The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-19
PROGRESS
NO MATERIAL GAINS MADE AS YES
BY EITHER SIDE.
STRIKE BREAKERS DELIVERED.
IN SPITE OF VIGILANCE THEY ARE
CARRIED TO MONESSEN.


Observation-Disclosures Rioting at
WeIIsvilie-Presiden Shaffer Col
Iapses Under the Strain and Saw
No One Yesterday.
Pittsburg, Aug. 1S.-A party of strike
breakers brought up from the South by
special train were safely delivered in
the steel mill at Monessen early this
morning, and the United States Steel
Corporation expects to add that plant
to the number running partly or in
full with non-union men within the
next twentyfour hours. The Carnegie
properties also resumed tonight with
out break in forces operating them,
and that fact, joined with a promise
of an early start at Monessen, leads
the steel officials here to take a very
hopeful view of the situation.
The strikers claim that men enough
to start the Monessen mills
cannot be obtained and that
hand at Duquesne and the other Car
negie plants, but promise that later de-
velopments will indicate their strength
to better advantage. 1t was anticipat-
ed that there would be trouble when
the non-union rnen reached Monessen,
for the strikers were watching the rail-
roads and river and had expressed a
determination to prevent the entrance
of the strike breakers. The men who
were handling the movement for the
steel corporation successfully yelled
their action, however, and had their
charges safely within the plant before
it was known definitely by anyone on
the outside that the men had arrived.
They were brought to Monessen by
special train and were landed at 4
o'clock in the morning. 1t is not known
how many men were in the party or
where they were obtained. The mills
are guarded and the men will be kept on
the premises until all danger of trou-
BILE ceases. Bunks for about fifty men
have been erected and large quanti-
ties of food have been purchased for
them. A fence has been thrown around
the property and guards posted to keep
out all intruders. The strikers will un-
doubtedly make an effort to induce the
strike breakers to quit, and the fear
is expressed that there will be trouble
if any demonstration is made against
there is regarded as very delicate.
The steel managers may succeed in
getting another mill on tomorrow at
the Painter plant. Two mills were op-
Grated there last week with non union
men, and part of another crew was
gotten together last week. Just as
soon as enough men are available the
third mill will be started.
Other Trades May Join.
There is talk tonight of the posi-
bility of an extension of the strike to
other trades. The structural iron work.
ers and bricklayers are becoming di-
rectly interested through the question
of handling material made by the. Unit
ed States Steel Corporation. The strike
leaders say that they have the abso-
lutte promise of support from those two
trades and that they will refuse to
handle non-union made material. They
cite a number of instances where the
structural men and brick masons have
shown their sympathy and spirit.
Opinion is divided here as to the ul-
innate action of the Chicago men. AS
sistant Secretary NJ. F. Tighe is gen.
orally understood to be working among
the Chicago men to-day, and some con-
fidence is expressed in his ability to
bring them over. Mr.. Tighe is expected
here tomorrow.
Ben l. Davis, member of the advisory
board of the Amalgamated Association,
discussed the situation freely to-day.
He said:
THE idea that because we are not
striking for more wages, the sympathy
of the people is not with us, is a mis-
taken one. The workingmen of Amer
lea recognize the full meaning of our
struggle for principle, for which the
forefathers of this country fought. It
is the right guaranteed by the consti-
tuition of the country. 1t is equal rights
with the trusts to organize and MAIN
tain prices. They say they do not OBJ
ject to our organization, but in the
same breath tell men in non-union mills
that if they belong to our organization
they will lose their places. 1t is this
fundamental principle that has brought
out the thousands of the workingmen
in McKeesport.
"It is this principle that is bringing
to our support every true American
Workingman in the country. 1t Is one
of the greatest battles for organization
that has ever been fought. There is
but one end to such a battle with the
men so determined as our men are The
coming out of the thousands of men
in McKeesport is only a sample of what
will occur in all other sections. The
idle men in McKeesport are standing
Solidly and will not return to work un-
der any agreement short of a recogni-
ton by the trust that the Amalgamat-
ed Association has right to organize
it's mill workers without interference
from the officers of the companies
THE situation to-day is perfectly
satisfactory to the organization"
The strike among the steel workers
in Wellsville took on new life to-day
and tonight excitement among the
men is up to fever heat. The fight be-
tween the union and non-union men
on the streets Saturday night, coupled
with the action of the steel company
in obtaining lodgings for the new men
throughout the town, has greatly in
censed the strikers.
Trouble Brewing.
Saturday afternoon about thirty of
the new men took lodgings down town
previously obtained for them by the mill
management. A local restaurant had
taken the contract to feed the men,
Saturday afternoon a party of nom
unionists left their lodgings on Broad
way and started to the restaurant for
supper They were Immediately pur-
sued by a party of strikers and chased
back into the house, which was imme-
diately surrounded by a mob that hoot-
ed and jeered at the non-union men. A
brick was thrown out of the crowd
through a window of the room occu-
pied by the non-union men. Forty tin
workers from Lisbon are on their way