The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-14
Will Be Big STRIKE
.cuEEMENT REACHED AT
~ pITTsBURG CONFERENCE.
MAY AFFECT 10000 MEN.
A., STEEL CORPORATION MILLS
INCLUDED.

4 FniIed to Kench "a"
.,1eut shaIYer Orders All the
1nIoyes of the Tin Plate steel
and Sheet Steel Mills on
-. Monday-This Is Followed
Circular TO All the Mills OF
United states Steel COrpOr-
alton.
,,,..,,,rg July 1s.-After a three-days'
4 ,.son the conference between represent
n .,ros of the American Sheet Steel
q .,i,on steel Hoop Company and Amer
90. Tin Plate Company, subsidiary COM
n ,os of the United States Steel Cor
q .otion and the general executive board
:, ,he Amalgamated Association OF 1ron'
c,., and Tin Workers, adjourned finally
a o,cIocl, this evening without reach
q or agreement. In less than an hour
81 ,otsr President Shaffer of te Amalgamat-
81 association had wired the following
,,., n all the Amalgamated lodges in
.be fin plate, steel hoop and sheet steel
n mills of the country:
oNotify your men that the mill is on
strike and will not work on Monday.
n July Is"
For the present President Shaffer says
.bot only the three companies named Will
be affected. but later all the union men In
81 ,bs Federal steel Company, National
Al c,sel Company and the National Tube
Company may be called out if it shall be
found necessary to resort to extreme
measures to win the fight. At the start
Al # is claimed, 1000 skilled workmen, 3d.
s 600 unskilled men, and indirectly many
thousands more will be affected.
After the adjournment of the confer
g encs the following statement was given
out by the officials of the companies in
# terested:
Companies Make n Statement.
''The conferences between the Amalga-
mated Association and the sheet, hoop
and tin plate companies failed to come
81 to an agreement because the Amalga-
mated Association did net recede from
its original position. The manufacturers
NJ did not refuse their rights to oragnize,
81 but having many men dn the mills not in
n the Amagamated Association who do not
* wish to become association men claimed
A they must respect these men in their
n wishes, as well as those who are mem
bers Of the association. in order to eff
4 feet a compromise, the manufacturers Of
H fered to sign for several mills, which
y have always in the past been out of the
# association. No compromise was offered
by the Amalga Association. The
American Tin Plate Company have only
one non-union mill. They required the
81 privilege to make a special scale for this
N mil and sign the same. This was re-
fused and the company was given to un-
oerstand that men in all the tin mills
would be called out, even though the
scale has been signed for all the tin
mills. The privilege requested above
would settle all differences between the
I'm plate company and the Amalgamated
X Association"
NO otilcials of the manufacturing COM
pahles would consent to an interview as
70 the probable result of the strike. They
Nould not estimate the number of men
~nom they expected to go out on the or
uer of President Shaffer, and said that
Ine iac's in the statement submitted was
al mat they had to say. So soon as the
WORKERS left the hotel and repaired to the
heaaquarters of the Amalgamated Asso-
Clauon a statement was prepared for the
association side of the case and late this
evening President Shaffer made this pub
hc as follows:
The Workers. Side of 1t.
on Friday afternoon the manufactur-
W vs made their first proposition for a set
Sylneht T OF this strike, in which they said:
g we agree to unlonize the old Meadow
lu IN Scottdale and in Salesburg by
N,o1Hs 1t to the opinion of the men en-
p,oyed there if such opinion is properly
oo'alned,' This proposition was generally
s's.ussed and this morning, before the
Oonlerence adjourned for lunch, we, the
s.ueral executive board of the Amalga-
h,a.eu association, submitted the follow
ou we hereby repeat our request that
ma seale be signed for all mills owned
"A g., controlled by the American Sheet
N An. 'ne american Steel Hoop and the
uor. igah ~ Tin Plate companies, and be-
f. ~ mat this should be conceded because
"A W. III our opinion, reasonable and lust.
N 80 Siee mat If our scales are signed as
aooVe to classify the Monessen
4 ss " tne American Tin Plate Company
n sccorsll slV'lal mill and arrange a scale in
n shan "ee herewith. Also that there
n tbs M reconstruction of the scale for
n exclns''f working hemp and cotton ties
work s'y' ana we also agree that IL our
rS'A OF organizing mills outside Of the
cane ,'HS OF the above comnanies should
csuie 'ne shutting down of plants or the
ius out Of men, there sbal1 he ~, in
4 belonsire with the operation of the mills
cal SbaIs, 70 10 or operated by the Ameri-
n Steel trs steel Company, the American
Plate - company or the American Tin
n 'rtt9 "lpdhy during the scale year.
ccptr,r, cement is to abrogate all
panios E signed by the men Of these COM
4 b. a.. ." winch they agree not to ioin or
n too5i''e'ted with the Amalgamated AS
eAton or any other labor
We v.. 'uncn' continued Mr.. Shaffer.
. propos,,s met with the following counter
,on M. from the manufacturers:
ao,. manufacturers Proposition.
follo" agree TO sign the scale for the
4 rolllng meet mills: The Old Meadow
mills mn ~, scottdaie; the salesburs
eo' eIsvllle mills '''u
A. n ''1f'e this proposftion was rotoc,e,
lhs.,,''s considered no proposltior "a af
ised 10 ls lne Welhyille plant is organ.
Nckes.l...'' .''n ana so Is the Wood mill In
,oan ,r,, The conference adjourned
BON .'l.. '1s with regret expressed on
agnssm1,i iof the failure to reach an
I, ''reuiar Order Issued.
of tbs .,.ss general details OF the effect
d,rt 81. NAT is nov ordered. Presl.
ssm h. i.. .,ll that the hrst order only
ihat fsy. Nllp ~ the three cotnDanles
u ~. peen carrying on novotistions