The sun., 1901-07-23
TUBE WORKERS ORGANIZE.
MEN VINO RECENTLY COT ADVANCE
IN PAR JON AHALGAMATED.

Mills at Mckecsport and wslisviiie Not started
Up strikers Form Patrol Effort 10 In
troduce Nomination Men In Large NuH-
ber, into the Mills Is Expected Soon.
McKEFsPonr. Pa. July 2?.-Four thousand
tube workers were organized into lodge
Of tho Amslgsmated Association by Secretary
VI. f. Tighs Of tho Amalgated Association. In
this city tonight This completes the or
ganization Of the great National Tube Com
pany's plant here and places the union In a
position TO push the nght further into tho
enemy's territory.
The organization OF the tube workers into
the AmalTamated IL new departure for that
organization which has always heretofore
confined its efforts to the iron. steel and Yin
Sften declared policy oi Prssident Theodore
shafer, who favors the organization OF every
employee In the iron trades. skilled and un-
skilled, into one orgaDtsation.
r. The meeting tonight was held ip Haber
Hsn. tho headouarters Of the local lodge OF
the Amnlssmatsd The tube workers were
represented by a committee selected from
the men OF the lap weld. butt weld. coupling
and other departments Every depaItmeni
over IS per cent OF the men signed the roster,
This new move apparently disposes Of the
gossip that has been INDUCED in that the
would I'D S tss oinns ns the sn
A.sootstion and possibly Joining tho strike
The Wood strikers. were tired and sleepy
ipt to-day. after their visil last night. when
today 70 q st.rt tho Mood & nils II. Hrss
that had beep kindled IN two Of the furnaces
Of any intended resumption. Tho men have
piokets out tonight and are Watching all
the sysnue. BY which mon may be introduced
wEiisvILLs. Ohio. July :, The 10 oh fsd-for
ATTEMPT ths American Sheet steel Com
pany 10 start its plant here to-day with non-
srs and their friends are still waiting for de-
All night long and until early morning
town Watching for x. spprosch 1ss q ihs non
union men who were expected from vandsr.
srift Piokets were thrown ou, near tho
:. -; o'clock this morning the last gusTd
Tn. town wa, quiet ,t daybreak. At
sTs s seS E:
strikers % were in evidence fhsy % ssssrsed that
they had ssinsd ground since yesterday.
were Sos. 20 as pIs Ssv. ss.n msn wsS
men 70 take their place. These men, 50 the
iiaeT. itc claim zero brought here last week
Three mills are wording thi. morning,
the same number as last week. II 10 admitted
ny the strikers that from ~ 10 70 N en- are AZ
work.
PITr.suRo. July n.-The American Steel
HOOD Company did not attempt IN resume
work at the Painter mills. on the South Side.
this morning but its failure TO make tho move
eIpected BY the strikers Is not significant
The start has been postponed. but the deter
minstion to man the plant with non-union
mon has not heen abandonsd.
Theodore ahafsr. President Of the Analga-
mated Association. gave out his usual inter-
view to-day, telling q hi, hopes for success
n does not seem probable that the strikers
can induce the vorkmsn TO go out Of any
more mllls OF the American Sheet Steel. Steel
Hoop and Tin Plate ooWpantsa nor that the
companies can induce the strikers TO return
70 work ny simply playing = waiting game.
Therefore. tho first move OF the companies 60
introduce union men In large numbers
into the mills Ia e1pected 70 he made soon
IL il stated on the highest authority that
the Wheeling Steel and Iron csmpsny OF
Wheeling " ga. has signed the Analga-
mate soale n wsges for It's steel mill known
ms the Top Mil THIS Arm. however, .oper-
ates two other mllls known as the Belmont
being gwen to q. imalssms,ed Association
in signing d. wass sosls Tor fhs Top T1i.
while the other two works OF the Wheeling
company are non-uniou Is entirely incon-
slstent with tho associstions conduct toward
ths American Sheet steel Company, whose
officsr, offered to sign the scale for the mills
controlled BY the union. The Anal samated
Association declined 70 agree to this The
steel mon are Wondering what Is behind this
discrimination.