The sun., 1901-08-22
WORK STARTS IN M'KEESPORT
TtRNtfES ~ UNITED STATES
TIN PLiNT LIGHTED.
niach Smoke Prom the shimne,s Nstin~s
the strikers and Causes Censterns-
ton Hrndr-sI- Iiurr, Ia Form Q
line tboui The Plant 10 Keep Away
strike Brrak~rs -Niciencc n FEARED.

: MCNEEsroRr. Pa Aug 2l 2l-Smoks
pouring from she stacks of the United
States Tin Plate Works this evening was
the Uoiio,. - the tn.n II keyStone Lodge
. 81 th" A'usigauiatsd Association that some
trrg wa doing IN those mills Within
hv' minute. tft'r the hcavy clouds began
90 roll nu' = thr tall ohifnurv- the word was
i'"ing carrc,i slnui "a" city by picke,s
and tol"phon"- and hundreds of striker,
w"" hurrying tu 'ho malt Within an hour
: after ih" tpv- were started 50o strikers
w"p -Oartnr'i about tho works. waiting
for th" coming ~ 10" men who are ex-
r-,ct"d to hrnak tb" s,rihc.
III" uit'-i Stiie- Is tho oldest tin plate
plant lea to United Ststc- and y tho most
cu'uri"'" 900 ~" combine II s a ten-mill
plant ant ais he"u closed hv the strike
sip"' july ~ Night and d1v since the
strik" l-gau ihe -trk"rg iaVe kept the
works Cip-a'v uick.t.i 4 J. situated
al the cyiUru' western end Of tho CITY he
t'H'r th" racks of the Raltimnrr and
Ohio and Pltt-iurr and Lake Erie rail-
roads. and aiong tlo north hank ~ the
Munnngihcla River The milruad tracks
nun clo.n uy tho mil gate
I'll" COMPANY hss bpau making extensive
Preparations ior tlis start Part Of the
m li grounds w. enrln-.i hy p.cke, fence
ten feet high i.furr tire strike tegan.
last wc'k a arg forcr of carr nterS h-san
the erection of ught ioarl fence around
the p'st of the property over q quarter
Of a milo Of ieuCing was built In the last
ten davs To-day harhed wire wa~
stretched along th" top 81 this fence and
the final chapter seom~ about 90 lesin
At4 O'Clock th,s Afternoon FIRE was started
I'm ak of tho furnace ard for The fret time
sincc ~" strike started tho cntire plant
j. lighted up and workmen are moving
around n The roll turner's are at, work
and every indication is that q start In TO
h" made m few hours
Almost n soon ~ the fires were started
rumor spread that $50 men had been
smuggl"d IN during the day This was
Indignantly denied 10y the pickets on guard,
who were positiv. there wcrr not more
than dozen men in tho mill This in
cludrd the engineers hremen, roll turner's
and a few Rinr"rs. An official Of the
company said this evening that no outside
mon had h'-en taken into the mill to-day.
hut that the plant would start IN the morn
ing with enough skilled men To keep Il in
operation. lie -aid many Of the old men
have expressed a willingness To return.
A canvass ~ the men was made by tbs
superintendent of the mills early this week
The strikcr- all over the city were greatly
esciicd at midnight and are moving
toward the mill in bunches of from three
or four 10 a dozen Il is expected that
several thousand men will form line OF
guari- around the mill which II will bs
difficult for auy s'rik" breakers to enter.
IN" strikers all dl-'laim any intention OF
IL.
that no strike breakers shall g,'t through
their lines and into th" mill Where ths
men arr coming from j. not known. hut IL
j. lcueved they will come from Moncs-en.
" her, the only tin plate min in the combine il
In OPERATION. and that they will he reinforced
by un-kilI"d labor from the n-ighborhood
~ Winchester. Va
The National Tube Company posted
rotio.- TODAY for all employees 10 call
fur their pay on Friday and saturday %
'his w-"k There ~ ~iill two weeks paw
iu, DO. mon. the amount always held back
10 enable th. payma-t"r 10 keep up on thu
Iav roll Aus 81 - the regular pay day.
AMI tlir fact that 10 10 moved ahead a week
j. thought tu indicate new move on tho
part uf th" company I, is thought ths
paw cuv"l1Is- VIN contain unt.ccs that ths
md all employees, fading io report will bs
discharged 4 cr,si= l. teiicN II 70 bs
-apidlv approaching IN ~" local situation.
4 large number ~ the men are anxious to
-rturu 90 work
III. Dmquc-rr mills ~ ~" Carnegie Steel
'omI,auy arc running in fuil and the strikers
IN" making mo- claims concerning them
o-night The Prr-~ Committee Of tho
irker-' Advisory B,srd 90 down to bus-
,r>- tp-dav and announced that It had
Nothing - Civ" uIr for publication
Maypr RacA l- ,u Autn'ic cry and tho
eac.' 81 th" town b. in the hands Of Chief
4 Pulicr PatrcA Morri~~rv and thirty
even rrplic~m,n ~ eI'ra pohce have
sS-n assigned about the rin mill The
iayor len the ritv on la, Saturday and
rci'pr'rd tu be- having a splendid time
own along the bnariNal