The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-17
LONG And BITTER
STUBBORN CONTEST ~ THE STEEL
INDUSTRY Is PROBABLE.
AmaIgamated Officials Determined to
Garry out Their Original Pro-
gramme, if Necessary.
sTBIKE MAY BE EXTENDED
FOR MANUFACTURERS SAY THEY
WILL NEVER EVEN COMPROMISE.
sert that Present NOnnnion Mills
VIII Not Be Unionized.
MORE MILLS FORCED TO CLOSE
But ONE TIN PLANT AND ONE SHEET
MILL NOW IN OPERATION.
Attempt to Be Made To-Day To Oper-
ate the weIIsviIIe works-Miners
Not to BE Asked to Aid.
OfsciaIs of the Big Corporation As
sert that Present Nonnnion Mills
VIII Not Be Unionized.
MORE MILLS FORCED TO CLOSE
But ONE TIN PLANT AND ONE SHEET
MILL NOW IN OPERATION.
Attempt to Be Made To-Day TO Oper-
ate the weIIsviIIe works-Miners
Not to BE Asked to Aid.

PITTsBURG, Pa. July 16-The second
strike day closes with the amalgamated Of
ficials in a satisfied mood and claiming TO
have made good every promise as 10 re-
suits On the other hand. the manufac-
turers will not say a word concerning the
strike and refuse 10 be quoted in any way.
Repeated efforts to secure statements from
President Corey. of the American Sheet
Steel Company and General Manager l. w.
jerks, of the Hoop Company. have been
met with the response that there was
change. and nothing to be given out. The
amalgamated people say that nothing has
been said 10 them of any plan for mediation
or arbitration and that they will continue
TO carry out their programme as originally
announced.
The closing down of the Clark mill. and
OF the Monessen sheet mill are looked upon
as telling victories and an almost COM
plete .tie-up of the three companies in the
district. But one tin mill, that at Mones-
sen, and one sheet mill at Duncanville. re-
main at work. The fact that the National
tube mill men (nonunion) received a SUBJ
stantial advance in wages yesterday. has
caused discomfort among the union men
employed by the National Tube Company
at its Second-avenue plant, and at the Re-
public mill on the South Side. The men
there think they are entitled to similar
increase. To consider the matter meetings
were held tonight on the South Side, and
IL is said a demand will be made to-mor-
row.
The following telegram was received from
Wellsville, tonight: '' The Wellsville roll
ing mill will be ruin. and 1t will be run nom
union 1t will start tomorrow. If it could
not be run nonunion it never would be run
at ALL This statement was made to-day by
Persifer F. Smith, of Pittsburg district
manager Of the American Sheet Steel Com
pany. He was here this morning and made
an address to the striking mill men. He
told them they had no grievance, that they
had been we'll cared for in the past and
would be in the future. The announcement
that the mill will be started tomorrow and
started nonunion has given rise TO no little
speculation and uneasiness among the citi-
zens. Many Of the strikers, expecting pro-
lcnged idleness, have left the city for hunt
Ing and fishing camps No new men have
been brought in. and how Manager Smith
expects to start tomorrow is a matter OF
conjecture. To-day. as yesterday, only
few laborers were working"
AN IMPORTANT POINT.
The foregoing is the first indication as yet
given by the manufacturers that they were
other than passive participants in the big
strike. What the result may be of an at
tempt to operate the Wellsville plant none
OF the local amalgamated people will pre-
dict All they will say is: 1T cannot be
accomplished" Wellsville is looked on by
both sides as an important point and de-
velopments are anxiously awaited by ALL
The position OF the Tin Workers Protec-
tive Association in the strike was settled
to-day by the following telegram TO the
Leader from George Powell at Elwood.
Ind: 'Our association is bound by an
agreement with the company to work pro-
viding they live up TO their contracts. If
the company introduces black plate worked
by nonunion men our men will be called
out. The amalgamated people will have our
full support If necessary"
According TO the official statement made
by the manufacturers conferees. who met
the Amalgamated Association representa-
tives and failed 10 agree on a settlement of
the strike. the manufacturers did not re-
fuse the Amalsamated Association the
right to organize their mills According to
the declaration of President Shaffer of the
association, all that was asked of the Of
hcers was the right 10 organize the non
union plants of the companies interested.
The strike. therefore. has not been clearly
explained. Tonight President Shafer.
when questioned regarding the position of
the manufacturers on this point said. "No
matter what they say now the fact remains
that they refused the Amalgamated men
plants"
He did not believe that the accredited
statements on this point from Vice PreSi-
dent Warner Arms were correct IF they
are he said. and the manufa cturers are
willing 10 allow the Amalgamated Asso-
citation 10 organize the nonunion plants
then l say the strike is all off. We have
nerer once asked the manufacturers 10
compel the men In their nonunion plants
to join our organization. We do not want
coerced men In the Amalgamated Associa-
tion. II the manufacturers will abrogate
that part OF the contract with nonunion
men in their mills that makes them agree
10 keep from joining our organization or
any other. remove the restrictions that are
now on those men and allow us 10 work un-
molested among them and seek 10 induce
them 10 come 10 US, We will not ask any
thing further our demand was that they
should do this. We asked that they sign
the union scale, so the men could become
union men"
PLANTS AFFECTED
A revised list OF the plants OF the three
combinations affected by the strike was
prepared this morning. together with the
number OF skilled workers. In the mills
OF the American Tin Plate Company twcn-
ty-hve men are employed in three turns
in each az follows: Roller, rOugher. doub-
Ter. doubers helper heater. heaters helper.
catcher and screw boy and one shearman
who does the work Tor three turns with
two openers Each mills full quota Of
skilled mCn Is twenty-seven. The tin-plate
combination employs AZ It's go mills 729O
skilled workers or this number, 6y66 are