and had their charges safely
within the plant hours before it was
known definitely by anyone on the
outside that the men had arrived. They
were brought to Monessen by special
train and were landed at four o'clock
in the morning. It is not known how
many men were in the party or where
they were obtained. The mills are
guarded and the men will be kept on
the premises until all danger Of trouble
ceases. Bunks for about so men have
been erected and large quantities Of
food have been purchased for them. A
fence has been thrown around the prop
erty and guards posted to keep out all
i~ntrudefs. The strikers will undoubt-
edly make an effortto induce the strike
breakers TO quit and the fear is ex-
| pressed that there will be trouble II