The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-15
VICTORIES ON BOTH SIDES
BUT NO DIRECT LINE ON RES ULI
 OF STEEL STRIKE.
Great Labor Concentration at WheeIing-Mil Go Into Camp Next 

steel strike to-day, but they furnished
 the conflict. The strikers succeeded in 1 finally forcing the National Tube
 Works at McKeesport probably the
 largest individual plant in the United
 States Steel corporation, to finally close
 down. On the other hand the steel cor poration reopened the big Painter mill | in this city and also resumed opera
 tions with non-union men at the Cres- l cent plant of the American Tin Plate company at Cleveland.
 Two mills were on at the Painter plant although one of them broke
 down during the day and according to
 the statement of the officials half the
 mills in the Crescent plant were nov ing. The forces at both the plants
 named are to be increased and the man
 agers claim they will soon have them
 working in full. They make the fifth
 and sixth plants which the steel cor poration has succeeded in starting with non- union men, the others being Wells. ville Hyde Park, Clarks and Lindsay
 and McCutcheon.
 There was a great labor demonstra- tion at Wheeling to-day and President
 Shaffer made stirring appeal to his
 followers to fight on. In an interview
 before he spoke he said that if the
 western lodges did not heed the final
 appeal of Assistant Secretary M. F..
 Tighe and come out, they would be ex-
 pelled from the Amalgamated Associa-
 ton and their offers of financial assist
 ance spurned.
 There were few other developments
 of importance during the day Locally
 the strike seems to drag and interest
 to flag. Large numbers of the strikers
 have gone away, either for recreation
 or to work and there has been scarcely any excitement much less disorder. Mo-
 Keesport and Wheeling are stirred up periodically, but there has been no vio- lence at either place.
 Rumor again to-day settled the strike It was related that President Shaffer had knowledge that he could not win, that the steel corporation fear ed their rivals would profit by an ex tended strike and were going to settle. No shadow of confirmation of the story was obtainable. The general situation Is thus briefly summarized:
 The spread os the strike at McKees- port and Wheeling has brought the number of men who answered the final strike order to something over 10000 and increased the total number of men rendered idle by the three orders to about 65,000. Many of the men drawn into the movement willing or unwil- lingly, continue to accept other ern- ployment and the exact number now idle is q guess. The strikers are fully in control at McKeesport, Wheeling, Newcastle Bellaire. Mingo Junction and show some strength here. The manufacturers hold South Chicago, Bay View, Joliet, Youngstown, Columbus. the Kiskiminetas Valley, the tin plant at Monessen and the Carnegie group. Of the last named property some doubt is expressed as to the Lower Union mill in Pittslburg. Some men have left their places there and the strikers boast that they will close it down. It Is running, however, and the managers say it cannot be stopped. Desertions from the ranks of the strikers are re- ported from Painters mill and the Crescent plant in Cleveland and the managers say that it is only a dues tion of time before there is general break The manufacturers have made no effort to break the strike at Me Keesport or Wheeling with non-union men and have given no indication of their plans in those districts. Both sides express their satisfaction with the progress of the trike.
 President Shaffer of the Amalgamat- ed association started on his trip to Wheeling at 9:20 this morning and reached that city shortly before noon. He was received by a large crowd which cheered lustily when he appear ed on the car steps. The local unions paraded and escorted him through the town. Before going to the state fair grounds where the demonstration was held he made the following statement as to the western men who refused to strike:
 'If they do not come out they are non- union men. It is a mystery why they did not obey the strike order from the start, and the only explanation I can think of Is that given yesterday at by Vive President Adams, the Illinois department, who told me the men had wanted an extension of time in which to strike. Adams says they had been led to believe that an exten- sion would be granted. We have in- structed MT. Tighe to call out these men at once, and in the event of their their charters will be declared forfeited. I know these men and I am confident they will now agree to come out with us in this fight. The skilled men are organized and enough will strike to greatly cripple the pro- luctiCn of the western mills. We may not bring about a total suspension such IS is seen here in the Wheeling district, ! which by the way is the. banner district of the entire steel country, but we will | 10 what we anticipated at the start, or | am greatly mistaken in MT Tighe's | ability to present the matter in it's | proper light to the western men.
 Taking the strike as whole we are | making gains everywhere every day. | Dur membership is increasing at a rap | d rate and many non-union mills. l where we have never before been able | 0 secure a foothold, are now organized | IT partly organized. Besides those al- | eady organized I know of others who will take the same action, though. of | curse, cannot go into details on that | core" 1