Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25
THE STEEL STRIKE.
The Situation Was Not Materially
Changed Yesterday.
PRESIDENT SHAFFER is SATISFIED.
The Head Of the Amalgamated Association
says the Strikers Have Gained Steadily :
and the Manufacturers Have Lost
Continually since Monday.

Says the Strikers Have Gained Steadily
and the Manufacturers Have Lost
Continually since Monday.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 20.-The strike
situation cannot be termed ma
terially changed, although many ru-
mors are in the air to the effect that
settlement of the troubles is i'm
minent. Up to ten o'clock last night
none of these reports had been veri-
fled and the conclusion reached is
that no settlement is in sight. Presi-
dent Shatfer, of the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION, however, expresses his en-
tire satisfaction with the progress Of
the battle and says the workers have
gained steadily, while the manufac.
turers have lost continually since last
Monday. He says that the Amalga-
mated forces contemplate no changein
their programme, being perfectly sat
isfed with the showing their people
have made.
From the storm center at Wells
vile, O., last night came word that
the striking mill men in that vicinity
spent an uneasy. restless day. There
is no longer any doubt that the own
ers of the Wellsville plant of the
American Sheet Steel company have
many of the towns largest mer-
chants back of them in their fight
against the workmen and much bit
terness has resulted. Confronted
with what seems a certainty that il
the present trouble goes along much
further the Wellsvlle plant will be
lifted and brought across the line in
to Pennsylvania, grocers, clothing
men and others, who for years have
received the wages Of the mill work.
ers in exchange for goods, are now
trying to show the strikers that they
are wrong and foolish in keeping up
fight. Pressure brought to bear
along this line, the strikers say, Is
energy wasted, as they are more de-
termined than before. They are more
than angry with the merchants
These Wellsville men have been con.
sidered excellent workmen and many
of them have money invested in prop
erty there, so that, should the mill be
taken to vandergrift, as is threat
ened, they would suffer. They dc
not believe the promise, which ac'
companies the threat, that the mil
from Dennison, O.. will be brought
to this place in case the present
trouble is settled.
The plant here was running yes
terday about one-fourth full. Eight
cen skilled workmen, together with
many laborers and boys, are EN-
ployed. Superintendent Brookmar
saws the force consists of 40 persons
The report last night from Apollo
and Vandergrift, where the Amalga'
mated association is making strenu'
GUS efforts to gain recruits, are that
the situation is practically un'
changed, but much uneasiness is felt
No official report has reached here
concerning the situation at Duncans
Vile.
The Pittsburg Leader prints thu
following in reference to the report
ed shortage Of tin plate: 1.-THE Amer
lean Tin Plate company has made nc
increase in prices for the stock it has
on hand and cannot well do so on ac
count of contracts that 1t cannot full
FIJI, even with the material that il
now being worked up in the tn
houses by the fnishers. This supply
| will be exhausted and shipped within
| ten days at all plants, when the stop
page in all but the Monessen plan
veil be complete. The members O.
the Tin Plate Workers international
Protective association will stop work
They have assured President Shaffel
of their support and will refuse tt
work plate that may be attempted tt
be turned out by new men. In Thu
way this association, which has IL,
600 members, and whose scale, aver
aging a ten per cent. advance, wa
signed recently, may be drawn int
the conflict"