The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-08-05

is that the men in the Upper and Lower
Union mills will not join the strikers. It
Is oeleVed by the merchants that the
men are satisfied and will not throw I'D
@ @tnelr positions, as they are making too
much money.
At the Lindsay and McCutcheon mill.
A4legneny, everything is quiet Almost
every man who left the mill at the OPEN
ing OF the strike has gone to work In
independent mills
A McKeesport dispatch saws.
me Amalgamated officers are working like
beavers strengthening their lines for the
coming struggle. Meetings were held here
yesterday of both union and national lodges
wnlcn are composed of the men in the Ma
Ilonal rolling mill and the Boston Iron and
Steel Mill, both rolling plants of the Ma
tlonal Tuoe company. The result was that
zlS new members were added and the control
OF the rolling mills is settled Only two men
in the Bostons are now outside the fold
ana large majority of the men in the Ma
uonaI mill are now in the association Prepa-
ratlons are being made for the organization
OF the men at the National Galvanizing plant
and the Seamless Tube plant as they have
asked for admission either to the Amalga-
mated or the Federation of Labor The
Workmen are all apparently anxious to go
out and the great mills Of the tube company
Will be closed tightly when the order comes
Several thousand Poles and Hungarians who
were employed as laborers in the tube works
were anxious to strike and will be formed
into an organization Of their own or ad-
mitted to the Federation of Labor It is not
thought that the order for a strike at the
tube works will come before the next day
turn comes on at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
To Start Up Non-UntOn.
Leechburg. Pa, dispatch says:
At o'clock o-day the plant OF the Amerf-
can Sheet Steel company, Hyde Park, viii
be opened as nonunion mill unless the
strikers now gathered should prevent AT 8
O'Clock this morning Robert Locke, for
years assistant manager at the nonunion mill
at Leechburg, assumed control of the idle
Hyde Park mill, he having been appointed
superintendent Of the plant, which will be
started nonunon. Superintendent Locke in
the mill office gave out the following state
ment:
Our mill starts nonunion at p. m. I will
bring crews from Apollo, Vandergrift and
Leechburg, as many of the tonnage men
who worked here before say they will not
return. We will hold the positions open
for them for some time
1t is understood that the Westinghouse
company Of Pittsburg has forced the Hyde
Park plant to open to fill contract for
certain steel. The Westinghouse people
had contracted to take the mills entire
output until July 1, 1902. About ESQ men
will be employed. Trouble is expected
when the train bearing non-union work.
men arrives at Hyde Park this afternoon.
"Within a Week." He Repeats.
President Shaffer arrived at the ANAL
gamated Association headquarters at 11:45
G. m. When asked II a settlement could
have been reached in New York Saturday
had they waived their rights at the Paint
q 1Sr@a nd al
vile plants, he said:
"The Amalgamated Association could
have settled in New York If they had given
up these mills, but we could not do that.
Just as long as we can fight we are going
to fight for them. They are as much of us
now as any of the other lodges. Their
fight is ours and our fight is theirs"
When will you issue the call for a
general striker" was the next question
put to the president and his answer was:
within week"
"Can you say how many men will be
affected?"
81 don't know how many men the strike
order will affect
"Will the board be called for any more
conferences?"
mo. The board has been dismissed and
will not be called until the other side
wants peace. They have declared war;
President Shaffer said that the claim
that he stopped at Washington was true,
but that he did not see President Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor, as
he was not in town. Secretary Morrison
was seen however, and he assured Mr..
Shaffer that the Federation Of Labor will
give its financial support.
II have requested President Gompers to
come to Pittsburg this week for a con-
ference" said President Shaffer, "and T
expect him"
1t is thought that most of the vice presi-
dents have left for their homes