The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-11
NO TROUBLE YESTERDAY
Pittsburg Police Ready For
 Any Outbreak.
The Trust Pursues Its Policy of Dis mantling the Plants Where It is Impossible to
 Operate Them.

Pittsburg, Aug. 10.-The great steel strike is on. The general order of President Shaffer became effective to- day. and thousands of workers left their places to return at some indefi- mite tune in the future. either victo- rious over the iron masters or in hum- ble defeat.
 The order to strike was generally 0beyed wherever the workers were or ganized and enrolled in the lodges of the Amalgamated Association, but it will be Monday before an accurate count can be made of the men who have gone out. A great majority of the mills close down Saturday and re- open Sunday night and the true test of the strength of the cotending sides will be furnished by the number of men who return to work tomorrow or Monday.
 The policy of the American Fedora ton of Labor has not yet been fully disclosed. and that fact contributes an other element of uncertainty to the situation.
 The action of the Executive Board of the mine workers at Indianapolis to- day in resolving to support the strike oheered the Amalgamated men and they are confident that the confedera- ton will aid them to the fullest ex- tent.
 The closing hours of labor and the opening hours ef the strike lacked spectacular action. This city. which IS the strike center. was calm and undis- turbed There was no excitement or violence and the pulse of the commit nifty was normat.
 Police All on Duty.
 The police officials issued an order suspending for the time being the va cation system. They do not anticipate trouble, but want to have every man nere and ready for duty in case 1t snouId come. They say that President Shaffer has counselled peacetul nneth- ods and they hope the strikers and their sympathizers will heed his ad- vice. The strikers held a series Of dem onstrations in the outlying towns and President Shaffer spoke final word of encouragement to his industrial troops. Great throngs Of workers turned out to greet and cheer the lead CT and exchange pledges to maintain the contest upon which they have en- tered.
 A storm broke in mid afternoon and the rain which followed kept many persons indoors.
 IA striking development of the day was an official announcement from the American Tin Plate Company to the effect that certain plants of the com pany crippled by the strike would be dismantled and removed to Monessen The formal announcement given by w. M. Leeds to the Associated Press after a lengthy conference Of the otnclals or the company as follows:
 "The officials of the American Tin Plate Company authorize the following statement: Since the relations between the American Tin Plate Company and the workmen at Munessen have been mutually satisfactory insuring steady and profitab ble operation, 1t has been determined to more than double the plant at that point and some of the mills now idle on account of the strike declared in violation of the contract signed by the Amalgamated Associa- tion will be dismantled and moved to Monessen. Undoubtedly this will be done in the case of those works in which the sentiment of the employees delays the resumption of work"
 Others to Be Torn Down.
 Almost at the same time 1t was un- officially announced that there was chance of the American Steel Hoop Company at Warren. C., would be torn
 
 more favorable to the corporation. The order of yesterday directing that the Dewees-Wood plant at McKeesport be dismantled was already being carried out and the announcement from the American Tin Plate Company created marked impression. Representatives of the strikers insisted that the company was not in good faith in the announce ment and even if 1t was It could not win with such methods. Opponents of the strikers counted the plan another victory and declared that the strike must fail in the face of such decisive action The local leaders on either side did not show much activity today.
 Secretary Williams was the only Amalgamated representative who spent the entire day at strike headquarters. He said that the office would be closed this evening and not reopened until Monday morning. He declined to talk about the situation.
 None of the Amalgamated leaders would discuss the conference with Pres ident Gompers of the American Fedora tion of Labor, but all denied there was any friction as to the part to be finally played by the Federation. The steel officials denied knowledge of any peace plan, and said they were entering upon winning fight. They said that the Carnegie plant would lose no men; that the reports of general strike at Wheeling were inaccurate, and that many of their men would remain loyal. It was reported that they had engaged a large number of non-union men which would be rushed into the strike district next week.