The sun., 1901-08-11
FULL STEEL STRIKE BEGINS.
RESULT OF SHAYFERS ORDER
NOT 70 BE KNOWN AT ONCE.

An Iu Actual Membes Nay os Cut
"A sms,i Percentage. Hswsvss, WIN
Dsssbey ne Order-Tin Piats Trust
Gives Nstice mat tAs nssasssn Psaat
win he Increased end That NGills h
Strike rsws WIN Bs Dasmantied.
P1rrsBuRo. Aug io.-This being the
day on which President 6hader's steel
strike order was to 60 Into effect. Shaasr
and the rest Of tho general officers Of tho
Amalssmated Association were busy all
day stirring up The members Of the union
to the point Of obeying tho order. This
morning Shafier made . speech ct New
castle, Pa, and tonight hs went 10 MoKsss-
port 10 hearten up his followers.
The strike, In the words OF Sha6sr's
ukase, u to 20 into eject In every mill
swhsn the last turn goss Oh duty on Sat-
urday night. In many milk the last turn
quits work about midnight, but In some
mills the last work u done at between .
and 9 P. NJ. Early this evening II was re-
ported at Amalgamated Association heAd-
quarters that the men who knocked Oh
work early had said they would not 90
hack tomorrow night or on Monday morn
Ing. as the case may be. When the mid
night turn quits, the Amalgamated officials
Will tell the same story despite the impos-
sibility Of knowing definitely whether the
men will obey.
Not until the work Of tho now week begins
will |, he known to what extent the Anal
gamated Association members have struck
oI 81 ,hah 10 .,fl n,k k<a nj -
morning During Sunday the Amalga-
mated officers will receive the reports
Of the number OF those who will not 60
back TO work, but until the mills are ac-
tually ready to start up II will be impossible
to make reasonably correct estimate.
II Is altogether probable that at least
% per cent. cf the old members Of the Anal
gamated Association will 60 out. Prob
ably most OF the new recruits win at first
obey the order. too, although the associa-
ton will then and difficulty In making the
new members live up TO their obligation and
stay on strike. Some Of them may even
60 back tomorrow night.
The Hrst report Of the results Of ShaiYer's
order will indicate OF course Q triumph
for the Amaleamated Association. The
strictly union members will 20 out, some
non-urion mills may be crippled by the
detection Of the union worksrs. and the
terror that hostile army carries before Il
after IT. march has begun and before 1t has
met the enemy win accompany the Anal
esuatsd Associations nrst move. But In
q few days the situation win clear up and
It viii then probably be seen that the re-
sults achieved fall far short Of tho pre-
diotions Shaffsr has been making.
The strikers predict great thinls Of the
me0.4n IL 0nEop011 Uppss eaa Lewer
tnioA ml1ls n rittsbure and even Of the
Carnegie works In Homestead. They cay
that the big tube works In McKeeesport
viii b tied up and that the plants In the
union labor centre Of Youngstown, Ohio,
will be Idle. Where they figure on strictly
union mills they are probably correct. but
they are only guessing on the other plants
1t Is said that while the strikers are busy
securing the adhesion OF the men employed
BY the Federal Steel, National Steel, and
National Tube companies, the Steel Trust
will devote its efforts to concerted move
10 resume operations at the mills Of the
American Steel Hoop. American Sheet Steel
and the American Tin Plate companies.
1t is believed that the resumption will be
almost general tomorrow night at the
Llnd,ey-M -McCutcheon. Clark and Painter
mills in Pittsburg.
II was reported that as soon as II has
been learned how many mills have been
thrown into idleness by the strike, called
for tonight, the trusts officers will con-
fer and prepare plans on a large scale for
. general Capitalization Of plants, which
would include the abandonment OF more
manufacturing centres like McKeesport.
which Is to lose the sheet mills and tube
mills that now support the town.
In the last five years Newcastle, Pa,
has almost doubled its population. A
year ago the people Of the city were COM
planning beoluse the mills did not run
on full time. 1t is said that they will prob
ably soon have plenty of idle time to mourn
the removal OF the steel industry. Mills
at Youngstown may be dismantled and
taken elsewhere, and wherever there is
small town In which the men go on strike
and the business men sustain the strikers
In their destructive action, Il is likely that
that town will lose its mill, In many cases |
the sole reason for the existence Of the |
business community. |
On Monday, the day full details OF the |
Success or failure uf Shaher's strike order |
are expected, reports will be awaited with |
interest from the towns In which the non
union mills Of the three companies are |
sltuat d. These towns arr Lorraine, |
Ohio; JohnstowL, Pa; youngstown, Ohio; |
solounbus, Ohio: Sharon. Pa; Mckeesport, |
-. Syracuse, Y. Y; Warren, Ohio; Chester, |
"a; Mlddletown, Pa; Youngstown, Ohio, |
and OIL City, Pa.
i being ioregone conclusion that nearly |
al the AmaIgamated men In all the union |
centres, except perhaps South Chicago, |
VII obey Shafers order TO strike, interest |
val centre in the non-union plants. No |
one but Amalgamated officers believes
tney will 60 out, with the exception OF |
Mchee'port, where tho Amalgamated |
ASSOCIATION has done considerable organiz- |
ing during the last three months.
TO pisMANrLE TIN MILLS.
The American Tin Plate Company to-day
Issued the following statement through |
w. W. Leeds:
The officers OF the American Tin Plate
company authorize the following state
ment
-, Since tho relations between the American
I'm I'm rate Company and the workmen at
Monessen have been mutually satisfactory.
insuring steady and profitable operation, |
y has been determined to more than double
.ne NE plant at that point. and some OF the
mus now idle on account OF the strike,
uusciared In violation OF the contract signed
~ the Ainalgamated Association, will be
Ghmantled' and moved to Monesssn. I'm
uouotediy this will be done In tho case at
NOSE works IN which the sentiment OF tho
delays the resumption Of work"