The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-08
SCHWAB SAYS NO OVERTUREs TO
SETTLE THE STRIKE WILL
COME FROM HIM
sHAFFER SAYS SAME THING
Meantime the Trust Is Moving Slow
ly in the Matter of Starting
Up Its Plants Nom
Union
STRIKERS WIN AT NEWCASTLE

citation succeeded in closing down the
big steel plant at Newcastle, and the
manufacturers partially broke the strike
at the Clark mill in this city. Neither
side is eXulting, nor is there any ex-
preston Of encouragement. Victory or
defeat of either at this early stage of the
warfare can have but little effect be-
yond indicating the probable line of bat
tie to be pursued by each. Up to this
hour not the slightest trouble has oc-
CURED In any part of this immediate
territory, and Amalgamated men are cor
respondingly happy, because this condi-
ton would seem to be the carrying out
of the associations new departure in
the handling of strikes. The quiet wait
ing of the strikers may be one of the
surprises limited at by the national Off
GERS. From one or two points the strik-
ers are reported as restless and eager
for action, but so far have kept faith
with their leaders and refrained from
committing any breach of the peace
Recorder A M Brown does not antici-
pate that there will be any disorder in
Pittsburg on account of the steel strike
If there should be disorder, he says. it
will be the duty of the bureau of police
to suppress it and arrest all who are
concerned in it, Recorder Brown incl
dentally remarked that there would be
no discrimination between strikers and
employers, and that all are equal under
the law, and would be so treated. The
United States Steel corporation, it was
learned today from an official source,
will at once proceed in a systematic man
ner to start it's closed mills, making the
nOn-union plants of the Kiamestik valley
the spot where the strike breakers will
be trained and then sent out to the mills
that are closed. So far as President
Schwab is concerned, no overtures will
be made by the trust to the workers. In
a talk with a Pittsburg man in New
York yesterday, he said
1--WE have made our last proposition to
the Amalgamated association, and will
now proceed to start our works"
President Shaffer makes this counter
statement:
THE next proposition must come from
the United States Steel corporation off,
cials."
Thus the two executives stand 1t seems
as if only outside efforts can bring them
together
TRUST MOVES SLOWLY
The trust officials have decided to go
ahead slowly in the matter of starting
mills, and to do so with as little publicity
as possible
The stronghods of the sheet company
are at the mills at Vandergriff, the larg-
est in the country, Leechburg, Apollo
and Scotdale. 1t has been decided to
take as many skilled men away from
these. places as possible without retard-
ing operations there, and start the mills
where there is the least danger of an
outbreak The places left vacant at the
mills mentioned will be filled with men
deserving of promotion, and they will
be given better positions. This move will
be undertaken slowly and with caution.
The plan further contemplates that after
a time many of the strikers will return,
when they see one after another of the
closed mills resuming. This plan was
tested the first few days of this week
and found to be feasible so far as the
mills at Hyde Park and Wellsville 60,
and it has been decided to adopt it so far
as the sheet and hoop mills are con-
cerned.
TIN PLATE MILLS TIED UP.
Plans for starting the closed tin
plate mills have not been completed. In
this branch the situation is different. The
tin plate company have only six of their
2S2 roll trains going, while the sheet COM
pany have a few less than half.
The officials of the Amalgamated asso-
citation say that this move will, in a
measure, play into their hands. At Nc
Keesport, President ShafTer said that he
himself would lead men from Vandergrift
into the Wood mill. The officials fee
that if they can get the Vandergrift men
away from their environments there lit
tie trouble will be found in bringing them
into the association.
In discussing the move, Assistant Secre.
tary NJ. F. Tighe said:
'"Ihat effort will NOT aytend vaY,x, fa -
because there are only few skilled mer
available, and before enough can bC
trained to operate mills snow will tiS
! pretty thick. move of that kind might
be attempted in Bessemer or open-heartl
steel mills, but in q sheet mill where
the skill required is of the highest order
the plan cannot do anything but ultimate
| ly fail. sort of a showing may bt
made for time, but it will not las
! long"
STRUCTURAL IRON MEN.
The action of the structural ironworker.
in the present strike was terseIy outlined
! by ]. w. Pryate, secretary of the Bridg
and Structural Iron Workers, who saiC
! today:
! There are no union mills maxim;
! structural steel or iron, and our mel
! have been working the material furnish
! ed them and VIII continue to do so. l
! there was one union mill making the ma
]
! differently. l took this matter up witt
! President Shaffer two years ago, but -
did not see then of what benefit an al
! lance with our order would be to tn
mill workers.
secretary Bishop, of the Ohio board o
arbitration, is in town, and is visitin:
the combine officers, it is said in the in
terest of another conference. He refused
to discuss his movements saying he wa
here on other than the steel organiza
tion's affairs.
PRODUCT GETTING SCARCE.
The continuation of the strike and tn
| fact that it is to be extended to create
| proportions augmented the scramble tha
has been on in Pittsburg for two week
to secure sheets and tin plates. A can
vass of jobbers developed that the sup
| ply of both sheets and tin plate is rap
idly running behind the demand. Tn
American Tin Plate company has no
changed its quotation of S425 per box
but consumers have paid this week a
high as $5. so for boxes for immediate de
livery. The combine price for sheet i
$50, but $40 and $75 have been paid 70
sheets available at once. The independ
ent mills are reaping a harvest. The,
are taking contracts at prices as higl
in some cases as $40 ton for future de
livery.
The sales department of the American
Sheet Steel company has given notice t.
jobbers that it cannot take orders fo
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