Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-31
FURNACE
MEN MAKE A CALL
on THE MANAGERS AND INFORM
THEM THEY ARE NOW IN
THE AMALGAMATED.
WHEN WILL YOU LIGHT UP
Furnace. IL Their merry to the
Manager-Locais Interested In the
situation at Canal Dever-The Ar
b%itration Proposed Helps the Men
With the Public.

Local leaders and members of he
! Amalgamated Association were closely
observant of the situation at Can
Dover yesterday. where the men have
been enjoined by the courts from in
] anyway interfering with strike-break-
ers. There is not an indication OF vio-
lence or violation of law thus Tar.
there or elsewhere, ana this is winning
the good will of many who have been
"on the fence in the matter until
now. Wise counsel apparently pre-
walls and the rank and file are closely
following the advice of their leaders.
There were again rumors of the Riv-
erside mills starting up soon but. like
their predecessors, they fail of conhr-
nation. and the situation remains I'M
changed.
There was a very amicable and bust
ness like meeting yesterday at Bellaire
between a committee from the furnace
men and the anage at the steel
works. which reveals a new phase oil
the situation, and a very interesting
one.
The Steel Corporation do not seem
inclined to entertain the proposition
of the mediating glass workers n
others. as approved by Mr.. Shaffer, TO
arbitrate the points of difference. II
is becoming more evident a a
that all moves on the part of the Steel
Corporation are dictated at a point
not a thousand miles from the ONCE OF
Mr.. Charles M. Schwab. and that local
officials of the corporation have as lit
tie knowledge of what the next
is to be as does the public. The re-
cent order to dismantle No. l mill OF
the Aetna-Standard. evidently came as
a surprise to the manager there, as 1t
did to the men and the public.
The general impression OF thought
full men outside the lines of the contes-
tants is that the strikers have strength
ened their position with the public by
reiterating their Willingness to sub
nit the matter to arbitration and re-
sumo work while a conclusion Is being
reached by the arbitrators. A gentle
man, yesterday put 1t in the Following
way: IF their cause is just why
should the Steel Corporation refuse or
fear to accept the arbitration PROPOSE
ton. The men have done so and thus
show their confidence in the justice OF
their claims" Business men are anx-
ious to see the mills %Seopened and the
money oil the now idle wage-earner
again circulating in the arteries oil
trade.
There is still an undercurrent OF be
lief that the strike is near some sort
of a settlement.
B~eIInire Furnace Men Out.
A representative of the employees OF
the Bellaire blast furnace called yester-
day upon Mr.. Carnahan, Mr.. Carter s
representative, and on Mr.. Thomas,
manager of the blast furnace at the Bel
laire steel works, and informed them
that all the men had become members
of the Amalgamated Association, and
stated also that II the management In
tended to start the furnace the men
wished to meet them before they did
so.
The management replied that they
had received no order to start as yet,
and did not deem 1t desirable to meet
the committee as yet. They also stat
ed that Mr.. Carter would not DE in Bel
laire at any time this week, and fur
thermore that they did not expect Or
ders to start up in the immediate fu-
ture.
The significance of this action on the
part of the employees Of the blast fur
mace is not clear and officials OF the AS
ISOLATION had nothing to give out to as
sist in the solution of the question.
The blast furnace men have heretofore
been an unorganized collection of work
men, each acting for himself. but now
they are an organized unit acting to-
gether as one man, and 1t would appear
tht they lave simply deemed 1t but
E'k
wise and proper to notify the manage
ment of this fact. 1t is a fact, possibly
not observed by many, that the men
did not leave the employ OF the mills,
nor were they discharged by the man
agement of the plant save In a very
few instances which occurred just prior
to their organization. The men simply
quit work, while the issue between the
Association and the Steel Corporation
was in process Of adjustment by the
officials of each body. They have by
their action yesterday apparently af-
frmed this view OF the situation, and
Implied a willingness, possibly even a
desire to return to work as soon as the
matter at issue is satisfactorily adS
justed.
A BenwOOd View of 1t.
Close watch and close mouth seems
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