The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-07-05
STEEL WORKERS On / STRIKE
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PittsbrsE 1. June so.--A deAnita ordcs
for . general strike of al union sheet
steei workers has been Issued b.
President r. J. 6haAcr n The Anal
gauaafrd Association a lrOn, Steel and
Tin Workers. There are oves 1o.0oe
men affected by this order. and ever5
mill operated BY the American shees
Steel company where untoa men are
emplOyed throughout the country vii
close indefinitely or until such tim<
~ . settlement a tho matters In Dis
pate has be~n reached The ofartala
of the American Sheet Steel com pany
refuse 10 discuss the troubles with
their workmen.
r. Smith. the manager a the ~
WEISS. Wood plant Al the company. and
Mr.. Kline. who h also connected With
ths company. acs1t - nexosiatnEs for
the combine. Mr. Smith II said u have
been one ~ the most pronounced non
unlcn min maAAxers In the country.
and from the lime be represented the
company Ia tie present wase nexotia'
tlona trouble wns anticipated BY tho
men. AZ sh~ c.-e~s n TIE AmalGA'
mated association today II was said
that sh~ sh~es steel workers bad de-
rlsied III tic last convention u the
AnsAIxn mated assoclAsion to aak only
tos tho resdoptinn n tho present scale
for the pv~s~ns yrar. No changes
were wanted. but there would b. one
demand. Ard that wAx that the Amer
lean Sheet Steel company should sign
the srAle 30 that Il would cover ~
n III ptsnis.
In other words. The AmAieamated
assoctatioa anked th.t uonsuuinu
plants nov operated by The combine
should b~ turned ever TO the unioa and
bc governed by the eamc rules N tho
unsoa mills. The oaIriais u The com.
pany decline TO consider this propo~I'
ton.
This morning st the solicitation n
Manager Smith, for she American
sh~et Steel Company. the wage rom.
mtst~c At the Amaiknmated as~ocia'
ton met In conference II the Hotel
Lincoln. Al this anAl conference Mr..
Smith submitted m uittmatum To the
workm~u. which wss in eject that tbs
wage scale for the plants u The com-
pauy would b. signed without Qaes-
tion with the exception a the Old
Meadow mills IN Scottdale. the De-
wess. Wood min In McKee~port- the
weJisvtiie plant and al other plantz
not nov considered pan II tho union
workmen's provincc.
The workers committee refused alb
potutriy 10 couAidcr the proposition.
ana in 10 mtnutes the conferences I'd
journrd without formalitics. A. soon
as the conference vas over Presi-
dent shaaer issued an urgent call for
a meeting Of the sdvtaory board. The
board met and approved the decision
Of the presIdent To call out al men
Of the nnion The strike order IN
general will take men from the non.
union piants who belong to the or.
ganixAtIon, - we'll ~ the union mills
The men explain their demand for the
unionixing Of III the mills At the com.
bine BY stating that Inst year the COM
bIne had taken advantage a il posi-.
ton in having the non-unlon mills
BY operating them drst and having
the other mills IDLE until pfessurs Of
business forced. them to start 4 waa
resolved BY the men q that time that
such = chance should never occur
again for the company. that Il would
be either al union mills or Al non
union mills
It Il generally Agreed. however, that
the real test 81 strength between tho
combine and the workers will not b.
made until aftcr the warm weather.
During July and August thsr@ win
BE- no strike bsneiBts paid the men ont
81 work, - these two months are used
BY shss< minis. IKE al other iron