Warren sheaf., 1901-08-08

Sa SAAe'I tAAc AAlA0 SWOTheCSa aWOulO 30 Oh SlE4ke
for the purpose of helping the "Amalgam-
Sated associations, although the miners aare
hopeful that the association will win.
Scannot see wherein a sympathetic strike
Son our part would help the steel men in
I their fight.s An ther thing. theSminers have
made contracts with the operate for a
year, and it Is not our policy to violate CON
tracts. Of course. if it came down to a
matter of self-preservation it would be
5different."i :
\ schwnb Refuses Rfna. Z, ia to Talk Talk. 1
& New York, Aug. s: ~; Charles M.
sSchwab, president Of the United States
Steel corporation, eturned ito IN New
y ork Monday .morMnlg from his coun-
try home at'Loretta, Pa, where he
went on sSaturday.a{tHe went at once
ITO his office and was engaged, for some
time colnlferring olnlfe with, officials of the
several steel companies To a !, press
representative he said the steel Off
..cials had nothing to make public with
respectsto the strike.szy,> =, zs,s.2. j i
No New Features. :.
Il. Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 6.-The sit
~ tion at the local mills involved inthe
tight is without new features. Clark's
mill, Thirty-fifth street, was in the
same condition Monday as it was two
weeks ago. The strikers are keeping
away from the place and everything is
Orderly Monday morning about 100
men applied at this mill and the Upper
and Lower Union mills for, employ
:ment. Among them were many from
this section, but the majority were
from out of town There were all
classes of mechanics, from common la
borers to skilled men. = The manage
ment Of the Clark mill anticipates no
trouble, and n othing will be done until
the extensive repairs being made are
completed. This will be in about ten
days. .a~..@ H.. .:.->..-...
The strikers were seen Monday
morning, but they knew nothing new.
Some of them said they did not expect
anything to turn up for at least a
week.
The general opinion in Lawrence
vile is that the men in the Upper and
Lower Union mills will not join the
strikers. 1t is said by the merchants
that the men are satisfied and will not
throw up their positions, as they are
making too much money.
At the Lindsay and McCutche on mill,
Allegheny, everything is quiet. Not a
wheel is turned in the plant and all
the work that is going on is some re-
pairs. Almost every man who left the
mill at the opening of the strike has
gone to work in independent mills.
Strengthening Their Position.
A McKeesport dispatch Says: The
Amalgamated organizers are working
like beavers strengthening theiralines
for the coming struggle. Meetings
were held here Sunday, of both union
and national lodges, which are COM
posed of the men in the National roll
ing mill and the Boston iron and steel
mill. both rolling plants Of the Ma
tional Tube company. The result was
that 279 new members were added and
the control of the rolling mills is set
tied. Only two men in the Boston mill
are now outside the fold and large
majority of the men in the national
mill are now in the association.
Preparations are being made for the
organiza ton of the men at the Nation
al Galvanizing plant and the Seamless
Tube plant, as they have asked for :ad-
mission either to the Amalgamatedo or
the Federation of Labor
A Wellsville CO., dispatch says the
wholesale arrest of the partici pantssin
the riot at the home Of Harry Phillips
on Saturday has dampened the ardor
of the strikers and if the potters and
other labor organizations would keep
their hands off, it, is +, felt that the
trouble, so far as the Wellsville mill is
concerned, would soon be a thing of
the past. Seven more members ofsthe
association deserted Monday morning
and returned to work. There are now
about 80 men at the mill and it is:em-
phatically stated that five Of the six
mills will be in full operation soon.r
Business Feels Depression.
Many leading business houses have
found business dropping off SO as to
make the removal of clerks impera-
tive. One department store last Sat-
urday laid off 25 girls and at the same
time gave notice that if the strike
was not settled by next Saturday it
would likely be necessary to- lay off
more. Finances also suffered, On two
days last week the clearing housesr
ports showed a .. decrease compared
with last year. These were the only
two days of the year whose clearings
did. not exceed figures ..of the CORE
spending days last year ~
'-s~.~R Ready tn obey Strike Order.
Wheeling, w. Va, Aug. 6.-secretary
Smith, of the Mountain City lodge,
ANA lga ama ted ass ocia ton, Monday.de-
clared that of the $4,000 men affected
by the general strike order in the
Wheeling district, all are %, ready to
obey and that the only points of weak
ness in the steel corporation plants
are the Riverside tube works and the
Bellaire steel works. H..
Wind Was Too Strong.