The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-22
MILL WORKERS AT MKEEsPORr
JOIN THE AMALGAMATED
ASSOCIATION
PLANT LIKELY TO BE CLOSED
President ShafTer Says His pro-
Eramme Is Perfected and
VIII BE Carried
Out
READY FOR A LONG STRUGGLE

PITTSBURG, July 2l.-The important
event in the strike history OF the dav
is the organization of the tube mill work
ers at McKeespOrt. The word from
there tonight is that after long and ardu-
Gus wosk X. Assistant Secretary Tiehe OF
the AInalgamated association. succeeded
IN organizing 517 men of the NationaI
Iube Works company At the meeting
twenty-five skilled men from each of
the deIartments were initiated into ths
mysteries of the Amalgamated associa-
tion, and Mr.. Tighe claims that within
Iorty-e ght hours enough more OF the
worKmen VIII be secured to keen the
entire plant closed down affecting 5000
men.
From Wellsville nothing has been re-
celVed here except word that the situa-
uon Is unchanged and the strikers saw
everything is satisfactory to them. II
ID believed, however that an attempt will
pe made tomorrow to put men 10 work
there from other points the ten men
from Vandergrift, who are said 10 be
al East Liverpool, ready to 60 In early in
the Day, being the principal men relied
upon Tor the purpose. While the strfk-
ers say they Will not commit any overt
act, there is an uneasy feeling manifest
throughout the entire valley, and no one
Is willing to anticipate the result of the
work
When seen tonight President sharfer
expressed himself as being more than
SATISFIED with the weeks work. He
said:
Things are much better than I thought
they would be. More mills are shut down
than We anticipated or coua expect
Ihere Is more determination on the part
OF the men than was anticipated There
Deen 10
morally and financially on the part OF
other labor organizations. and vastly
more support from the general public
than we were looking for
Last night I received a telegram
from one or our men at Duncansville.
saying: 'Duncansville is out At any
time within the year we could have form
ed compact organization of the mill
there. They have sent us dozens OF iet-
ters and number of kilograms declar-
Ing their anxiety to Join our cause
we nave lost no ground In the mills
thrown Idle In Pittsburg. Our organizers
at Wellsville report that after the ad-
vent OF a solitary worker from Wander
gT4ft to go into the mills, the employers
secured the country to find another work.
Z er, but could find none I can sav tl.era
are no non-union workers taking our
places II the United States Steel cor
poratlon can get non-uIiion men, ! viii
help lead the men into the mills"
PREPARED FOR LONG FIGHT.
MI. OHauer would say mounting or the
plans Of. his association during the COM
ing week further than to reiterate his
former statement that his programme
was perfected, and would be carried out
to the letter. His people had been pre-
pairing for this conflict, which they fore
saw for three years, and are prepared to
carry on the fight for an almost indeh-
mite period.
The twenty-five inch mill at the Bos-
ton iron and steel plant of the National
Tube company, at McKeesport, will re-
sumo operations in the morning, after
a shut down lasting three weeks. The
plant was closed for repairs. great
many men will be benefited by the MIL
resuming operations, but they were all
glad to get a three weeks vacation The
situation as to the Devices plant re-
mains unchanged.
Various rumors were in circulation
throughout the town this afternoon ana
evening to the effect that the mills would
try to resume operations tomorrow, but
they could not be confirmed The COM
pany officials persist in their refusal to
name date of resumpt'