The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-07-02
Big STEEL STRIKE ON.
Outset Finds Over Thirty-iive Thou.
sand Men Involved.
FIGHT Is FOR ORGANIZATION
animation Mnde That the Moveme nj
May BE Extended Until II In
ciuden Several Hundred
Thousand Workers. ~

airy companies of the great United
states Steel corporation, to sign the
workers new scale at Saturdays con-
ference circulars have been sent out
rom the national headquarters Of the
Nmalgamated Association of Iron. Steel
md Tin Workers declaring a strike at
Ill the plants of the two combines. The
great strike is now on, but II will be
several days before it's actual extent
is known. At the outset. however, over
5000 men will be involved as follows:
Union Sheet mills, IGtna- Standard
Steel mills Bridgeport, o., $500; Mid.
land Steel mills, Muncie, Ind, 1000;
Old Meadow Rolling mill, Scotdale,
100; Salisbury Rolling mill, Salisbury.
Pa, 300; w. Devices Wood mills. Nc
i<eesport, 1000; Cambridge Iron and
steel mills, Cambridge. o., 400; Canton
Rolling mills, Canton, o.. $50; Char
tiers Iron and Steel mill, Carnegie, 800;
Dennison Rolling mills, Dennison, o.,
$50; Dresden Iron and Steel mills, Dras-
lien, o., 800; Falcon Iron and Nail
mills, Niles, o., $50; New Philadelphia
Mills, New Philadelphia, O.. 700; Piqua
Rolling mills, Piqua, o., 600; Reeves
iron mills, Canal Dover, o., 760; Struth
nrs Iron mills, Struthers o., 400; Corn
ing Steel mills. Hammond, Ind, 300;
Lauffman Steel mills, Paulton, 200;
Hyde Park Iron and Steel mills Hyde
Park. $50; total. 1850.
Nonunion sheet mills--Apollo Iron
I'D te
Kirkpatrick mills Leechburg, 500;
Wellsville Plate and Sheet Iron mills,
Wellsvillc, o.. 400; Scottdale Iron and
Steel mills, Scottdale, $50: total. 800.
American Steel Hoop company, IA
900; independent plants, p in number,
1000.
The Total Number Involved.
The total number of men involved in
| the strike is 35,
The American Steel Hoop company's
main offices are In this city. The COM
pany has three nonunion plants In this
city. They are the Painters mills on
the south side and Lindsay \ McCutch-
cons and Clarke's, located in Allegheny.
| The company has also nonunion plant
at Monessen and one at Duncanville,
| enough the employees ut the latter are
ready for organization ms soon as the
| Amalgamated people will take them in.
The other plants Of the company are
claimed by the AmalganlHted people
as union. There are two at Youngs.
Town and one each ut Sharon, Girard
lireenviile, Pomeroy, o., and War
rtn, o.
What the strike Just inaugurated
mny eventually lead to is problemat
ical Three months ago when strike
occurred in the Wood plant Of til,
American Sheet Steel company at Me
Keesport because the company refused
10 allow its men to become members Ot
the Amalgamated association. prcsi
dent Shatter threatened If the Nick ices
port strikers could not win with theiI
own strength, he would order IA strike
in every plant of the company. IL tho
latter would not yield. he would thei
call out the union men in every plant
Of the United States corporation Sucl
Il course would now end in the biggest
strike the country has ever seen, in
volving several hundred thousand men
First Weeks will He Quiet.
For the first few weeks the situation
will not show the strength of the asSo
citation. Almost all the plants Of til,
company, union and nonunion, will b,
compelled to shut down during tn,
early part Of July to give them rest
They have been working steadily sine,
the first of the year, many of then
! without a weeks cessation. Union an,
nonunion alike, they are demanding
short vacation, and the prediction i,
made that the companies will be un
) able to keep any one ut work for tw,
or three weeks. The heat is intense
: and the men, one vice president said
are almost in "A state of revolt.
1t will be after perhaps, the LIST 0
August, when the combine makes
serious attempt to start up IN full. tina
the real battle will begin, If no settle
ment has been reached at that time
The company cannot well delay opera,
4 ing longer than thar on account of tn
i present floods of orders, In fact, til
!. urgent orders now on the books ga
: scarcely wait through July. Thus TIA
Z association has almost II month more I
prepare for the coming struggle. 1t
the boast of the A ma lgamated associ,
ton officials that by that time they wi
;. control 80 per cent Of the capacity
I, me combinations plants.
i Skaters Plans Revealed.
) Gradually the plans of President I
y j. Shaffer of the Amalgamatcd associi
ton are being uncovered Since I'll