Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-17
STATUS OF
GREAT STEEL STRIKE
No New Developments Re-
ported Today.
QUIET AROUND THE MILLS


bine and AmaIgamated Officers Will
Get Together Soon and Adjust Their
Differences.
PITTsBURG, July 16.-There were no
new developments i'll the great steel
strike i'll this district during the early
hours of the second day. All the plants
closed yesterday were shut down tight,
and matters about the Painter mill,
Lindsay and McCutcheOn, Clark's Solar
ironworks. the Monongahela and Star
tinplate plants were quiet 1t was
stated that Painter mill was in partial
operation, but the only men at work
were u few Huns garians, who were
cleaning up about the yards. Replying
to the rumor that the management had
brought a strike breaker from Alabama,
Assistant General Manager Harper SAID:
'We can break our own strikes.
Superintendent Albrecht, encountered
few moments later, said the plant
would be running in full within few
days.
Speculation as to the probable settle
ment of the strike is talked of among
the business men and people generally
and the cOncensus of opinion is that the
combine officials and the Amalgamated
officials will get together before long
and adjust the differences. Some of the
managers were emphatic in stating that
it would be arranged within As hours,
| yet they could give no positive informa-
tlOn of any movement to start negotia-
tions.
President Shaffer Cheerful.
President Shaffer was cheerful when
| seen this morning and said he was en-
tirely satisfied with the situation. He
had just been i'll communication with
| George Powell, president of the Ameri-
can Tinplate Workers Protective and
international association of America at
Elwood City, who announced that his
organization, was in hearty sympathy
with the AmBlgamated strikers and the
| statement was untrue that 5000 dipper
men would continue work. 1t was re-
ported that these men had decided to
continue work because of the lack of the
cooperation of the Amalgamated asso-
citation when the scale with the Ameri-
can Tinplate company was adjusted a
year ago.
President Shaffer announced that
strike benefits will go to the idle men
from the time of the actual inaugu-
ration of the strike yesterday. The as
sociatiOn has a substantial fund, he says,
and the men remaining at work III
plants outside of the big steel combine
will pay literally to support the strike.
He is preparing a circular for the in
formation of the strikers.
When asked about President Mar.
shall's statement last night President
Shaffer said:
81 shall not ask the miners to go out
on such a strike. God help the poor
coal miner. He is the best union man
IN the world and the poorest paid of
them all. He has troubles enough of
his own and we have no desire to in
volve him. But while l shall not in.
vlte nor solicit a sympathetic strike, the
Almalgamated ASSOCIATION stands ready
at any time to effect an alliance with
the United Mineworkers or any other
kindred organization, many of whose
members are employed by the United
States Steel corporation. -
Lodge Formed at Monssen.
Assistant Secretary M. f. Tighe of
the Amalgamated associa ion returned
from Monssen, Pa, today, where he
went to organize a lodge in the steel
hoop mill Of that place. He reported
that lodge was formed with about rs
members out of the $50 men employed
in the mill and that he had succeeded in
closing the plant.
Vice President David Reese reported
to headquarters that he had organized
the men in the William CLARK Sons
mill, taking 100 men out of the 500 en-
ployed and as a result the plant was
closed today. This mill was the only
hoop plant in the city that worked YES
terday and has been non.union since
1889.
President Shaffer stated that there
was one mill working at Duncansville.
Pa, and that the Scotdale and Old
Meadow plants were still at work, but
nothing was heard from Salisbury.
j. h. Phillips, district manager of the
American Tinplate company, was asked
whether the company would attempt to
start up the closed mills with non-union
men. He said he did not know. Mr..
Phillips was then asked whether anv
course of action had been decided upon
at meeting yesterday of the local man
ayers OF the three companies involved
in the strike. "That is a question:" he
replied, (which | cannot discuss"