The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-09-05
CAlNSFOR THE TRUST
Steel Officials Claim Early Re-
sumption of All Mills.
AMALGANATED LEADERS UNDAUNTED
They Say That Everything Is Pro-
eressing satisfactorily and That
Much of the Trusts Supposed
Advantage Is Only BIuG.

PITTSBURG. Sept. 4.-Developments
in the steel strike show decided gains for
the manufacturers. The accession of
thirty-two skilled men to the Star plant.
tbe increased production at the Painter
and the Lindsay & McCutcheon mills,
the detection from the strikers ranks of
seventy-hve machinists and pipe cutters
at the Continental Tube works and fifty
at the Pennsylvania Tube works, the i'm
portation of twelve men to the MOnessen
steel hoop mill and the installation of
three mills on night turn at the Clark
plant all point to an early resumption all
along the line as viewed by the steel
officials.
The Amalgamated officials. however,
make the claim that everything is pro-
crossing satisfactorily and say that much
of the supposed advantage of the manu-
facturers is bluff and cannot be made
good. As an instance they cite the Lind
say & McCutcheon plant, where the
company claims to have as many men
at work as they can accommodate and
turning out merchantable product. The
Amalgamated people claim that James
Hurley. vice president of the First dis
trict, visited the Lindsay Il McCutcheon
mill yesterday in the guise of roller
seeking work. He made an inspection Of
the mill. and. according to his report,
there are thirty men at work, six Of
whom are skilled. The strikers also claim
that at the Monessen plant the product
turned out last week amounted to 23O,9OV
pounds. whereas before the strike the
daily output was 100000 pounds.
1t is reported that the strikers at Du-
quesne intend to make another effort to
close that plant by getting the open
hearth men out. but nothing definite on
the subject can be learned.
At Wheeling the strikers are holding
their own, and there is no indication Of
an attempt to start any of the shutdown
plants.
Wellsville reports no change.
The report ro"~THnal Dover is to the
effect that alth y n District Manager
Cline promised that four mills would be
fred up yesterday only one mill, n small
thirty-four inch sheet mill. was fired.
The strikers claim this was caused by the
desertion Of nine of the nonunion men,
who returned to Vandergrift, from which
place they came last Sunday. Manager
Cline would make no statement except
to deny that there were any desertions
and to say that the situation was un-
changed.
Mayor Black has issued a proclamation
TO "the workngmen of McKeesport." He
says:
"The eyes of the country are on Nc
keesport.
81 have maintained all along that there
would be no disorder and still have conf
tence in the workingmen. Use no undue
zeal in keeping men out of the Demmler
mill. for | have heard it will be started
this week. The venal eastern press has
exaggerated and distorted every triing
occurrence here into riot and injured the
town. Any violence would be the signal
for application Of the infamous principle
sf government by injunction and would
divorce the support of loyal laboring men
outside of the Amalgamated association.
Violence never won a strike. No right
can be gained by lnwbreaking. I feel no
uneasiness, but issue this proclamation to
keep you coolheaded. Use all caution pos
sible to preserve order that the hotheaded
element, if there be one, may be easily
controlled.
with the sanction of President Shat
fer"