Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-08-18
RAY VIEW AND RIVERSIDE
RAISED Strikers HOPES.
ACTION OF THESE MEN FoRrIFIEs
THE STRIKERS AT JOLIET,
AND GIVES REASON
m HOPE FOR SOUTH CHICAGO.
TUBE WORkMEN
ORGANIZE AND PRESENT
DEMANDS.

pf-rTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE
r.,,s that the Milwaukee men had de-
.ifsd to cast their fortunes with the
s,-skers. supplemented by the wierd an
-,ancement that the steel men in the
riverside plant at Wheeling had voted
e., strike. awakened new enthusiasm in
tho ranks of the Amalgamated Assoeia-
ton and its followers.
There had been some doubt as to the
FINAL decision of the Milwaukee lodges,
and II was feared that If the vote was
o..arse that Joliet might reconsider its
last Dreyious vote. and that the chances
u, winning Chicago would be greatly
reduced.
The Milwaukee vote inspires them
with the hope that Chicago can be pre-
vailed upon to once more reconsider its
vote and finally decide to come over to
the strikers.
When the news reached here tonight
q was quickly spread among the strik-
orc They we're highly enthusiastic
over II and renewed their assurances
NJ their complete confidence in the final
success in their contest against the
United States Steel Corporation.
The leading steel officials had gone
N their homes when the news was re-
ceived and no expressions on the sub
ioct was obtainable from Them. An
officer of one of the subsidiary compa-
MES said that 1t would merely make
tho steel corporation more determined
than ever to win.
The word from Milwaukee and
Wheeling came after day of exceeding
ouietness throughout the strike dis
tricts. The forces at the non-union
mills in operation were not increased
during the day, and neither side had
made an important move.
The employees of the Pennsylvania
Tube Works, a plant in this city con-
troled by the National Tube Company,
completed their organization as a lodge
Of the American Federation of Labor
to-day and made demand on the man
agement for a general advance in
wages. There are about 1000 employees
in the works, and it is claimed that S75
Of them have been organized. They
threatened to join the strike unless
their demand was granted. The man
agement agreed to meet a committee
on Monday, and 1t is believed that an
advance in wages will be agreed to.
These are the first men outside the
Amalgamated Association to couple a
demand in their own behalf with their
threat to strike.
The strikers are making determin-
cd effort to extend their organization
among the men employed by the great
> group of Carnegie mills. 1t is under
stood that they have secured foot
hold in the Duquesne property, and
that the men who have Joined them
will be called out probably tomorrow
or Monday.
The officials of the company admit
mat they may lose some may, but that
the boast of the Amalgamated to close
the plant down will never be fulfilled.
BelInirc is Very Quiet.
Both parties have settled down to a
Waiting game. The Association is
working to embrace all the men en-
p'oyed in all departments. At the
blast furnace laborers are unloading
ore and making repairs. No effort has
been made to introduce non-union
labor.
Joseph H. Ebright, district examiner
o. engineers and firemen, Is here and
viii see that no engineers are en-
pIoyed who do not have the necessary