The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-07-19
OBEY ORDER 10 STRIKE
First Display Of Strength Sur
prises Steel Combine.
REMAIN AWAY FROM THE MILLS.
Employees In Two More Establishments
Where Organization Is Not Reeos.
nized Join Strike-Nonunion Men
Join A%malsamated Association.

Pittsburg, July 16.-Reports re.
ceived from all sources connected with
the great strike of the steel workers
indicate that the members OF the
~Amalgamated association have mat.
ters we'll in hand and that the strike
order was generally obeyed. Tele.
grams from various points where the
mills OF the American Tin Plate com.
pany, the American Steel Hoop com.
pany and the American Sheet Steel
company are located, tell Of the shut.
ting down of these plants in large nun.
bers. In many cases the plants had
been shut down by the first strike or.
der, which affected the sheet steel
and the steel hoop companies only.
The last order brought out all of the
union plants of the American Tin
Plate company. with the single excep.
tion Of the new mill in Monessen,
which Is still running. At the Anal.
gamated association headquarters 1t
is stated that the figures given out
Saturday night regarding the number
of men who would be actually idle in
IL lulilS " luS thlcc COIHpdulSS IdNe
been proved correct. This number
was placed at $4,000.
OF the $4,000 men idle, $500 are In
Pittsburg, 500 in Allegheny and 1900
in McKeesport. President Shaffer has
1t In his power to close many more
Pittsburg mills, but 1t is not thought
that he will do anything Of a radical
nature until he is compelled to.
The American Steel Hoop %company's
nonunion mill known as the Painter
mill is closed in all it's branches.
The tie up at this mill was said to
have been a surprise to the mill own.
ers and officials in charge of it. The
Lindsay e. McCutchean mill in ALE.
gheny was shut down completely in
the pudding and bar mills. All the
skilled workmen refused to enter the
mill yesterday and the company did
not even operate the five furnaces.
While all the mills of the United
States Steel corporation are included
in the general conflict, the three com.
panies are the first attacked. What
the next move will be the workers do
not say.
In addition to the very general and
In some instances rather unexpected
compliance with the strike order the
Amalgamated association lsCt night
added two more mills to it's list, both
of which were claimed by the COM
panies to be beyond organization.
When the William Clark Sons &c.
mills, which operated all day, non-
union, came to shift men, one re-
ported for duty and the plant closed
down.
Later the following was received
concerning another mill considered by
the manufacturers to be exceptionally
loyal: "The Monessin Steel Hoop
plant has been closed and has been or
ganized by district delegates of the
Amalgamated association. The dele
gates arriveC in town yesterday morn.
ing and went to work Immediately.
BY 8 p. m. they had all the local men
in the association and left last night
for Pittsburg, after advising the men
to stand firm. The men held a meet
ing last night to elect officers and
name their lodge"
The conquest of these two plants
Is considered by the association peo.
pie as an instance of their strength
and an indication that President Shat
fer's assertion that surprises would
follow the strike order was not all
bluf,