The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-07-19
NON-UNlON MEN TOO FEW
American Federation of Labor Offers
the Strikers Aid.
PLANTS PATRolLED BY ARMED GUARDS
n, Word From The Manufacturers. An Estimate
Of The Enormous Losss 10 Employers
and Men CAUSED by Strike.
Peace Unbroken.
(By the Associated Press. J

Pittsburg, Pa, July live have not
heard from the other side at any time in
any way, or on any subject since we part
ed at the Lincoln Hotel last Saturday."
This is the positive statement made by
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated
Association this afternoon and disposes
OF the rumor from New York today that
the strike had been settled. Mr.. Shaffer
stated further that no actual negotiations
were on between President Bishop Of the
Ohio State Arbitration Board and him.
self tending towards arbitration A let
ter received by Mr.. Shaffer from Mr.
Bishop asking IL he would consent to a
re-opening OF the conference has not been
answered yet.
The principal events in the days strike
history were the failure of the Sheet Steel
people to reopen the Wellsville plant with
union men owing to the fact that
only thirty men reported, the offer of
nnancial assistance made to the Anal
gamated Association by the two million
members OF the American Federation of
Labor and by the American Window
Glass Workers Associations; the concerted
action OF the association to organize the
immense sheet steel plant at Wander
grit whose workers they are besieging
to Join the association and the fact that
several Of the closed plants are being
patrolled by armed watchmen and guards.
The Amalgamated officials tonight pro-
TESS great satisfaction over the results
accomplished since the strike began, but
officials CT the company, as heretofore,
Will say nothing. The only man on the
company's side who has said anything up
IN Hot ir
ager OF the Sheet Mill Company The
fight he has on at Wellsville is being
followed closely by the workmen, and to-
morrow an open public meeting will be
held at Wcllsville when President Shat
fer, in person, will present the strikers
, side of the case, and endeavor to over
~Sccme the effects of alleged ms-state-
ments concerning the late conference
Manager p. II. Smith, has been invited to
attend the meeting and make state
ment for the Sheet Company. i The entire
community of Welsville is worked up
over the strike situation and friends and
enemies alike are expected to be present
at the meeting.
While Wellsville is the strike center
now, Manager Smith saying that he will
renew his attempt to open the mills with
non uniOn men, the battle ground will be
shifted to Mckeesport next week if the
report be true that the w. Devices Wood
plant of the American Sheet Steel Com
pany will resume operations. This would
afford one of the most trying situations
of the strike. 1t would necessitate the
Importation of non-union men from other
places and the bitter feeling engendered
by such move would be hard to control
The platform of Enterprise Lodge of
the Amalgamatcd Association, which
includes most of the employees of
the Wood Mill, is opposed to all violence
During the strike last spring no effort
was made to hinder men from going
to work. The same policy, it is said
will be followed in the present strug-
gle and every suggestion of violence
will be frowned upon.
According to the figures compiled by
the Pittsburg Dispatch, the steel strike
is daily costing the three companies in
volved 100000 and the workmen $685.
600. 1t Is estimated that in the daily
loss of nearly $4,000 boxes of tin plate
day, the American Tin Plate Company
is daily losing over 100000, while the
loss to the canning companies, unable
to secure their material is enormous in
addition. Practically no stocks have
been carried and the consumption has
kept pace with the production for
some little time past About seven
hundred tons of the one thousand tons
daily production Of the American Sheet
Steel Company. is being lost, and this
represents loss each day to the COM
bine of at least $4,000.
The loss to the Gas Stove Manufac-
ttirers is also great, as the mills are
closed which make specially of stove
iron. This is the heavy season for MAX
ing stoves. About 1000 or $500 tons
OF steel hoops, bands and cotton ties
are being lost daily by the American
Steel Hoop Company by reason of the
strike, and this represents daily loss
in money of $4,000. 1t is estimated
that the men are losing in wages $780,
600 The tin workers will lose $4,000
daily in addition.
In addition to all these losses the
many and varied industries crippled
now and in prospect represent losses to
the men of large sums that cannot be
computed now. The Amalgamated men
are said to have a fund of over 100000
and en- employed can be called on for
contributions.
National Organizer Thomas I'll. Flynn,
of the American Federation of Labor,
came to Pittsburg from Washington to-
day and after a consultation with the
officials of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton. pledged the support of the Fed
Grafton in the strike. In an interview
Mr.. Flynn said the Federation had a
membership of two million, and they
could make an assessment when any of
the organizations affiliated with them
were in need of assistance. He said he
had just settled a strike of four thous-
and tube workers. and iron workers at
Reading and these men announced that
they would contribute 81 a week each.
All members could not afford this, but
an assessment of five cents each would
yield 100000 and would not be missed
by the members.