The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-07-26
A McKEESPORT RUMOR
Men to Strike Merely to Uphold the
Amalgamated.
PLANTS CONTINUE STARTING UP
Big Meeting of Strikers Called OF
Because a Riot Is
Feared.
Pittsburg. July 2s.-A McKeespOrt, Pa

AC PASScul 1uOAS&llOHS ludl luS SAk-
ployes OF the National Tube company of Nc
Keesport will go out on strike either to-
morrow or next week. The majority Of the
employees have Joined the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION; and, although they were advanced
on July l, they propose to strike to uphold
the association.
Manager Cooper of the Devices Wood
plant intimated quite strongly that the
mills will; be run strictly non-union and
that no amalgamated people will here
after be employed in the plant He said
he had been given to understand that the
Demmler plant also will be opened at
the same time. He added:
understand that the National Tube Works
men will be called out tomorrow. 1 cannot
help this. We will open our mill. ..--
A Monessen, Pa, dispatch says the out
look is for the early closing of the tin
mill. The men are wavering and the or
ganizers say they are meeting with much
more encouragement.
InjunctiOns.
Dispatches from Lisbon, Ohio. report
great excitement there over the presence
of two officials of the United States steel
corporation, who are looking for Judge
Boone, for the purpose of securing iniunc-
tions against the Wellsville strikers.
Judge Boone was out of town, but was ex-
pected home to-day. 1t was rumored that
the combine officials had a party of non
unionists concealed in the outskirts of the
town. 1t was also rumored that several
non -unionists had been captured and beat
en- near Lisbon, but this report could not
be confirmed.
Commenting on the steel strike spread
ing to other industries the Labor World,
a leading labor organ of western Pennsyl-
Tania. in this weeks issue editorially says:
dispatch from Washington says general
meeting Of labor leaders probably will be
held there to discuss the advisability of call
ing general strike of all trades in sympathy
with the steel workers. Such talk is un-
adulterated nonsense and does more harm
than good. All sensible labor leaders dis
courage it. President Shaffer has done So.
There is nothing more CALLING to the princi-
pies Of modern trades unionism than the
sympathetic strike, and when these rumors
are sent abroad 1t only fortifes the employ
ers in the argument that wage contracts with
labor unions are not sufficiently binding, and
to make them binding labor unions should be
Incorporated. Let US hear no more of this
foolish, harmful and unauthorized sympa
theuc strike talk
An Earlier View.
McKeesport was again the center Of in
terest in the great steel strike to-day.
the fact that many guards have been
sent into the Demmler tin plate mills
and the report that arrangements had
been completed to start the works with
non-union men on Monday. 1t was said
that inasmuch as the men had struck
in spite of the scale agreement the COM
pany was through with the Amalgamated
Association and would resume as soon
as men could be secured. Percy Donner
Of MI
as a successful strike breaker, was in
consultation with the Demmler people
yesterday and it was said that he was
to take charge of the mill.
So ominous was the situation this morn
ing that the Rev. Stuart Sharp hurried
to this city to beg the tin plate company
officials not to attempt to start the mills
as bloodshed would surely occur. The
situation at the Dwees Wood plan also
became more interesting, when at 10
o'clock this morning the management of
the works announced the intention to
start the plant non-union within a very
few days and that the police department
Of McKeesport would be looked to to pro-
tect the new workmen.
Bound to Start Up.
Manager Samuel M Cooper of the Wood
plant, this morning, after a conference
with head officials of the company in
Pittsburg, made a statement partly in
reply to the edict issued by Mayor Black
of McKeesport, Wednesday that the com
pany would get no assistance from the
McKeesport police department should
they decide to start the plant. Mr. Cooper
said :
We are going to start up within the next
few days, and We will look to the authorities
Of McKeesport for assistance Should our
men be interfered with we will insist on the
police Of McKeesport doing their duty. II
Mayor Black would carry out the lines he has
laid down in his statement. we will sue him
and the city of McKeesport for the ". De-
wees Wood. people are heavy taxpayers in the
city and must be protected.
Another report that excited the men To-
day was to the effect that the companv
had sent man or several men to Win
chester, Va, to employ negroes. Win
chester is in a manufacturing district. and
competent men can be had there it is
said. The belief that they will be brought
10 McKeesport to break the strike has
Saused considerable uneasiness.
1t was extremely quiet at WelIsyille
This morning. -Four mills were in opera
lion, and Manager Brookman was preuar-
ing to make good his assertion to have
che entire plant in operation on Monday.
ct is said the men are beginning to re-
glize that the management is in earnest
and many have notified Mr. Broolman
that they will report for duty next week.
Tomorrow will be pay day, and the strik-
ers will receive their wages for the time
worked before the strike.
Well Reported Poisoned.
Some excitement was caused last night
by report that we'll just outside the
plant had been poisoned and that two
strike-br breakers living in the mill had been
taken violently i'll. The placing of a
guard over an artesian we'll near by gave
color to the report, but it was stated at
Che mill that there was no sickness. and
The guard was merely a precaution
The giant mass meeting Of union men
which was to have been held on the pub
lie square here tonight has been called
OF. The leaders Of the Amalgamated as
SociRtion fear that they will be unable to
keep such crowd of men in control, and
fear that riot might be precipitated that
would cost the association the sympathy
of the general public
The only change in the local situation
was the closing down last night of the
open hearth furnaces at Clarks A num-
Der OF the men who had been working
at the furnaces quit and went to work
for the crucible steel company The or
der has gone forth that now that the men
have struck the furnaces will be dis
mantled.
At the Amalgamated Offices the officers
.mNt he c@Ur r44n@ @r4a - A.