The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-17
CAPITAL and LABOR At
WAR TO The BITTER END
Big Steel Combine is Determined TO Deal Death
Blow to Union Organizations.
establishment at McKeespOrt Pa. Scene of Exciting Strife
thai May Be Prolonged

Pittsburg. Pa. April 16.-The close
of the second day of the strike at the
W. Devices wood plant of the American
Sheet Steel company. at McKeesport.
shows a condition of affairs that fore
BODIES a stubborn fight between the
company and the Amalgamated Asso-
citation of Iron and Steel Workers. in
volving the possible shutdown of every
union plant in the country controlled
by the company The fight is being
made by the amalgarpatiOn Tor the
recognition Of the union, ana President
Skaters announcement that all the
mills OF the United States Steel cor
poration would be called out may re-
ceive sanction at the meeting of the
advisory board. which has been called
for tomorrow. Secretary Jarrett in
charge of the labor bureau of the com
PAM, will De present at this meeting
to present the company's side of the
fnatteT and use every endeaVor TO avert
a general strike.
If the statement credited to,the COM
panys. that the McKeespOrt plant VIII
be closed indefinitely rather than rec
ogniZe the union, is adhered to, Pres
ldent Skaters attitude Will demand
that the entire strength of the Amalga-
mated association be pitted against the
Sheet Steel company as a whole
The status of the strike tonight is
that only two departments of the mill
are in operation, the steel mill and
hammer shop. The knObling mill was
working today. but its workmen TO the
number of 125 joined the strikers and
tomorrow Will be idle. The mayor OF
McKeesport has taken tie .precaution
tOehave the mill and town policed with
a large extra force but az. to the DFes-
ent not the slightest disturbance has
taken place, The company apparently
has ne intention OF trying to I'll the
strikers places, and Vie men seem con-
tent TO allow their leaders to manage
their campaign and are not going near
company property.
VIII Fight the Unicn.
Samuel G. Cowpers general manager
OF the wood plant, is opposed to the
recognition of the Amalgamated assO-
clatIpn- In an interview, he said:
This mill VIII never recognize the
union. The wood mill has been opposed
to the Amalganaded association for
over forty years, and the men at the
head of the mill are now just as much
opposed to the association as the for
ner proprietOrs were. have received
word from headquarters that the COM
pany VIII never recognize the union
If the plans now contemplated by the
Amalganlated association are carried
out, the result VIII be 2 suspension OF
operations at ali the union plants of
the American Sheet Steel company be-
fore the close of the week
President T. j. Shaffer of the Anal
ganlated associa ton today issued a call
for special meeting OF the national
advisory board, together with the vice
presidents of every district Of which
the steel plant has division 1T viii
be held in this city tomorrow President
Shaffer, in speaking of the meeting,
said, with great emphasis:
y shall advise and urge all the menu
bers of the board to vote for an i'm
mediate closing of all the plants of the
American Sheet Steel company in thlS
country This would be the beginning
of the fight, and I viii say nothing fur
Their on the subject
The officials OF the American Sheet
Steel company stated today that about
eleven hres were at work and that ap-
plications for employment were com
ing in rapidly. 1t was stated that sew