The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-20
BOTH KEEP SILENCE
NEITHER STRIKERS NOR MILL MEN
ARE TALKING.
LOOKS LIKE A LONG STRIKE.
RUMoRs OF A SETTLEMENT NOT
VERIFIED.

Are Gaining SteadiIy-A Lively
State of Affairs at WelIsvi1Ie and
Result StilI observation-disclosures
Men VIII Keep mt Work because
of Increased Wnges-Consumerso or
Tin Plate Said to BE Ordering
Supplies From Wales.
Pittsburg, July 19.-The strike situa-
ton tonight cannot be termed mate
rally changed. Many rumors are IN
the air to the effect that settlement
of the troubles is imminent, but none
of these reports have been verified.
At the officers of the Carnegie Com
pany, and at the headquarters of the
/ manufacturers the usual silence is pre-
| served.
President Shaffer of the Amalgamat-
| ed Association expresses his entire sat-
isfaction with the progress of the bat
| tie. and says the workers have gained
| steadily while the manufacturers have
| lost continually since last Monday. He
| says up to the present time the Anal
| gamated forces contemplate no change
in their programme. being perfectly
satisfied with the showing their people
have made. President Shaffer says the
advance in wages offered the tube mill
orkers at Mckeesport to-day. while
emingly large, will not bring the pay
UP to union scale.
Commencing i'm a day or two. weekly
bulletins will be issued from Amalga-
mated quarters to give workers and
| strikers official news of the exact con-
dition of strike affairs.
From the storm center at Wellsville.
o.. tonight comes word that striking
mill men in that vicinity spent an un-
easy. restless day.
Merchants Against the strikers.
The American Sheet Steel Company
have many of the towns largest mer-
| chants back of them in their fight
| against the workmen, the merchants
| fearing that IL the present trouble goes
| along much further the Wellsville plant
! viii be brought across the line into
Pennsylvania Grocers. clothing men
and others are trying to show strikers
| that they are wrong and foolish in
| keeping UP fight.
Pressure brought TO bear along this
| line the strikers say is energy wasted.
| Many OF the workmen have money in
| vested in property here.
| The proposition has been put to the
strikers in "A semi-ofciaI way that if
the strike is settled within reasonable
| time the mill at Dennison, o., will be
brought here to increase the resources
| of the place. and IL the contest is long
| drawn out the local plant will be re-
| moved bodily to Vandergrift. Pa IL
remains to be seen what effect this line
| of argument will have on the strikers.
| Mayor Dennis openly condemns the
ms "a ntQ hot f.,t
I ter and says they are going beyond
| their province In trying to influence
| the workmen. The WellsviHe plant
was running to-day about one-fourth
| full. Eighteen skilled workmen, together
| with many laborers and boys, are em-
| ployed. SuDt. Brookman says the
| force consists of forty persons. The
report from Pittsburg thht twelve nom
union skilled men had been secured to
come here, proves untrue up to the
present time, none having made their
| appearance to-day. The company ofli-
cials say the plant will be running full
| in short time. The reports tonight
from Apollo and Vandergrift. where
| the Amalgamated Association is max
| Ing strenuous efforts to gain recruits.
are that the situation is practically
unchanged. but much uneasiness is
| felt. Apparently the situation at Van
dergrift is favorable to the company.
| strikers Keep Away From Mills.
No official report has reached here
concerning the situation at Duncans-
vile. There was nothing of interest
| In affairs at Pittsburg, the strikers
keeping away from the mills, which
are closed.
A dispatch from Monessen, Pa. says:
1T has just leaked out that a secret
| meeting was held Thursday night by
the men of the National Tin Plate
plant and a large representation of
workers decided not TO participate in
| the strike, as they have obtained an
| advance voluntarily and the manage
ment agreed to. protect them.
President Shaffer has not yet made
move toward extending the strike TO
other plants of the great steel COM
| bine. Extreme measures will not like
ly be taken unless 1t is found to be alb
solutely necessary In order to win. The
| contributions OF the men at work are
| needed to carry on the strike. A long
| strike Is now expected In some quar-
| ters. consumer Of sheets, who had
| placed some large orders with the
| American Sheet Steel Company for de-
| livery during the next three months.
writing to steel brokers and jobbers
| here said In one of his letters that the
| combine informed him that his order
| could not receive attention for at
| least three months.
To Import Plate From Wales.
ut Is reported that consumers, who
have pressing need for tin plate. have
| ordered from Wales. The American
Tin Plate Company's supply viii be
exhausted within ten days, and as all
| plants but that at Monessen will be
tied uD, consumers feel compelled to
| import the costlier Welsh plate"
nuncnnsvilIe Men Refuse to strike.
Altoona. Pa, July 19.-The visit OF
| Vice President Pierce OF the Amalga-
mated Association TO Duncansville has
| proven fruitless. About $50 of the 700
workers met Vice President Pierce, but
when a vote was taken only ten men
| favored n strike. The Duncansville
mill therefore will continue In fun op-
| Grafton.