Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-08
ISSUE STRIKE CALL
sHAFFER NOTIFIES MEN TO QUIT
WORK NEXT SATURDAY.
Every EmpIoye of the Billion Dollar
Corporation Asked to Join In the
Present War-Amaleamate Asso.
citation to Ask No Quarter.

Pittsburg, Aug. AFTER weeks of
preliminary skirmishing at last the
great battle between the gigantic steel
trust and the thousands of men mar
shaling under the banners of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers is fairly on.
The long-talhed-of general strike order
was issued by President Shaffer last
evening, to take effect after the last
turn of the mills on Aug. 10. What
the result will be no man can foretell
but judging by the expressed deter
mination of both parties to the con-
troversy the battle will be waged to the
very last ditch. Much money will be
lost, thousands upon thousands of men
will be idle, great suffering ia looked
for and even bloodshed and death are
possible and feared. The strike call
includes nearly all the Amalgamated
men in the United States Steel corpor-
atoms employ not now on strike. 1t
was issued from the Amalgamated as
sociation's headquarters and mailed to
all Amalgamated lodge officials who
| the strike. The text of the call fol-
| lows:
| Brethren: The officials of the Unit
ed States Steel trust have refused to
recognize as union men those who are
now striving for the right to organize.
The executive board has authorized me
| to issue call upon all Amalgamated
and other union men in name and
heart to join in the movement to fight
for labor's rights.
1--WE must fight or give up forever
our personal liberties.
Remember before you agreed to
any contract you took an obligation
to the Amalgamated association. 1t
now calls you to help in this hour of
need.
"Unless the trouble is settled on or
before Saturday, Aug. 10, 1901. the
mills will close when the last turn is
made on that day.
Brethren. this is the call to pre-
serve our organization. We trust you
and need you. Come and help us and
may right come to a just cause"
Hundred Thousand Idle.
The order of President Shaffer is
expected to swell the number of idle
men to over 100000 at the end of the
week. President Shaffer was asked
if the call was not intended to go to
the union men in the Carnegie Steel
company. He said that he answered
no questions on that score. The Anal
gamated association has lodges in the
Upper and lower Union mills of the
Carnegie Steel company and a foot
hold in Homestead. Duquesne and
Eraddock mills of the great bulwark
on nOnunionism. In conformity to
statements that have been made by
President Shaffer before, these men
will be expected to join the strike, as
will all Amalgamated men and sympa-
thizers in all plants of the United
States Steel corporation. The other
companies of the steel corporation not
mentioned by the Amalgamated presi-
dent, Ind whose operations the asso-
citation will seek to hamper are the
American Steel and Wire company
and the American Bridge company
In the wire company the Amalgamated
association has only lodges in the
Cleveland rolling mill plant and the
Joliet rod mill plant of the com
pany. In the plants of the American
Bridge company there is no organiza.
| tiOn of the men,