New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
A QUIET DAY AT PIIT,SBURG.
no TROUBLE ANTICIPATED-MANY MEN
OUT OF WORK AT NEWCASTLE.

Pittsburg Aug. 11-Pittsburg passed the first
day Of the strike in a spirit of calmness. There
are strong undercurrents of sentiment and
sympathy running through popular feeling but
there were few surface indications of them. II
was bright clear day and the pleasure places
were filled with holiday crowds. There seemed
to be a general agreement to throw off the
worry and evils of the serious labor conflict for
the time being. The strikers and their leaders
kept a close watch on the strike situation, how
ever.
The early reports were unfavorable to them,
for they showed that the responses to the gen
eral order to go out had not been as large as
they had been led to expect. They seemed con-
fident, however. that more men would decide 10
strike and that the showing by Monday would
be satisfactory to them. The strikers did not
congregate in force at any point and there was
not a suggestion of disorder anywhere The
police authorities reported at ) o'clock that they
had no word of prospective trouble.
President Shafer spent the day quietly at his
home. in this city. He received reports from a
number of his lieutenants. but during the day
denied himself to callers. He holds rather strict
ideas as to Sabbath observance. and throughout
the strike has insisted that little as possible
he done on that day. When a reporter called at
the house he was received by Mrs. Shaffer. wife
of the strike leader My husband can see no
one to-day" she said. He is resting and pre-
pairing himself for the work ahead of him to-
morrow and through the week. He will he at
the Amalgamated Associations headquarters to-
morrow and can be seen there by any one wish
ing to see him"
The day at McKeesport passed without any
startling developments The indications are
that the Demmer plant Of the American TN
Flate Company will start up soon Superln-
tendent Pitcock. who had just started on
recalled from
Virginia and work IS being pushed rapidly on
high board fences around the plant Steam is
being kept up in the boilers and ali indications
point to an early resumption OF work
STRIKERS FULL OF CONFIDENCE.
Many meetings were held to-day by the work
ers but no results are made known except the
announcement by the strikers that many new
members were taken into the organization
The men of the rolling department of the Ma
tonal Tube Company have been ordered 10 re-
port for work at 3 O'Clock on Monday morning
The strikers make the boast that few Will re-
spond The company officials. however, seem
10 have no doubt Of success"
Az Newcastle there are now 800 men out Of
worI, through the strike. Four thousand oi
these quit work when the shenango and Greer
tin mills were closed and eight hundred more
went out when the steel and bar mills OF the
National steel Company closed in response 70
President ShaneI's second call last week. Ihe
stepping OF the two latter plants caused the
local furnaces 70 close. ss there was no place
for their product when the steel mill Is OF
ONLY ore furnace. the Neshannock, rs now IN
operation the others having been blown oui
This indicates a long strike as they would sim
pIv have been cokcd down II the intention was
to resume soon
The striking Amalgamated men will hold an
omen air mass meeting Wednesday afternoon
The local situation is now quiet and II Is not
known whether or not any attempt will he made
TO operate The New Castle plants by non-union
men.
FENCING IN TINPLATE PLANTS.
The American Tin Plate Company this after
noon began building high picket fences about
.ba Sbauaugo and Greer plants These mills