Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-15
BIG STRIKE IS ON
President Shaffer Looks For a
 Strike in Many Places.
4 HUNGARIANs AND 6 BOYS.

4 HUNGARIANS AND 6 BOYS. Were the Only Persons to Show Up at
 the American Steel Hoop Factory
 To-day-The Boys Were Trying to
 Run the Machine Shop-AIills Are
 Idle at Youngstown, Also-Striking
 Machinists at Wilmington Return.
 Pittsburg, July 15.-The strike of the members of the Amalgamated assocla- ton employed in the tin plate, sheet and hoop mills. which was ordered Sat urday night as a result of the dis agreement of the conferees or the United States Steel corporation ana the Amalgamated association was gen orally observed in the Pittsburg district this morning. Early reports received at the general office of the Amalgamat- cd association were meager of details, but indicated that the strike order was 
 President Shaffer is in communica- tion with lodge officials at all these nIantS and he is confident that the asso- ciatiOn will make such strong snow ing on this preliminary suspension or work that a general strike of all the mills of the United States Steel cor spcration will not be necessary.
 The painter mills of the American Steel Hoop company on the south side, is shut down. The men have joined the AmaIgamated association aUd this morning not one of the workmen save four or five Hungarians and six boys, showed up. It is estimated that be- tween TOO and 500 men are out
 The Hungarians were hauling away finished material and the boys were working in the machine shops, the only department in the mill where wheel iS turning. The strikers are keeping away from the plant.
 The Lindsay and McCutcheOn plant of the American Steel Hoop company in Allegheny is also idle and the Star and Mongahela plants of the American Tin Plate company are closed down.
 The tin mill at Monessen, Pa. which is non-union was running as usual.
 The Painter x Lindsay and the Me Cutcheon plants have been looked up on by the officials of the United States steel corporation as the stronghold of non-unionfsm in the hoop combine President Schaeffer was pleased with the reports from these plants and de cIared that not q wheel would turn un- til the strike was settled. He said that the non-union men of other plants of the hoop combine had promised, if the Painter plant would join in the strike that there would be no trouble in or ganizing the remainder. President Schaeffer took personal charge of the strike this morning. The executive committee of the. Amalgamated asso- ciation has placed the fight entirely in his hands. Despatches received up to noon at the Amalgamated headquar- ters reported the following mills closed: Star Pin works. AIonongahela Tin Plate, Deemler Tin Plate, Kensington Mills. ConneIlsyiIle Mills, Cannonburg Mills. Devoes Wood Sheet Plant at McKeesport.
 Youngstown, Ohio, July 15.-Not a wheel was turned this morning in any of the plants of the American Steel Hoop company or American Sheet Steel company in the Mahoning valley. The sixth district is the strongest nu- merically in the Amalgamated associa- tion and the men are unit in observ- ing the strike order issued by PreSi- dent Shaffer The Steel Hoop company has five plants in Youngstown, Girard, Warren and Greenville and the sheet steel combine has four in StruthehS and Niles All are organized. Vice-presi- dent Ward Sunday organized the men in the new fourmiIl plant of the Niles Iron & Sheet company In this val ley T.5OO men are directly or indirect ly affected by the strike.
 New York, July 15.-Vice- President Warner Arms of the American Tin Plate company said last night of the strike that the question at issue was the right of the three companies to run their own mills and to protect the men who worked in them. No question of wages was involved. Under this years s scale the men were getting higher wag- es than ever before The company did not consider that it was the aggressor- The demand of the Amalgamated asso- citation was that every plant be made a union plant The companies had of fered to give the union more mills than ever before, but insisted on protecting the non-union men in the non-union plants, many of whom did not wish to 1.s,or1s4o r1ufou man
 Mir Arms did not care to say what the effect of the strike would be on the steel markets He said the company would ask for no more conferences, but would be willing to meet the repre- sentatiyes of the strikers if they had any concessions to make
 Wilmington, Del. July 15.-The strik- ing machinists of the Harlan and Hol lingsworth company to the number of mo returned to work this morning in accordance to the agreement reached last night The machinists of the J Morton Poole company are still out that firm refusing to make the slight est concession.