The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-03
INTEREST
n STRIKE TAGGING
1Fident That the Workers Are
becoming Impatient.
LAWLESS ACTS FEARED
ASSAULT is MADE ON AN AL
LEGGED NoN-UNIcN MAN.
LAWLESS ACTS FEARED

Pitt5Durg. Sept. Z.-Ine dig LABOR
day demonstration IaOnopolized the =
tention of workers and strikers here
and an the surrounding towns, but the
!. steel manufacturers went on making
preparations for the opening of the
|, plants chat are shut down by the strike
and increasing the number of men at
y the mills already in partial operation
Public interest in the strike itself is
1aEeing. as the contest seems to nave
settled down to an issue or endurance
s. Evidences. of Impotence are cropping
gut on the side Of the s-rtsers. and the
authorities fear that the unlawful acts
~ PARTICIPATED in by the strikers ias.
~ ght and today about the star TIN
AIT may multiply and spread ~ other
iar.ers-
srhe ofaciais of the star plant assert
q today the pickets about their mill
h up a special delivery boy from
- toGicc~with a letter for the office
ne was coming down Tenth
Areet. and inspected the letter before
was allowed TO proceed The mat
~ will be reported to the postal au-
Srities ut once. il IS also charged
- Z the strikers stoned lhe company's
-riage on Pennsylvania avenue To-
s. but did no special damage TO the
cuDants.
The aggressivencSs Of the strikers
IS further demonstrated late this
tornOOn. when mob surrounded
- illiam Jones. cOlored man. VINO was
iistaken for nor-uniOn man from the
tS13r works he mad a narrow escape
8 from serious injury by the appearance
= of Police Iieuterant Crossan. who
I came 90 his rescue. Before Crossan
couId secure additional aid he was al
n-o1t overwhelmed by the large crowd
that had gathered.
Mob Was Desperate.
The prompt al rival Of a large force
] OF police probably saved him from seri-
/ GUS injury as the mob appeared des-
4 70 one and demands were
4 made that Jones be strung up
During the parade most OF the pick
cts were away from the Star mills, and
i the company succeeded in securing sew
1 era, new men. or the lot that arrived
ga Pittsburg early this morning, il
was stated that q good many of them
were for the Demmler plant in Nc
IeesDOrt. The MCCufcheon plant in
Allegheny did not start up today, and
the management said the men there
wanted to celebrate Labor day.
The mills VIII be operated as usual
tomorrow. The Painter mills in West
Carson street started up as usual with
2 increased forces. There was no change
in the Lawrenceville district.
The failure of the Amalg9-cated peo-
pl- to cripple the Carnegie open hearth
plant at Duouesne this morning is
looked upon. by the steel officials as the
death blow of the strike. in the Carne-
gie mills az least. Last night the strike
l'nuaCerg at MCEeesDOrt announced
that a march wo lid be made this morn
i1S 60 Ducuesne, and predicted conf
DENLY that the men would not go to
work, and that the entire plant would
be tied up This mornig no paraders
n appeared. the men went to work and
f1he plant is IN operation as usual.
u is more than protable tqat this
test failure mt Duuuesne viii have
.eIect Of making the strike man
Withdraw all efforts in that di-
K While there is visible irdica-
Anat the National Tube company
! starting its plants at McKees-
3. ne near future. the fOrer1en in
say tonight that the entire
be IN operation next week.
at Might Have Been.
ad known what we do now,
er o. the United States steel
at the Hotel Lincoln con-
July would probably have
-, said Ben i. Davis Of
o0arthand executive COM
- ma lgamated association
~ - guized as an official repre-
$'of President T. J. Shaffer in
utterances. tlday. However,
iast and gone, and we are now
II with the corporation.
OF the people who have elected
the krunt Of alleged mistakes
- sident Shaffer have pointed TO
n refusal 10 accept the offer made at
be Hotel Lincoln as his mistake. There
ere fifteen men there. and any one
adj as much voice as President Shoffer.
So people who are now criticising the
onduet of tie strike are doing so from
Frsona. pique. some of the people
inside and out Of tie organisation are
BOW urging on us that the strikers be
lfoered back 60 work. a practical sur
nder Of the ANAL gamated assOcia-
M. This VIII never be. We will ,.sl-
zee recognition Of our national or
izat.on by the United States Steel
Dc fSht has been on in earnest
the middle Of July and not
Of 2u1rmelubers have become
RS Most % these are men in
p mill Of Sse American Steel
pauy. new members. and six
2iored men at the Clark
especially the old mem
The sheet miEs and tin
and up till they starve IT
ous task that the combine
sen t. start these mills
lacks as those Of J. D.
Milwaukee yesterday are
sonal. Our own people know
II TO attach 20 them. The
influence is with the pub
n people who might other
US more support. Hickey is
saving that the combine has
cent OF ITS MILLS going. That is
= liy incorrect. The mills Coe-at-
ki9t getting out near the maxi
heir produce because IL is not
hrouigh the idleness Of the I'm
pills"
Is " the American Tin Plate
ln tnc ca negie building to-
~ that many tin plate workers
10 apply Aor places but that
inc moles-ation OF the strfk-
Ast Wants Protection.
l.s ready TO man the
I s ~ Re E m ass