Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-07-18
A GENERAL STRIKE.
Pl'tsbufg Steel Workers Go Out In
Large Numbers.
PRES. SHAFFER'S ORDER IS OBEYED
lhe Unionizing of the Painter Mil, Is
Said to Be One of the Objects of the
St. ike.

FlttSourg, Special.-From present in
uicauons 1t looks probable that Presi-
ueht ohafer's strike order. issued Sat
ufday night the the Amalgamated As
soclation members in the employ of the
American Steel Hoop ConpaDy the
american Sheet S,eel Company and the
american Tin Plate Company, will be
oDeyed, and the great struggle between
the Amalgamated Association AMI the
steei companies will be On in earnes,.
III the union mills OF the three comUa-
mes strike has been declared. and il
IS pFed!cted that not a wheel will turn
An e1ort Will be made also to close
down some Of the non-uniOn mills of
the companies and to cripple the rest.
Ihe Amalgamated people are very san-
guine of success.
The strike was not of orr saak
ing said President Shaffer. 1T was
forced upon us. We were not contend
Ing for wages, but for principle. fer
preservation. The tin and sheet
people will not be able to turn a sinqls
wheel. We have our forces thOrough-
ly organized and there will be some
Il
from a single lodge in answer to my
strike order, but an answer is not nee
essary. The order will be promptly
obeyed by all our men. But there vii
be no trouble. Labor organizat ons
have changed. The Amalgamated AS.
s0ciatiOn is net the association it was
20 years ago, not even five years ago
The men are more readily controlled;
n of hoy
troll"
Developments indicate that Pitts.
burg is going to be a pretty lively
strike centre. The most interested at
tacheS to the Painters Mill on thk
southside, and to that of Lindsay
McCutcheOn, in Allegheny. Both mill;
are controlled by the American Sieet
Hoop Company, and have hitherto
been aggressively non-union and much
depends upon the men in these pants
The employees Of both mills held open
meetings Sunday and b III decided tc
strike Monday. The Painter Mill en-.
ployes about 400 men and the Lindsay
G McCutcheon Mill about 300.
|. W. jerks, manager Of the Amer
can Steel Hoop Company, sad that he
had heard Of the attempt to be mad;
to tie up the two mills, but he had
heard such strike talk for saveGa'
months past. Mr.. jerks sad both
mills would resume as usual.
The fight at the Painter MIL is to be
made the fight of tho strike. Both sides
will make stubborn resistance. Ii the
Amalgamated people can close this mill
they believe they will have won the
greater part Of the strike. The mill is
not only an important one, but tbs
Steel Hoop Company has for years
succeeded in thwart.ng the efforts
made to uniOnlZe Il.
1t may be said however, on the
strength Of reliable information that
the strike within it's present limits is
Intended merely as a show o. strength.
At the conference, last week, the rep
resentatives of the steel corporation
were repeatedly warned that the as $50
citation was much stronger than they
knew. They were even told OF the or
ganization of mills Of VIII :ch they had
no knowledge But the steel men would
not believe that the association was
as strong as it was claimed to be.
Thus it is believed to be the first pur
pose of the association to show It's
strength by cOnfining the strike to The
three companies. When that show OF
strength has been made what it may
prove to be. the assoc. C.atlCS, eXpec-S
the companies to ask fer another con-
ference. If the compan es show 20 in
clination to make a settlement the
strike will be extended to three moe
companies. If the trust will net yield
then, the strike will be extended to
such Independent companies as Sc
their finished produces or law mate
rials TO companies against which a
strike has been declared. Should the
strike attain such proportions 1t woUl
Sc Hkeiy to go still further. The Anal
gamated Association and the Fedora
ton Of Labor two years ago formed a
secret alliances it is claimed, when II
was agreed that the association when
on strike could call out the steel mon
Of the Federation. The latter he's its
organizations in many mills who's s.
workmen are not eligible to member
ship in the association