The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-08-13
sixty THOUSAND ARE OUT

Skaters General Order Brings
Out "a, 900 Men.
IRoNMAsTERsA ARE IN THE LEAD.
Second Day of Strike Shows Them
Still Stronger Than AmaIgamated
ssociaton-Appeal Is Made for
Financial Aid.
Pittsburg, Aug. 13.-The struggle
for mastery between manufacturers
and men in the steel industry is now
fairly launched, and on the first show
of strength advantage is with the form
er The general strike order issued
by President Shaffer of the Amalga-
mated association has SO far been
obeyed by only about $4,000 men, &C
cording to the best figures obtainable
here. The first two preliminary calls
were answered by about $4,000 men,
so that the total number now out is in
the eighborhood of 10000. The strik-
ers made gains here yesterday and
their prospects for further accessions
at both McKeesport and Wheeling
during the week are very favorable.
The action of the Amalgamated men
at Chicago, Joliet and Bayview in re-
fusing to come out and their failure
to secure any recruits in the Carnegie
group throughout the Kiskiminetas
valley and the big plants at Youngs-
markedly disappointing to them.
They are keeping up the fight, how
ever, in spirited manner and claim
that they have strength in reserve
which will surprise their opponents.
They assert that they have gained a
| foothold in the Carnegie mills in this
city and at the time desired, the men
will come out. They are pressing their
advantages at McKeesport and Wheel
ing and their organizers are still at
work in those two cities. President
Shaffer has decided to personally visit
Wheeling and will go there tomorrow
to address mass meeting of his fol-
| lowers. An appeal for financial aid
| has been made to organized labor and
the general public and it is expected
that the responses to it will be liberal.
| The Amalga mated leaders are not dis
posed to do much talking. They
would not discuss the desertion OF
their western fellows, although Mr..
| Shaffer made what was evidently in
| tended for brief reference to them in
a short statement he gave out at noon.
Another declaration in the same inter-
view was regarded as highly signifi-
cant here. 1t was to the effect that no
effort would be made to call out mem
bers of the American Federation of
| Labor, and that any action on their
part must be voluntary.
Steel Officials Reports.
The men who are directing the fight
| in the field for the steel corporation
and its constituent companies would
give no indication of their plans for
the future and would only discuss the
situation generally. Their reports
showed that the Carnegie group, South
Chicago, Bayview, Joliet, Youngstown,
Columbus, the Kiskininetas valley
group, Wellsville and Monessen were
moving along full handed. Bellaire,
their advices showed, was badly Grip
pied. They admitted the loss OF the
National Rolling mill at McKeesport,
which they had expected to hold, and
that the Boston mill and Monongabela
steel works at McKeesport and the
| Republic and Elba here were tied up.
Their tube workers at McKeesport
| and here We're still at work, but men
aced by q possible shortage of mate
rial. Their tube men at Wheeling
were out, but the furnace and coke
men there were at work and the steel
men there showed an inclination to
stay in unless inundated. They also
claimed that many of their men at Nc
Keesport desired to work, but were
being terroriZed by the disorderly ele-
ment. They also charged that many
of their men were being frightened
from their places at Wheeling and in
sisted that adequate protection for
the men there would insure continued
operations. 1t was also stated by the
steel officials that Clark's mill here
was moving along with it's nonunion
crews engaged last week and that an.
other mill manned by old Amalgamat-
ed men had started up at Wellsville,
representing a gain of one since Sat.
4 urday.
Mayor Refuses Protection.
Officials Of the National Tube com
pany and. Mayor Black clashed yester
day over the question of protection
for Don-strikers and ro'N2rty. A large
crowd OF strikers assembled around
the works and their pickets inter
cepted tube workers on their way to
the mills. There was some excitement
and the mill officials, claiming that
their men were being threatened and
in danger of violence, called on Mayor
Black to clear the streets and protect
them. The mayor said that he would
only interfere to stop actual riotine
and assault. Two other appeals were
made to him later in the day, but he
insisted that there was no danger o.
mn outbreak. Another crowd gathered