The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-19
THE STEEL STRIKE
PEOPLE SEEM TO
GAIN GROUND.
NoN-UNloN MEN COME OVER.
THE DUNcANsvILLE MEN ANXIOUS
70 STRIKE.

An Organizer Sent Them at Their
Reauest-This Is the Inst of the
Hoop Plants WOrkinG-OhiO Board
Oners to Arbitrate-Attempt to Re-
open Devices Wood Plant May
Cause TroubIc-EHorts Now Being
Made to Hiring Out the Men mt
WeIIsviIIe, o.
Pittsburg, Pa. July 1s.-The most
important news regarding the steel
workers. strike to-day was the action
of the men employed in the Duncans-
vile plant of the American Steel Hoop
Company.
A telegram was received by President
Shaffer from the men in the morning
asking If they should strike. The mes
sage was a surprise for the Amalga-
mated people, as they were not looking
for this news so soon. President Shaf-
fer answered telling the men not to
come out unless they were organized.
If organized they should strike for they
were needed. In the afternoon another
telegram was received from Duncans-
VILE asking that an organizer be sent
to them at once. In compliance with
this request Vice President John Pierce
started for Duncansville this evening
to complete the organization. A meet
ing is expected to be held to- night. The
Duncansville plant is the last of the
hoop plants to remain at work and the
Amalgamated Association officials say
if they are successful in closing this
plant they will be masters of the sltua-
4
is concerned at least.
No report has been received as yet
| from the organizers who went to Van
dergrift for missionary work at the big
plant at that point. 1t may be several
days before definite results will follow.
An ORer TO ArbItrHte.
The action of the Ohio Board of Arbi-
tration In Offering to bring about a set
! tlement of the strike created some talk
to-day in steel circles. M. M. Garland.
former president of the Amalgamated
| Association and at present collector Of
| the port, said that he did not consider
| the action of the Ohio board as un-
usual but rather the carrying out of
their duties as such a body 1t is the
| duty of that board to offer it's services
| whenever labor troubles start that af-
feet the industries OF that state. IN
view of this fact, Mr. Garland could
see where the troubles were more liable
to settlement now than before.
II cannot see what there is N this
| question to arbitrate." he said. THE
| question cannot be settled, except by
the complete backdown of one side or
the other on matter of principle"
The Situation UNCHANGED.
/ The situation throughout this district
| remains practically as announced early
| In the day. In the Immediate vicinity
of Pittsburg. the evident intention of
| the company to attempt the reopening
| of the Devices wood plant at McKees-
port is the only incident so far calcu-
lated TO cause uneasiness. Notices were
posted to- day, calling on the employees
| to come to work and announcing
| purpose to start up. The men claim
| to be confident that enough men cam
| not be secured to operate the mill and
say no opposition will be made to any
one who may wish to go In. The po-
| lice authorities, though, going on the
principle that in time of peace is the
best time to prepare for war, have
taken every precaution and feel pre-
/ pared to cope with any trouble that
may arise.
Thc storm Center at WeIIsviIIe.
The present strike center seems to
he at Wellsville o., where a public
mass meeting was held this afternoon
for the purpose of presenting both
sides OF the controversy to the men
employed in the big plant. A number
of speeches were made. the principal
one being that of President Shaffer or
the Amalgamated Association.
| Another meeting Will be held to-mor-
row.
Mopcssen Men Decline 10 strike.
dispatch tonight from Monessen,
says:
"In spite of all efforts to the contrary
the tin mill here Is still running full,
and as far as present appearances In
dicate IL promises not to be anected
in the slightest by the strike. The
eight hundred employees are satisfied
with the voluntary advance made by
| the combine, and will continue TO work
along non-union lines. of the 500
striking steel hoop men. many have
left for their homes, as they are OF
| opinion the contest is to be long and
bitter. The hoop mill is closed down
with the exception of about twenty
men who are making some necessary
repairs"
Trustee Gibson was circulating
among the strikers at the plants In
| Pittsburg to-day. He said there were
six independent mills in and about the
city that would give employment 60
all the strikers. The following mills.
he said, had notified the Amalgamated
Association that they were in need
OF men, and could take care OF all the
strikers: The Pittsburg Forge and
Iron Company. McKee's Rock Iron
Mill, Zug Mills, Sligo MIL Keystone
Mill, and the Monongahela Coal and
Iron Company. The men, he said,
| would take these DOsitiOna.