The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-12
BOTH SIDES SKIRMISHING.
The Great Steel Battle Thus Far
Proves IndeCiSive.

PITTSBC EG. Aug lI.-Jp to noon to-
Eay nothing had been heard here To- de-
tract srom the strong statement of the
Situation issued 10y a representative Of
The steel corporation shortly after mid
hight.
The statement was as follows
"Carus-ie steel Comuauy: au plants re
fumod ,orI, at p. M. Sunday, with fuA
Gorces
Federal steel Company; employees Of
this company voted To continue work at
all the plants in Chicago. Joliet, and Mil
waukoe.
National Steel Company; Ninso june
tion Works employees on strike. Ohio
Works employees an resumed work. Co
lumbus plant resumed. with "a fuu force.
BeIlaire running with about nrleen ton
mage men short.
The National Tube Compary's convert
ing mill and blooming mill. McNe,sPort
works the only department scheduled to
start Sunday evening. resumed with
fun force Tho tube department is not
scheduled Co start until this morning The
Boston rolling mill department men noti-
fed the management that -hoy viii not
report for work. Word received from the
BeIlaire works Of the National Company
across tbe river states that the Eessemer
-convertlrs were blowing. but the rolling
mill appeared 90 be idle"
q The officers OF the United States Steel
Corporation who are handling the big
strike seem 20 be couGning their attention
10 the plants s3u,h of this city, for prac-
tiCally no attempt was made 10 start the
pants here today. At the Lindsay
cllJ on mill in lower Allegheny seven men
were at work. but no finished material
was being turned out. Not "a striker was
in sight ct 9 O'Clock and the works pre-
serted Sunday appearance.
NO effort was made by Manager Ha~-
per 20 start the Painter NIiI on the South
Side. Fires are suu going under the fur
naces and steam is up i'm the boilers and
the plant could be started up on a few
hours notice but only the watchmcu
We're around today At the EIba Iron
Works Of the National Tube Company not
a man was working this morning. all hav-
ing quit work. About go men formerly
employed in that plant are idIe
Adjoining the Eiba mill ana under the
same MANAGEMENT is the Continental Tube
mill This plant is composed OF a pipe
cutting department and a machine shop.
and was being operated in fun today The
men DO not belong To- the union and were
not expected 10 come out Should the
Eiba mill remain idle long they viii be
compelled TO quit
The attempt 60 start up the CHARTERS
mill at Carnegie was "a failure. no one
reporting for work The strikers remain
ed on guard, but there was no disturb
ance
MckEESPORT. Pa. Aug. I2-The first
day OF the big steel strike al this place
had been productive Of no disorder when
the hours for the opening Of all Of the
mills here had passed.
BuJ one mill here is working TO-DAY 1t
Is the tube mill OF ;he National Tube
COmpaUys plant The fun force Of men
went 90 work There at the accustomed
hour this morning By an agreement Of the
men that they should work until the uu-
ion-made material on hand is exhausted
This material viii last for forty-eipht
hours and then work will stop
The men who are out are as follows.
National Rolling Mills 2UO1 mem Ros-
ton Iron and Steel Works. $50 men. No
nOngahela furnaces. 500 men: United
States Iron and Tn Plate Works. go
men, ". Devices Wood mill. 1000 men.
total, $3.50. OF these All went out on
Saturday night and today. except the
iron and tin plate mill and Wood mill
men The total of those who struck on
the order of President Shaffer is 1850
ing in McKeesEort and she men employed
are as follows: Tube works. 6c18 men.
All the mills i'm the vicinity OF NIcKecs-
port and not in the adjacent towns. that
are working today are the National Cal
vanizing Works and the United States
Seamless Tube Works which employ B.
40 men. These two mills belong o. the
National Tube Company. but are situat-
ed on the luuEhIogheuy River two miles
from this city. when the material now
on hand is exhausted the lupbe9 Of men
that VIII then be out is 9I5J which VIII
increase the total Of the men out 10 I5.-
600. The figures are official.
There was not a furnace charged In She
National Rolling Mil today. Those which
were charged last week were omptied and
the fires permitted 60 go out. At the Ros-
ton iron Works Of the National Tube
company when Inc material for the roll
Ing mills Is turned out there was not q
furnace heated this morning The fires
were banked last Saturday and this morn
ms There was no sign Of a workman
about this mill who wanted 10 so 20 work
at the National Rolling Mill. however.
Al tho MonOHgahcla furnaces. which be
long 10 the National Tube Company. there
was an attempt To- go TO work and six
men got into the works All but one OF
them got IN through the good nature Of
the pickets and they were allowed 20 pass
These men by getting into the mills saved
themselves. SO that when the mills started
up again they will be on the cOmpany-s
rolls sill, while the men who did not re-
port this morning are discharged.
The first man 10 get into the rolling
mill was Big Hank q gigantic roller
He attempted 20 get ia by strategy and
doged the group Of sixty pickets that
gathered at the mill gates on Hucv Street
at midnight last night. and came along
H in the railroad that enters the
yards. a picket spied Big Hank when he
was only a few yards from the opening
IN the fence and made "A rush for MIN
The big man stood his ground
The pickets ho0ted and threatened but
Big Hank kept his face turned toward the
mill and would not retreat At length aft
er half hours parley Hank threatened
70 draw pistol on the pickets and they
withdrew, leaving him "a victor. The next
men to 60 into the mill were q boss roller
and "A iron Inspector They came on after
the pUdilers were inside anc after a lot