Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-15
Fight of Amalgamated Asso-
citation Against Steel
Trust Begins.
ALL NEGOTIATIONS FAIL
Thousands of Men at Vari
Gus Plants in Several
States Are Idle.

Pittsburg, July 15.-The strike o.
taembers of the Amalgamated asso
citation ordered Saturday night was
generally observed in the Pitts lrg
district this morning. The Painter
mills of the American Steel Hoop
company, of the south side, shut
down. 1t is estimated that between
700 and 500 men are out. Everything
is quiet. The Lindsay & McCutcheon
plant of the American Steel Hoop
company in Allegheny is also idle,
and the Monongahela plants of the
American Tin Plate company are
closed. These plants are looked upon
Steel COZ Iporation as the strongholds
OF the non unionists in the Hoop COM
pany.
Pittsburg, July 15.-Four thousand
hve hundred employees of the Nation
al Tube company, at McKeesport,
were notified today of voluntary ad-
vance in wages Of 10 per cent. The
men are not organized, but the Anal
gamated association is making efforts
to induce them to join the union.
Several months ago the men demand
ed 10 per cent advance, but were
refused.
Pomeroy. Ohio, July 15.-Three
hundred men are out of employment
at the Pomerny work cf the American
Steel Hoop company as a result of the
strike. The Inill did not start fires
this morning.
Cum berland, Md, July 1.-Two
hundred men employed by the Amer
ican Tin Plate mills, at this place,
failed to report for work this morn
ing. Ths mill is closed.
Plants Close at Youngstown.
the plants of the American Steel Hoop
company snd the American Sheet
Steel company in the MahoDing VAL
ley closed this morning as result of
the strike. Seven thousand FIVE hun
dTed men are directly or indirectly
l. ffected.
Cleveland. July 15.-Between 400
and 500 men employed by the Crescent
Tin Plate mills. the only plant in the |
city affected by the strike, struck |
TO-DAY. The plant is practically idle. |
New Philadelphia, Ohio. July 15.-l
The plants of the American Sheet |
Steel company in TuscaTawas valley |
closed down today owing to the strike |
The mills affected are those at New 4
Philadelphia. Denison and Canal Do
YER. Two thousand men are idle.
Anderson, Ind, July 15-All the
members of the Amalgamated asso-
ciation employed in the tin plate mills
here and at Middletown spd Elwood
struck this morning. The mills
closed. Five hundred men are idle
here.
Pittsburg. July 1J.-FrOm present
indications it looks probable that Pres
ident Shaffers strike order. issued /
Saturday night 10 the Amalgamated
Association members in the employ OF
the American steel Hoop company, the
American Sheet Steel company and the
American Tinplate company will be
obeyed unanimously. THE strike was
not of our own seeking" said Presi-
dent Shaffer yesterday. 'It was forced
upon us. We were not cOntending for /
wages. but for principle-for self-prcs-
ervatiOu. The tin and sheet people
will not be able to turn single wheel |
tomorrow. We have our forces thor
OuShly organized. and there will be
some surprises in store. The order
will he promptly Obeyed by all our
men,"
Says There VIII he no Trouble"
But there will he no trouble. La
Dor organizations have changed The
Association is not the
association it was twenty years ago.
not even five years ago. The men are
more readily controlled: in fact, we
have our men under control De
velopments indicate that Pittsburg is
going TO he a pretty lively strike CEN
ter. The most interest attaches to the
Painters mill' on the south side. and
TO that of Lindsay < McCutcheon in
Both mills are controlled
by the American Sheet Hoop company
and have hitherto been aggressiveIy
non-uniOn, and much depends upon
the action taken by the men in these
plants
Conference Was n Failure.
All the foregoing is apropOs of the
fact that last weeks conference he
tween the steel magnates' representa-
tives and those of the AmalGamated
was a failure. After a
three days session the conference adj
iourned finally at 6 p. m Saturday |
reaching an agreement. In
less than an hour later President Shaf-
fer. of the Amalgamated Association,
had wired the order TO all the Anal
zamated lodges in the tinplate. steel |
hoop and sheet steel mills Of the cOun- !
try TO strike to-day. not going to work .
this morning. For the present Presi- ];
dent Shaffer says that only the three
named will be affected. but "