The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-15
THOUSANDS OF STEEL
WORKERS co OUT TODAY
Strike Order OF President Shaffer Will be Observed
Generally by the Men.
Matter Of Principle Involved and the Struggle VIII Be
Desperate One.

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Pittsburg, Pa, July 14.-FrOm present
indications it looks probable that Pres
ident Skaters strike order, issued last
night to the Amalgamated association
members in the employ of the Ameri-
can Steel Hoop company. the Ameri-
can Steel company and the American
Tin Plate company. will be Obeyed and
the great struggle between the Amaiga-
mated association and steel companies
Will be on in earnest tomorrow In the
united mills of the three companies,
against which a strike has been de-
clared. il is predicted that not wheel
will turn tomorrow An effort viii be
made also to close down some of the
nOn-uniOn mills of the city and cripple
the rest. The Amalgamated people are
very sangUine of success
The strike was not Of our own seek
ing" said President Shaffer today 1T
was forced upon US. We were not con-
tending for wages, but for pr1nciple, for
Iself-preservatiOl- The tin and sheet
people viii not be able to turn single
wheel tomorrow We have our forces
thoroughIy. organized. and there VIII be
some surprises in store. The strike or
der viii be promptly oDeyed by all our
men"
Developments today indicate that
| Pittsburg is going to be pretty lively
strike center The most interest at
/ tacbes 10 the painters mill" on the
south side ard to that of Lindsay K
| McCutcheOn in Allegheny. Both mills
are controlled by the American steel
Hoop company, and have hitherto oeeh
aggressively nOn-UniOn, and nave de-
pended upon the action taken by the
men in those plants
Efforts to Close Mill.
The employees of both mills held open
meetings today and both decided TO
strike tomorrow. These mills employ
700 men However. w. jerks, manager
/ of the American Steel Hoop company
said today that both mills would re-
sumo tomorrow as usual. The fight at
I the Painter mill is to be made the hrSC
of the strike Both sides VIII make
stubborn resistance. If the Analga-
mated people can close this mill they
believe they will have won the gTeater
part of the strike. The mill is not only
an important one but the Steel Hoop
company has for years succeeded n
thwarting the efforts made to unlonlze
IT,
President Shaffer was asked today IL
he had set time when, the settlement
/ having been effected. he would extend
3 the strike to all the subsidiary stee4
/ companies of the United states steel
Z corporation He said he must decline
to make his plans known at preseIl /
! It NAV be said, however, on Ihe
3 strength of reliable information, thaJ
/ the strike within its present limits IS
I intended merely as a show OF strength
/ At the conference last week the rep
/ resentatives Of the steel corporation
We're repeatedly warned thaI tne 49, So
ciatiOn was much stronger than they
/ knew They were told Of the organlza-
I zion Of mills of which they hdd no
I knowledge. But the steel men would
NOT believe that the association was ds
strong as it was claimed TO De ! mus
/ it is believed, the purpose IS 10 sno" ~ -
( strength by combining the strike 10
/ three companies
When the show Of strength has been
/ made. wherever it may prove, the as
I sOciation expected the companies 10
! ask for another conference II the Coiil-
napies show no inclination to make d
. settlement. the strike VIII De eAIelue.l
: tn three more companies IT the tIu9t
viii not Weld then. the strike VIII De
I extended to such Independent COnpd-
mics as sell their finished prOducts or
/ raw materials to companies TO Wnlch
lt-it-a Ios bean declared. Should the
strike gain such proportions IL "o"iN
/ be likely to go still further
Secret Alliance Formed.
The AmaIgamated association and the
I Federation of Labor two years ago
/ formed q secret alliance. it is claimed,
when it was agreed that the orgaplZa =
/ ton when on Ntrilke could also can OUT
the steel men Of the federation ne
I latter has organizations in many MUS
/ whose wOTkmen are not ehSlDle 1"
mem bership in the association.
/ In describing the final conclusion or
the conference in the Hotel Lincoln on
/ Saturday afternoon President ohaIler
7 said that after the final proposition OF
/ the manufacturers had been taken up
and been discussed there was pain
f,1I silence for about five minutes Inc
/ workers waited for some further re-
mark on the part of the manufacturers,
] and the latter appeared to be WaltlhS
/ for a remark from the workers. F1nal +
IL. one of the manufactures coiiiiiii'-
tee broke the silence by saying;
! srTeU- I guess there is nc turther use
IN waiting for other developments Inc
men have nothing to offer ana me
! r7aauufa cturers have gone as TAR as
they can in justice to themselves
/ President Shaffer replied that ne &C
/ corded with this view II the manu-
/ factlIrers had no other proposition 10
4 offer it was useless to remain h-ach
side arose to leave Warner arms
president of the American steel Hoop
company. said tonight;
7 am sorry that our friendly Iela-
]
ken in this way. We have done ali IN
ollr power to meet this trouble III az
amicable manner With TINS preach 7
once opened. it must be understood tha'
the onIs is on the side of the Amaiga-
mated association and the public VIII
understand this
Regrets the Break
While keenly regretting the break IT
the peaceful relations between the or
sanitation and the manufacturers
President ShaffeT said that there
seemed no other course to pursue Hls
offer to the Hoop company to recon
struct the scale for cotton tie and moor
mills was one Of the most important
sacrifices that had ever been oderec
by the association He doubted II the
settlement could have been made OF
that basis without great deal OF
/ trouble but the committee 1eit Wilma
TO make this concession to preserEs
peace. Again. ia the of1er TO eXcluos
the tin plate mills. the hoop mills anc
the sheet mills from al further difhcui-
ties with plants owned by the Unitee
states Steel corporation, should Ih'
zzreement be reached on the ma
proDcsitiou OF the Amaigamated asso-
cation. was granting the manufactui-
ers t1asr most earnest WISH or reccS