Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-01
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3 Big Strike Actually Begun
SIn Some Eastern Districts
\ Today.
sbable That the Mills will Be
Closed Down for Few
A Weeks.

HE May Spread to All the
M Steel Mills. Situation
~ Is Grave.
esburg, Pa. July 1.-As a result of
.fusal of representatives of the
#Acan Steel Sheet Company and
Mican Steel Hoop Company, sub
KY companies of the great United
Steel Corporation, 10 sign the
Mers new scale at Saturdays con-
Mce, circulars were sent out from the
S,nal Headquarters of the Amalga-
I'D Association OF Iron and Steel and
HWorkers yesterday and today de-
Hng strike at all the plants Of the
companies. The great strike is now
4 but 1t will be several days before
&actual extent Is known. AT the out
however, over $4,000 men will be
Mlved as-follows:
Mlion Street Mills: Eetna Standard
#.l Mills, Bridgeport, Ohio. $500: Mid
"a Steel Mills. Muncie, Ind, 900. Old
Eadow Rolling Mill, Scottdale, 400;
Btsburg Rolling Mill, Salisbury, 300;
Devices Wild Mills, McKeesport
10; Cambridge Iron and Steel Mills,
Enbridge. Ohio, 400; Canton Rolling
ais, Canton, Ohio. $50; Charters Iron
I'd Steel Mills. Carnegie, 300: Dennisor
Nhing Mills. Denmson, $500; Dresden
I'm and Steel Mills, Dresden, Ohio 300;
%lson Iron and Nail Mills. Niles, Ohio.
" New Philadelphia Mills. New Phil
$fslphia. Ohio. 700; Piqua Rolling Mills.
#ua, Ohio, 500; Reeves Iron Mill,
#,lA Dover, Ohio, $50; Struthers Iron
Nlls, Struthers. Ohio. 400: Corning Stee!
4als Hammond. Ind, 300; Lauffman
Feel Mills Paulton, 200; Hyde Park
Ton and Steel Mills, Hyde Park, $50;
Sotal 1850.
Yeel Mills. Vandergrift, $4,000: Kirk
Strick Mills. Leechburg, $50; welisville
gate and Sheet Iron Mills, Wellsville,
hio, 400; Scottdale Iron and Steel Mills,
sottdale. 500. Totai 1900. American
eeel Hoop Company. 400: Independent
&ants. twenty-seven in mulberry 5000
SSStal number men involved in strike
i, 75o.
SSSSyVhat the strike Just inaugurated may
}Kgtually lead to 10 problematical.
months ago When the strike oc-
Mh In the wood plant of the Amer
3heet Steel Company at McKees-
because the company refused to
Its men to become members of.
M.malgaEated association, Preslden,
#ffer threatened If the McKeesport
gers could not win, with their own
Hlgth. he would order strike in
fSy plant OF the company. If the lat
would not yield he would Their call
the union men in every plant Of the
}ited States Steel Corporation. Such
Icourse would result in the biggest
Iike the country has ever seen. involv-.
< several hundred thousand men For
first few weeks the situation will not
IN the strength of the association. AL
pc all the plants of the company,
Jpn and non-union, will be compelled
Ihut down during the early part of
to give the men rest They have
j working steadily since the first of
year, many Of them without
k's cessation. Union and non-union
alike are demanding short va
N and the prediction is made that
companies will be unable to keep
one at work for two or three weeks
tomorrow. The heat 10 intense AMI
(. the vice president said today, are
st In q state OF revolt
will be after perhaps the first of
hst. when the combine makes
fis attempt to start up in full, that
yreal battle Wall begin, If no settle
bit has been reached at that time.
Hhe company can not we'll delay oper-
Eng longer than that on account of the
Hseent floods of orders. In fact urgent
Sders are now on books and csn scarce
X wait ttlrN July. Thus the association
as almost month month more to pre-
are for the coming struggle. 1t is the.
cast Of the Anlaigamated Associa ton
fhciais that by that time they will con-
roll eighty per cent of the capacity of
he combinations plants.
Gil adpally the plans OF President T. j.
chatter, of the Anralgamated Associa-
on are being uncovered. Since the
rouble in the w. Dewes Wood Mills
l McKeesport. few months ago. the
lmalgamated Association has been ac-
lvely engaged in breaking up the pres
MT arrangements Of combine in the
perating parts of their plants with non
Mon men and others with union men.
haffer says that ii this Is not checked.
he life Of the Amalgamaied association
threatened. for the combine will al
avs work their union mills last. and
MON men will be sufferers by this dis
1t was believed by the Amalgamated
.ssociation that the promptness with
'hich the sheet steel combine came to
,eir terms IN the MeKeesport trouble
nd allowed the union to exist in that
liant would prove boon to further ag-
resstve action on the part of orga aized
forhmen. Taking advantage of the new
'nited States Steel Corporations as the
aren't head OF all other combines with
'hich the Amalgamated Association
ad to deal. 1t felt that Threatened
trike OF all union men In all branches
the steel business would SO frishten
le combine officials they would give In
nd allow every one of the non union
lants to be union The strike order
gainst the American Sheet Steel Com
any has been ordered because this
ortion OF the United States Steel Cor
Grafton has thus far stood out against
ne increase In union mills. now recog-
iz6a as union, to remain so. The Amer
an Steel Hoop Company stands in
S yhe t,sht i not for wages. hut for or