Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-19
STEEL STRIKE OFF.
Settlement Effected and Work
Will Be Resumed, Monday.
Union Miners Threaten Armed In
vasicn Of Kentucky.
indand TO lntimidate Non Union Men-.Au
thorities will Resist Attack

Pittsburg, Pa, April 1S.-There will
be no strike in the plants of the Amer
lean Sheet Steel Co. The trouble that
broke out in the Dewes Wood plant at
McKeesport, last week. and which for
time threatened to cause a general
strike of all union iron and steel work.
ers in the country has beeen settled in
an amicable manner.
The members of the general eXecu-
tive board OF the Amalgamated Asso-
cation of Iron and Steel and Tin
Workers held long session. today.
During the morning session of the ex-
ecutive board John Jarrett. acting for
the American Sect Co.. appeared with
q proposition of the members to con-
slider regarding settlement of the diff
ficulty. In general this proposition was
that all the men discharged from the
wood plant should be reinstated and
should return to work at once. The
agreement was drawn up and signed
at : o'clock this evening.
l In eXpla nation Of this agreement it
was stated that the matter will remain
in exactly the same position as before
the trouble b. oEe out The organization
Of the local Amalgamated Association
dfltiiS tii' VI tilt IflllI Will ne
continued though the company will
not recognize it in any way in dealing
with the men. Both sides are satisfied
and the strike that has existed for a
week has in reality. according to the
officers Of both sides. been due entirely
to misunderstanding between the
two sides TO the dispute. The settle
raent viii bring the matter to an issue
4 Il No 10. frr hl
ine year is brought up.
At the conclusion of the conference.
this evening. the members of the ex-
ecutive board departed for their homes
seemingly well pleased that the mat
ter had been settled without an open
rupture. There did not seem any dis
position on the part of their side or
the dispute to claim victory or the
best Of the settlement.
McKeesport, Pa, April lS.-After safe
" passing through one labor trouble.
Mex eesport has just entered another.
At $50 o'clock tonight. all the hands
employed on the McKeesport connect
ing railroad struck for longer dinner
hours. The men ut present have TO re-
turn to work Immediately after they
are through eating their midday meal
and they now demand As minutes. The
strikers include the engineers, firemen
and brakemen in the yards of the Ma
tional Tube Works, Rolling mills.
Monongahela Blast Furnaces and Mon
ongahela Steel Works Of the National
Tube Co, numbering about 30 men.
Darlington. Ky. April 1S-1nforma-
ton received here. last night. from two
reliable sources in Southern Indiana.
says the union miners of that coal field
are preparing for an armed invasion
of Hopkins county Kentucky. this
week. a message from Evansville had
notified the operators that after this
afternoon they would not work any
more for three days. 1t is believed that
the enforced shut down is for the pur-
pose of making an invasion into Hop
kins county to terrify and cOerce the
non-union miners of this county until
they cease work. From Bonneville, a
message came to the effect that GO men
there had been buying guns and pistols
with the aVowed purpose of going to
Hopkins county. The Hopkins county
authorities say they will vigorously
resist1any invasion or any endeavor to
cOerce the miners.
Syracuse. n. y, April 1S.-A special
to the Post Standard from Oswego
across the river from Fulton says:
THE big mills Of the American, Wooden
Co here. employing 1900 hands. were
closed, this afternoon. The weavers
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