The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-04

test. although that is not probable; IN
less IL be speedily broken by the United
states Steel corporation the strike anu
its results viii be felt over the whole
Of the United States Mills that manu-
facture finished products and obtain
their raw material from the trust, in
many cases VIII be closed; but as the
furnaces that manufacture iron viii be
compelled to pile it in stock and then
stop if the strike be carried for any
length of time and coke ovens VIII
close when the furnaces stop.
The big works of the Carnegie com
pany are almost free of uniOniSm, but
this is the citadel that will be attacked
at once BY the Amalgamated associa-
ton. il the union men can close the
other mills and prevail upon union men
to stop handling structural steel AMI
plates, the plants at Homestead and
Duquesne can be seriously crippled, as
their product would not be taken.
The Edgar Thompson steel works at
BraddOck win not likely be affected
This concern has contracts placed by
railroads direct that viii operate il for
seven months. IF the Chicago rail- mill
be closed, the Edgar Thompson could
roll some. Of its contracts. The Home
stead armOr plate department would
scarcely be affected, although If the
workers there could be induced to come
out it would place the company in 4
had situation regarding its armOr plate
At DuQUesne, sheet and iron plate bars
are made largely. Much Of the stuff
made there in the last week has been
stocked. Labor leaders think that the
upper and lower union mills might be
induced To come out in case a general
strike in all the corporation companies
is declared
The following are companies in
which the Amalgamated association
has no members. because of the nature
of the work done. American Bridge
company, Shelby Steel company. H c.
Prick and other coke concerns; the
railroad properties, American Steel &
Wire company, Commercial coal prop
critics and other lines.
A general strike would cause a sus-
/ pension Of the plants of the American
Steel & Wire company, if the steel
mills manufacturing steel billets could
! be closed, as wire is rolled from these
! billets.
Regret at Failure.
A telegram from Sharon, Pa, tonight
says the announcement of the failure
10 settle the strike in New York was
/ received with much regret here 1t is
( generally believed that a general or
der win be issued by President Shat
fer, calling out every union iron, steel
and tin worker on sympathetic
strike until the trust realizes the
l
an order go out all independent blast
! furnace workers in the MahOning and
ShenanBO valleys are ready to comply
with the request The furnace workers
| announced that they would take no
concerted action until the outcome of
the New York conference was made
known. The furnace strike would be
attributable TO the selling of 40, 600 tons
of pig iron to the United States Steel
corporation by the Mahoning & She
mango Valley Bessemer association. to
be used at nOn-uniOn mills. About ], 500
men viii be affected if the strike is eff
fected. A meeting of furnace workers
will be held tomorrow to decide upon
what course they will pursue Tele-
/ grams were received here tonight, as
4 follows:
! Aonessen, Pa.-The probable change
! in the general strike situation has
| caused renewed interest in the strug-
! gle here The conference being held
/ has served to keep the strikers in
/ check, but now that Indications point
/ to a battle that VIII be iercely fought
J the strikers are preparing to make an
/ aggressive movement. It is rumored
! that committees of the Amalgamated
! association viii visit the homes of the
/ nOn-uniOn men tomorrow and plead
/ with them to join their causes. Should
/ this fail to bring out enough men to
/ cripple the National Tin works here
/ other and more stringent measures viii
3 be adopted.
/ McKeespOrt, PA meeting of the
! employees of the National Rolling mil
/ win be held tomorrow afternoon for tbs
/ purpOse OF perfecting the organization
of union lodge of the Amalgamateo
association tomorrow. The lodge was
; formed. and at present has a member
! ship of 300. It is expected that 400 new
members viii be added to the lodge to-
morrow National Organizer Quinn Of
/ the National Federation of Labor wa:
Z in McKeespOTt today. A move is or
foot to organize the employees of the
tube works into the American Fedora
ton of Labor.