Evening journal., 1901-07-16
From Nearby Towns.

From Nearby Towns.
New Philadelphia. O.-Three hun
dred and fifty employees of the New |
Philadelphia rolling mill are idle. The |
Amalgamated Association lodge, with !
200 members, is resolved to stand by
Shaffer.
Carnegie, Pa.-No attempt was made
TO start work at the CHARTERS Steel
Works in Carnegie yesterday, as the
mill is well organized, about 200 of
the employees belonging to the Amalga
mated Association.
Sharon. Pa.-None Of the Sharon,
South Sharon or Wheatland industries
are affected by the strike order of
President Shaffer. If. showever. the
Sharon Tin Plate company lives up
to it's contract and disposes Of its
product to the United States Steel
CORPORATION il s. believed that Presi-
dent Shaffer will include that liant in
the strike order.
Scottdale, Pa.-All departments OF
the Scottdale and Old Meadow rolling
mill at this place are running full. Tho
officials here have little fear that the
personal agreement entered into by
the men will be broken.
Johnstown. Considerably more
than half of the 1900 employees of the
Cambria Steel Company in this city
Ire members of the Amalgamated AS
| sociation. the mass of them being
members of Pittsburg lodges. The
| Cambria mills are non-union, and 1t
was believed until to-day that they
| would not be affected by the strike.
Prominent steel workers here say,
however that if President shaffer calls
on the men here to go out that the
entire plant of the Cambria company
will be tied up.
McKeesport, Pa.-There was no ex-
citement in McKeesport yesterday on
account of the strike. w. Devices
Wood and the United States Tin Plate
plants are idle and no attempt was
made TO resume work at either plant
Tho men are looking for an early set
tlement.
Harrisburg, Pa.-The steel strike il
not likely to extend to the Harrisburg
district None of the mills in this dis
trict have any connection with tho
Amalgamated Association. All the
mills in Harrisburg are in operation
and the indications are that the STRIKE
will not seriously affect them.
Connellsville, Pa.-The rolling de
partments of the Humbert plant of tn
American Tin Plate company are idl
because to a man the members of tn
Amalgamated Association of iron, stee
and tin workers obeyed the edict Q
President Shaffer to strike.
Youngstown, O.-The only plant c
the United States Steel corporation 4
, this valley in operation is the Obi
| plant of the National Steel company
- non-union, and which is not considere
e in the present trouble Seven thou
S sand men, officially went on a strik
d yesterday morning. although nearly a
1 of them have been idle since Jul!
o when the scale expired. OF thes
e 5000 are employed in the steel hoo
company's plant here.
S Cumberland, Md.-The employees
e the American Tin Plate mill here
d the number of about $50 are out G
3 strike in obedience to the order SCI
" out by President Shaffer. The n.
Taylor tin plate mills, operated ind
d pendent OF the trust, are not affectS
d by the order.
East Liverpool, C.-The strike ord
u was obeyed to the letter by the ANA
gamated lodges in this vicinity. !
> the Wellsville plant of the America
II Sheet Steel company the members
g the recently organized lodge of Il
!, Amalgamated refused to do a strol
Of work. AS a consequence, only q
= unorganized laborers. of the Wellsvil
~ mill reported for duty. Twelve skill
workers at Wellsville, who have n
y Joined the union went out with {
"a Amalgamated men this morning grei
~ ly to the encouragement Of the stri
I, | leaders