The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-20
CORPORATION GAINS
CRIPPLED PROPERTIES RAPIDLY
BEING RESTORED.
TWO MORE IN PAINTER PLANT.
THE MOVEMENT AT MONEssEN
FIRST OF A SERIES.

The Greatest Fight I'm the Pittsburg
District Is for Possession of the
Duquesne Mills of the Carnegie
Company-Both Sides working Sc
cretIy-Men of the National Tube
Company Joined the Strikers Last
Night, Expected That Frankstown
Force VIII Follow.
Pittsburg, Aug. 19.--The United
States Steel Corporation made a series
of gains to-day in the restoration of
properties crippled by the strike of the
Amalgamated Association, and it's
sympathizers. The steel mills at Mon
essen after a long period of inactivity,
were partly put in motion by strike
breakers gathered in some of the
Southern States. Two more mills in the
Painter plant were also operated for
the first time. There was some disor-
der in the streets of Monessen during
the day, but the local police never lost
control of the demonstrative crowds,
and there was no serious trouble. The
reopening of the Monessen mill is be-
lieved to be the first of a series of ag-
corporation. Preparations are known to
be in progress for reopening the Star
Tin Mills in this city, and for increas-
ing the force at the Lindsay and Nc
Cutcheon mills, and 1t is thought to be
only a matter of time before the
strongholds of the strikers like New
castle, McKeesport, Wheeling, Bellaire
and Mingo Junction will be invaded
The strikers deny that any real pro-
h1c
Monessen or Painters and say that
they are not to be frightened by the
burning of lot of coal and the mere
operation of machinery.
The greatest fight in this district Is
for mastery at the Duquesne mills of
the Carnegie Company. Both sides are
working secretly. the Amalgamated
Association to extend its organization
and strength among the workers and
the steel company to block any plan
to get the men out. Neither side has
shown it's strength yet and ii is inn
possible to get any line on the ulti-
mate result. The claims made private
ly on either side are conflicting. The
Amalgamated organizers assert that
they have secured strong position in
the property and that when the word
Is given it will be shut down The
managers of the mills admit that the
strikers have some friends in the mills.
but express absolute confidence in
their ability to keep the entire plant
in operation. Coal and iron police care
fully guard the property, admitting
none except employees and they in turn
are watched by secret pickets OF the
strikers.
The men OF the Pennsylvania works
of the National Tube Company in this
city Joined the strikers tonight, and
it is expected that the force in the
Frankstown plant will follow them to-
morrow. About 600 men left the Penn
sylvania works and it is almost GER
tain that all of the remaining 500 will
join in the movement and completely
tie the property up. There are about
500 men in the Frankstown property
and the total number of men added to
the army of strikers by the movement
will be about 1900. The strikers said
they had quit rather than work nom
union made skelp. There was an in
cipient strike at the Keystone rolling
mills. which is an independent prop
erty, to-day. The men objected to fur
nishing material to the United States
Steel Corporation, but the Amalga-
mated Association ordered them to re-
sumo work. This action is taken as
meaning that all contracts made by in
dependent mills before the strike be-
gan will be respected.