The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-18
STEEL WORKERS At FAY VIEW
HAVE JOINED HANDS WITH
THEIR FELLOWS
THE EMPLOYEs NUMBER 1,4oo
President shaRer and His Associates
Now Hope to Win Over the
Mill Men at South
Chicago.
THE SITUATION IN GENERAL

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug 1.-THE Bay
View men will strike. The vote on PresI-
dent Shafer's order to strike, as report
ed bv Secretary Valentine Dooley, of the
lodge. was 157 to IS in favor Of obeying
the mandate. On motion the vote was
made unanimous.
The plant of the Illinois Steel COM
pany at Bay View will be shut down in
definitely and about 1.400 men will be
rendered idle.
When the meeting was called to order
this afternoon 1t is said that 1S5 members
of the lodge out of a total of 219 were
present. Assistant Secretary Michael f.
Tighe made a long appeal to the men to
obey the mandate of President Shaffer.
Mr. Tighe was followed by w. c. Davis.
of South Chicago, vice president of the
fourth district, who spoke on the same
lines. President Joseph Redfern, of the
Bay View lodge took the negative size,
and was followed by others, who were
not in favor of going out. The speech
making occupied five hours, and 1t was
close on to 0 o clock when a secret ballot
was taken, the result showing majority
in favor Of a strike. When the result
was announced a motion to make the
vote unanimous in favor of obeying the
famous order was carried without a dis
senting voice. The tension throughout
the meeting was great.
SOUTH CHICAGO NEXT
Leaders of the Amalgamatcd associa-
tion now in this city declare the action
Of the Bay View men will have an i'm
portant bearing on the situation. They
claim that South Chicago will likely be
influenced in the same direction. Taking
this view, the association leaders gain
great encouragement in the war with the
United States Steel corporation.
w. C. Davis, of Chicago. after the
meeting, spoke in strong terms of praise
at the action of the lodge Mr. Davis
looks for an immediate change In the sit
uation at South Chicago when the news
Of the result of the Bay View meeting
becomes known to the men in his city
If the strike is Of long duration, Mil
waukees suburb of Bay View will be Sc
riously affected, as that section of the
city Is practically made up of mill men,
and the merchants depend upon these
patrons for a living.
OF the 1,4O0 men who were emploved Ar
the Bay View mills, 29 belong to the
Amalgamated association. They are the
tonnage men. Besides the union men.
there We're 200 other skilled zen employ
ed including roll turner's. engineers, ma
chinists, carpenters. blacksmiths, pipe
filters and men strengthening plates and
working on hot beds. The engineers and
roll turner's formerly belonged to the
Amalgamated association and are in
sympathy with it. Employment was given
70 loo unskilled men, 200 of whom work
ed in the blast furnaces.
Michael T. Tighe expressed himself as
being highly pleased at the outcome of
the meeting, adding:
i always knew the men at Bay View
to be loyal to the Amalgamated associa-
ton and was satisfied all along that when
the situation was thoroughly explained
to them they would stand bv the
order to strike. I look upon the action
Of the Bay View lodge as a great gain In
the hight with the United States Steel
corporation. I leave for East Chicago
Sunday morning. where I expect to ad-
dress the men Of the Republic Iron and
steel company in the afternoon
Supt George L. Refs. of the Bay View
plant Of the Illinois Steel companv. safA
after the meeting that he was very muc1
disappointed at the outcome "T fully eva
pected that when the question came to a
vote the men would stand by their
contracts with the Illinois Steel company
ana refuse to strike" said Mr. Refs
The amount OF. wages to be lost by the
men going out will foot up S90No1 ner
month. The Bay View plant will be
closed down indefinitely"