Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-07-18
GAINING GROUND.
Decided improvement in Posi-
ton Of Steel Strikers.
American Federation Tenders Finan-
cia| Aid from 1000, 1000 Members.
WelIsviIlc Plant Fails 10 c.opcn With Men.
Union Crew.

time or any way, or any subject since
we parted at the Lincoln hotel last
Saturday"
This is the positive statement made
by President Shaffcr Of the Amalga-
mated Association, this afternoon. and
disposes of the rumor from New York.
today. that the strike had been settled.
Mr. Shaffcr stated further that no ac-
tual negotiations were on between
President Bishop Of the Ohio state ar
bitration board, and himself tending
towards arbitration. A letter received
by Mr.. Shaffcr from Mr.. Bishop ask
ing If he would consent to a reopen
ing of the conference has not been an
sWered as yet.
The principal events i'm the days
strike history was the failure of the
sheet steel people to reopen the Wells
Villc plant with non-union mon. the Of
fer Of financial assistance made to the
Amalgamated Association by the e.
600 600 members Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and by the American
Window Glass Workers Association !.
the concerted action Of the association
to organize the immense sheet steel
plant at Nanderrrift: and the fact that
several Of the closed plants are being
patrollcd by armed watchmcn and
guards.
The Amalgamatcd officials. tonight
profess great satisfaction over the re-
suits accomplished since the strike be
say nothing.
M A..f1.
ter now, the battle ground Will be
shifted tn Mckeesport next week if the
report be true that the w. De Wccsc
wood plant of the American sheet
Steel Go. will resume operations. This
would afford one of the most trying
situations of the strike. 1t would
necessitate the importation of nom
union men from other places and the
bitter feeling engendered by such a
move would be hard to control
The threat Of District Messenger +.
r. Smith Of the American Sheet Steel
90. to start the Wellsville rolling mill
and operate it as it has been in the
past. by non union men. was the only
new feature in the steel strike stua-
interested were turned to that plant.
A dispatch to The Associated Press
from WllcSville, o., at 1890 o'clock
SAYS:
The strike situation here remains as
it has been ever since the men were
called out Of the mill. +. r. Smith.
manager for the American Sheet Steel
Co.,. for the Pittsburg district. gave
orders for the mill to start this morn
ing. In response to Smiths order about
30 men went out to work. two Of them
were members Of the Amalgamated
Association. The manager of the mill
concluded that this number Of men was
not sufficient to man the crews and the
attempt for the present has been aban-
d, ned IT is said that non-union men
from other places will he brought here
today in which case serious trouble is
feared
The last furnace in Lindsay & Me
Cutcheon's mills was closed down at
noon. As soon as all the men had left
the mill seven deputy Sheriffs We're
stationed about the plant.
The executive committee Of the
Anna lgamated Association sent a cir
cuiar. today. to the sheet workers Of
Eandergrift. Leechburg and Apollo.
making a strong appeal to them to or
gaGize themselves into branch Of the
q association. So far the men at these
places are still at work.
Two independent concerns. the Lick
ing Rolling Mill co. of Covington. Ky.
and the American Car and Foundry
Co Of Detroit Mich. sent the signed
scales to Amalgamatcd headquarters.
today. The strikers officials say the
steel bar mill Of the Mingo Junction
plant of the United States Steel Cor
poration has been closed down. The
shutdown affects about 100 men.
At the Mongahela plant Of the
American Tinplate Co.. the finishers
We're notified that the company would
be compelled to close down the depart
ment in two or three days. on account
Of lack of sheared material.
In reference to the issuance of a
the mills of the United States Steel
outside the three compan-
les against which the fight is now di-
rected. President Shaffer said he would
issue the order only when it becomes
necessary.
1t is evidently the purpose of the as
sociation to cOnfine it's fight for the
present to the three companies now in