The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-07

reports indicate that the men will sup
pert the stand of their officials.
An aggressive movement on Carnegie
mills is intended and will be taken
promptly.
President Shaffer said tonight:
1--WE want no one to come out with
us unwillingly. If our people are not
in full sympathy with our fight we
would rather they would remain at
work They win not be asked to de-
eide hastily. They will. have until Sat
urday night of this week to think it
over. When they finally do decide they
will come out prepared for the battle.
There will be no faltering, no inde-
cision. no ignorance in action. but a
unity of purpose and determination to
fight for their rights"
shaGcr Is on the Watch.
After issuing the call for next Satur-
day night President Shaffer said:
"At noon to-day called out the men
employed in the Newcastle mills of
the National Steel Company. They
will stop work at II o'clock o-night.
My purpose in doing this was that l
leal ned that the trust has 5een piling
up union-made bars in the old hous-
ings of the dismantled Jennings sheet
mill for the purpose of supplying the
trade to the non- union mills when the
plants were shut down. 1t was clever
trick, but it did not work The trust
will need what bars they have stored
now bad enough before they are
through this strike. After sending the
telegram to Newcastle / received re-
ply which read as follows:
'''Mill will close; men are all firm
'"This will bring about $500 men out
in that plant. You see we have to be
on the watch for just such moves by
the trust as this was. We know what is
going on just as well as they do and
are fully prepared to meet every move
they make
The Newcastle plant of the National
Steel Company, which is the first to be
affected by the general order, is the
Shenandoah valley steel plant. 1t was
originally owned by a company by that
name and was taken from that concern
by the National Steel Company. 1t in
cludes bar mills and furnaces and also
the Rosena blast furnaces in the same
borough
AS President Shaffer left his Office to-
night he walked down stairs to the
street accompanied by Secretary John
Williams and Manager Ben I. Davis of
the Amalgamated Journal. He was ap-
parently at ease in his mind, but
showed his full realization of the act
I0dI Hdu DceD liotuSSAltel
the feature of the strike that would
| bear directly Upon the prosperity of the
country, he said:
Shaffer Discusses His Order.
1.-THE closing of all these mills will be
| felt by all classes. 1t will stop pro-
| duction and this will stop commerce.
| The effect will be bad. and no one
realizes it more than I do. l realized
ii all the time and tried to avoid by
every means in my power the carrying
out of this programme, but it was OF
no use. Right must triumph, however
1t will triumph in spite of the trust
saying that union men cannot exist ir
| their mills.
| 'In this call for the men to come
out we tried to eliminate all meaning
| less words, all bombastic utterances
1 and sensational sentences. 1t is too Sc.
rious a matter for stage play. The
Amalgamated men fully realize the
task that is before them and have beer
prepared for it. They are. l believe
ready to suffer long for what they
firmly believe to be their rights. They
will suffer hunger, poverty and priva-
! ton of all kinds before giving in. The
trust. can never crush such men as oui
people. They may start some of Their
mills, but they cannot start many OF
| them"