Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-07-18
MANY MILLS ARE IDLE
Skaters Order Promptly Obeyed
Where Amalgamated Men
Ran the Plants.
SOME EoE-UNIoE" MILLS CLOSED
Much 10 the Surprise OF the Employ
ers Strikers Looking for a
"Ciimb-DOwn' by the
Trust Managers.

Pittsburg, July 16.-Reports received
from all sources connected with the
great strike III tile steel workers .n-
dictate that the officers of the Anal
gamated Association had matters well
gamated Association have matters we'll
III hand, and that the strike order was
generally obeyed. kilograms from va
rious points where The mills OF the
American TinpIate company. the
American Steel Hoop company and the
American Sheet Steel company are To-
Gated told Of the shutting down Of
these plants in large numbers In
many cases the plants had been shut
down by the first strike order which
affected the sheet steel and steel hoop
companies only The last order
brought ont all of the union plants OF
the American Tinplate company. with
the single exception of the new mill III
Monessen. which is still running
Pittsburg Is but slightly Affected.
At the Analgamdted Association
headquarters il was stated that the
figures given out regarding the NUM-
Der of men 4u0tt-who would he
actually idle in the mills of the three
companies had been proved correct.
The strike. although one of tile great
est that has been declared in recent
years, viii affect Pittsburg but slight
ly. Of the I4.00O men IDLE $500 arc
in PittShurg. $50 in Allegheny and
1.5Gu in McKeespOrt. President Shat
fer has 1t in his power TO close many
more Pittshurg mills but it is not
thought that he VIII do anything Of a
radical nature until he is compelled TO.
Surprise for the Employers.
The American Steel Hoop comnanv'S
supposedly non-union mill, known as
the Painter mill. i'm West Carson stree {.
was closed yesterday in all its
branches. The tie-up at this min was
said to have been a surprise to the
mill owners and officials in charge of
it. Tie other plant, known as the
Lindsay & McCutcheon mill. W Ale
gheuy. was shut down completely In
the pudding and bar mills. All the
skilled workmen refused to enter the
mill yesterday and the company did
not even operate the five furnaces
The American steel Hoop cOmpanyS
mill at AToneSSen was not closed 1t
has been non-union since it was built
two wears ago. and the company says
the men there VIII remain loyal The
Amalgamated people would not discuss
the situation Ia that mill ut present.
Another surprise for the Company.
In addition to the very general and
IN some instances rather unexpected.
compliance to The strike order the
Amalgamated Association has added
two more mills 70 IDS list, both Of which
were claimed ~ the companies to be
beyond the reaeh Of organization
When the William Clark sons c0n-
pany mill At Thirty-ffth street. which
operated all day non-union came to
shift turns last night, none Of the
skilled men reported for dirty, and the
plant had to close down. Later a tele-
gram was received announcing that
the MonesSen Steel Hoop plant was
closed having been organized by dis
trict delegates Of the Amalgamated
Association. The delegates arrived In
town yesterday morning ana bv 3 p. m.
they had all the local men in the asso-
citation.