The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-14
YET in THE BALANCE.
Result Of LabOr-Capital Contest Con-
tinues Uncertain.
THE STRIKERS MADE GAINS
But Not Of Sufficient Magnitude to
Be Of Special Significance.
TRUST DISMANTLING ITS MILLS.
Where the Employees Go Out and Can Not
Be SuppIanted.
BOYS ARE A MATERIAL AID TO STRIKERS
TRUST DISMANTLING ITS MILLS.
BOYS ARE A MATERIAL AID TO STRIKERS
Withdrawal from the Plant Of the
sional Tube Works at McKees-
port Closed the Mill.

P.ttsburg August 1s-Neither side moved
today In the great industrial conflict be-
tween employers and employees IN the
steei trade and the result Is stlll in the
bnispce. The strikers made gains at PITTS
burg McIleesport Wheeling and Rellalre
In the last twenty-four hours but IN the /
main the advantage is stlll with the mill |
owners.
Both sides claim to be preparing moves
that viii bring confusion to che other, but
neither side has shown It's hand
The general situation tonight can be
briefly summarized as follows;
Zen men, five Of them skilled quit at
the Lower Union mill OF the Carnegie com
pany in Pittsburg and Joined the strikers,
Their detection represented the first break
in the Carnegie forces OF more than 1900
men. The strikers Sere jubllant but ths
company claims to have filed their places
at once and there viii be no more deser
tons at any of the plants.
The Bellaire plant, at which the men
struck on Sunday. was finally closed down
today, working short handed until yester
day Several hundred boys employed at
the National Tube works at McKeesport
went out during the night and day and
their action materially aided the effort OF
the strikers to finally tie up the plant.
The works are going ahead short handed,
but the ranks of the workers are thinning
ana the supply of material Is limited.
The strikers made gains at Wheeling,
and the steel officials admitted today that
| Benwood would be closed down. Clarks
mill here is moving along fun handed;
Lindsay and McCutcheons is operating
with small crew and the managers are
| planning to open Painters mill and in
/ crease the force at Lindsay and McCutch'
cons. A break In the ranks Of the men
! WHO struck at Painters is expected but
the strike managers deny that one VIII
occur Another break Is reported as pos
| sibe at Newcastle. but there are as yet
no positive Indications OF It.
The American Tin Plate company has
! small force at the Crescent plant in Cleve-
/ land, and Is also planning resumption at
other points with nonunlon linen The steel
corporation today ordered that the Char.
] tiers plant at Carnegie be dismantled and
/ demoved to Leechburg because, after due
notice. the strikers did not return to work
So far good order has prevailed, al.
| though the steel OFFICIALS assert that there
/ has been Intimidation at Wheeling, Me
I kecSport and Pittshurg The number of
men cut on the strike order is placed az
I 62.uW. Many strikers have found work In
Independent mills or at other occupations
aud mans are idle merely because the skill
ed men are out.
TGv steel corporation held its ground at
Chicago, Joliet, Bay View, Youngstown,
Columbus, the Klsminetas valley and the
Ga, Ga@ 9as I gT0qG with the exception \ the
The strikers are considering plans for
breaking the decision of Chicago, Joliet and
Bay View men TO stand with the. steel
company but what they plan to do has
nut been made clear. They are charging
some Cf the Western men with both dis
honesty and disloyalty and there Is gen
~ nE : iVp m
mated association for some Investigation.
Crowds of strikers surrounded the Car
negie Works here today and the officials
finally called on the police TO dispense
them, The officials claim that the loss Of
ten men at the Lower Union mill can be
directly traced to the threats of the strik-
ers who Intercept the men on the way TO
aud from work, They make the same com
plant az to Bellaire, Wheeling and MclSees-
port. They say that the strikers nj River
sile wen, TO Bellaire and literally blufed
the remaining men into golng out Ihey
the strikers the steel workers n the VA
tional Tube plQnt at Benwood and also
forced out hundreds Of loyal employees at
McKeefport. They say they have given
/ no Eope Of getting protection from the
local authorities at MeKeesport and Wheel
lag Int have given no indication that they
sylvania or West Virginia.
Mayor X j. Black OF McKeesp0rt tonight
gave out statement declaring me strl ls9I
had created no disorder don eonsllel
talking to Ron-unlon workmen disorderiy
Ia nny sense, said the mayor "and the
) men have a perfect right TO attempt all
kinds of arguments as long as they 90 not
resort 10 positive physical coercion
A telegram from Youngstown says that
the furnace workers hive decided not q
strike but II was decided TO organize all
the furnaces OF the two valleys aud ther
an the furnaces Of the country. enectng Z
National organization. which shall be az
hliated With tine American Federation ol
The strikers Of Connelsvile have called
. an Indignation meeting as result or the
threat OF the American Tin Plate company
z 10 operate It's mill non-union or dismantl'
"A dispatch from wheeling SAYS that
District Superintendent carter mas ~
main closed down until they are hungry
y ana that II Il ever starts NJ again =
\ ] viii he run non-unlon. The same dispatei
saws the men In the National Tube work
al Riverside are the only ones OF th'
\ 1000 employed by the steer eprpofAtlol
in the wheeling district who nave not goh'
u out ,,..,, ~.
i two peculiar communications one was
posfai card which read' You VIII neFs
a live to serve your term some bo9y 0lsn
! 10 XIII you. There Is Place tsr , su',
n FOOLS rs YOU n was signed StflhsIr,,
4, n was mailed at Washington, "a; "
" other communication enclosed an ea,ttDlta
ii from a NewsYork paper Arranging MAJ .?gs
III Black ON the margin was Wilt'Fh'
" take a dose OF carbolic acd -, -.
M other writer's encouraged ana sim othef
"A discouraged the policy OF the mayor
~ rOprrtT.itpEc or CHARTERS.