Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-10
Appearances Indicate That the
Order Will BE Obsyed Al.
most Everywhere.

Mine Workers and Fed ation Of
Labor Offering Sympathy
and Aid.
Pittsburg, Aug. 10.-The general strike
order OF President shaffer of the ANAL
9amated Association becomes effective
today and the army Of iron and steel
! and tin workers to which 1t is addressed
70 expected to throw DOWN Its tools at
the close Of the last turn. The close ap-
& proach OF the final hour produced no ap-
preciable change here, and as yet there
has not been a ripple Of excitement. AT
the strike headquarters In the Bissell
block the newspaper reporters and cor
respondents found number Of repre-
sentatives Of labor, and the. Carnegie
building. from which the steel interests
1s being directed, was qu1eter than on
ordinary business days.
With the opposing sides at the parting
of the ways there is still much talk of
q settlement. Strong appeals have been
made to both President Shaffer and
President Gompers. asking that they
throw their influence toward settle
ment. and various plans for. avoiding a
general strike have been discussed and
onered by disinterested men on the out
side. There may yet come a powerful
peacemaker In the form of compact
H that can be accepted by both sides, but
Tor the present the strike seems inevi-
table. The open letter written by Pres
ident Gompers was generally discussed
today, and construed by each Individual
according to hls sympathies. The strik-
ers asserted 1t was emlnently satisfac-i
tory to them and that 1t assured them
of the complete support of the fedora
tion Opponents OF the strike insisted
there was but little consolation for the
strikers In the statement. They say
Gompers does not approve the strike
and stood ready while here to accept
and support any plan for satisfactory
settlement. 1t is not yet known here
what steps the Federation. Of Labor will
take. None OF its ofncials are here and
& the Amalgamated leaders refuse to dis
cusS the matter. All manner of reports
W. keBaA ASAApus al O. III ClTCu&dlanLs
I 1njunctlons and counter ihjunctions are
4 being discussed. but no steps have been
taken here yet to INVOKE the aid OF the
courts by either side.
The strike at the Riverside plant of
y the National Tube works, Benwood, w.
Va, came earlier than expected. AT 2
o o'clock this morning, when the men In
the plate mill finished their turn. they
cropped their tools and announced to
the management that they would not be
back on Monday. They We're the first
men thruout the country to obey the
general strike order.
The mill has been operated ae nom
union plant and was only recently or
ganized. There were $40 men, ployed
tn the plate mill. but only half the num-
ber were engaged on the turn this
morning. 1t is understood the men on
the shift will support the strike. The
action of the Riverside men greatly
pleases the strike leaders'an they claim
the tie.up there will be general. 1t is
believed here that no accurate figures as
10 the number of men that will obey the
strike roder will be obtainable until to-
morrow night. With the last turn today
I ill mills will close and remain closed un-
til tomorrow night. and with the next
turn II Is supposed Will commence the
true test, furnished by the number of
men who fail to put in an appearance
tomorrow night. kilograms from Nc
KeeSport announce that 150 men today
began dismantling the big Devices
Wood plant. The strikers gay the old
machinery Is being removed and the
corporation Is not serious In the matter.
Az counter move to the order OF the
Ill w~1<x~
backed by local business men, is pro-
posed A telegram from Bellaire. o.,
says the Amalgamated Association
claims to have induced $50 skilled men
At the National Steel Cop1pany's works
20 Join the association and claim they
viii go out today
President Gompers of the American
& Federation of Labor last night gave out
the following statement:
"We unhesitatingly declare our judg-
ment that the position of the Amalga-
mated Association is absolutely justi-
fled and essential to its continuance
and effectiveness as union of the
workers In trade. as well as the pro-
tector of the rights and interests of
s its members. It Is true that the ANAL
4 gnmated Association in the first confer
ence asked that the United States Steel
Company sign, the union scale OF wages
for all the mills operated, owned and
controlled by that company, but 1t is
8 also true that the request was with
drawn and one substituted so that the
union scale would apply to those mills
only in which the members Of the
Amalgamated Association members are
employed, in other words. which are
well known to be union mills This the
United States Steel Company refused to
b concede, insisting the scale should ap-
ply only to those mills which were
) union last year, even refusing to allow
two mills to be included which by q
species Of hectoring and Systematic
4 ioppositions of the company had become
non-unionists. Such position and
avowal are tantamount to declaring
that. knowing the growth OF the craft
& the organization had reached a status
beyond which II could not extend. Or
kanixed labor advances or recedes: II
4 never stands still. 1T therefore follows
j that II the trust, by its great wealth
can prevent the extension and growth
= u the Anal lgamaaed Assocta tion 4; en-
{ compasses Its disintegratt0nI and de-
attraction, The only power then stand
~ f1Se frsaSf ana ~vynrIe Ara 4 I