New-York tribune., 1901-07-02
THE GREAT STEEL STRIKE.
SHEET STEEL COMPANY THINKS 1T
WILL NOT AMOUNT TO MUCH.
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION CONFIDENT
OF wINNING-OVER THIRTY FIVE
THOUSAND MEN INVOLVED.

strike to-day when it became known that two mills
in dispute, which were the cause Of disagree
rnent between the Amalgamated Association and
the American Sheet Steel Company, were claimed
by both parties. These mills are the Old Meadows,
at Scottdale and the Salisbury mill The officials
who refused TO sign the union scale, seem as much
surprised at the claims Of President Shatfer that
the mills were union as the president seemed 10
be that they should take view opposite TO his
The sheet steel officials appeared to have tribe
the better of the argument to-day when word came
from Scottdale that the men DOW working there re-
fused to quit. scale scale, association or no
association. Speaking of conditions at Scottdale,
John Farrell secretary of the labor bureau of the
Sheet Steel Company, said to-day;
The Amalgamated people have claim to the
Meadows and Salisbury mills The men partcuI1
larly in Scottdale, working under personal
9d sgFsmsnts io ~5h 5anuarv 9S 1893 ann Wei SATISFIED
that the workmen there do not desire any chahse:
D1eaded 10 have the mills started up They would
agree TO cut the Amagamated for all time II we
would but start the mills IheE are lhdh1Ins 1s
money now, something which they did not do when
quarreing all the time for the association. Mhen men
the comes it will not take long to SpoM @ 9ust
what of mill Old Meadows IS Preslaent
Shaer can order out his men, but the question is,
mill I can prove that prominent members of the
Amalgamated said there was no lodge i mere, ana 40
Tandergrift TIE whole thing in nutshell Is that
,be A1naieemated Association seems anxious 10
ne So. tLase Tnen AT Scottdale and Salts
burg TO into their fold again. rms we III Nh
Mr. Shaffer will cool down a little. and when e the
hay had
smell all will be well again. One thing Is certain
:he workman has got all he asked
MAY CALI, IN PRESIDENT SCHWAB
The rnrnor that President Schwab of the United
States Steel Corporation might be asked TO come
70 Pittsburg to settle the trouble now pehulHs
caused some little discussion. but both Secretary
Jarrett and President Shaffer denied that there
was any need of his services
I, line with the intimation of Secretary jarrett
that there will be no real strike was the appear
of
all the prominent officials and several private
consultations Were held The present ana rIe
former ice-presidents of the districts were ousis
engaged all day and indications are that Fresl-
- Sba4er himself expects an early adjustment
of the complications ..
A well known independent sheet manufacturer
stated to-day that indications po'ntea 10 d pe"0
ful settlement of the trouble He ADDED:
President shaer of the Amalganated A Asss9Giits sits
tion knows that the men at sc9ttdale ana al
bnrp Voluntarily asked the sheet steer 5one
Inent to give them snare re OF comnany T and at the
an the other mills OF the coiLPeII con- 9Ios The work
terms of the company or 81 any Terms .Iich in
@ eps e of one of the mills Scottdale runs TOT or
and ii, At rate ate no ffeTence in the wage
agreements is that the nl @ rafe does not ad-
vance until the wage rate under the oya the
agreement has aaranceq shonId the price of sheets
enfiIle the organized mills 10 per cent tidyisimai
nTraef system VIII receive no adEapce II Is NIL Mi
likely that under This asreGfd renefdent haffers strike
order.
Earsifer F Smith, who represented the amer eN
sheet Steel Company at the recent wage coillei ~
ce declined 20 discuss the situation IN any "as- @
II was stated that he was so busy l@o-uay @ 81 he
- oorrespondence that had accumulated "ilie lie
- tied 1,p In the wage meetings that ne hao no
time TO devote 10 talk about the failure 10 ie0el
an agreement
GONE PLANTS CLOSED FOR REPAIRS
oe,oes or the American Steel Hoop Com
nanv il was stated that certain plants OF tne COM
nanv were closed this week for needed lepal4 w
the national holiday others were -, thern-
,s,al but none of the officials would alio" el tIel
lyes to he quoted on the present wage compHca-
Toesfde,t shaffer said this evening that ne hao
nothing TO say further than what mas al ledus 80
nublished His determination to carry me il'e1
ss+s NJ the Amalgamated Association 10 sue
cessful finish is unabated. .,
t.ha result If the refusal of the representatives
of the American Sheet Steel Company anu 'he
American Steel Hoop Company, subsidiary com
.ariee of the great United States Steel Corpora
uon TO sign the workers new scale at SATURDAY
conference circulars were sent out from lhe ma
tionaI headquarters OF the Amalgahlaueo +ASs ~
tion OF Iron Steel and Tin Workers yesterday ana
to5av declaring a strike at all the plants OF the
two combinations. The great strike IS no" on out
= will he several days before its actual extent Is
known at the outset, however, over thlrty-H'e
thousand men will be involved. as follows;
Union Sheet Mills-l41tna STANDARD Steel Mills
Erjdeeport. Ohio 1900 Midland Steel Mills Mun6ie
Ind ! 600; Old Meadow Rolling MILL Scottdae, 4g0i
Salisbury Rolling Mill, Salisbury, Penn. 500 w
devices Wood Mills, Mckeesport LOO CampTIuse
IRON and Steel Mills. Cambridge. ONO 500, ,,dh-
ton Rolling Mills, Canton, Ohio 25O Charters
iron and Steel Mill. Carnegie, 300; DenniSon Roll
Ing Mills Dennison. Ohio $50: Dresden iron ah9
NaT Mills Niles. Ohio. 450 New philadelphia
Mills New-Phila delpha. Ohio, 700: Pi9ua Rollng
Mills Pioua Ohio, 600 Reeves Iron Mills lanai
Dover Ohio $50. Struthers Iron Mills, strutheIs,
ohio 400 Corning Steel Mills, Hammond, ind, 5oV,
Tauff.nan Steel Mills, Paulton, 200 and HYDE fek
fTon and Steel Mills, Hyde Park, 300. Total ll;ooO
Non-Union Sheet Mills-ApolIo iron ana Sttel
Mills Vandergrift, $500: Kirkpatrck Mills Leech-
burg $50; Wellsville Plate and Sheet Iron NILS;
Mills Scottdale. 800 Total, 800.
American Steel Hoop Company 14,Vo moe
pendent plants, twenty-seven in number oOUt
Total number Of men involved in strike, 5000.
The American Steel Hoop Companys main offices
are in this city. The company has three non
union plants in this city. They Painters Mills
on the south side and Lindsay g. McCutcheon's and
Clarkes in Allegheny. The company has also
non-rnion plant at Monessen and one at Duncan
VILE though the employees of the latter are ready
for organization soon as the Amalgamated peo-
ule will take them IN. The other plants of the
company are claimed by the Amalgamated people
as union There are two at Youngstown and one
each at Sharon Girard. Greenville. Pomeroy and
Warren. Ohio.