New-York tribune., 1901-08-14
HALT IN STEEL STRIKE.
No DECISIVE MOVE MADE BY
EITHER SIDE.
crRTKERs MAKE SOME FURTHER GAINS,
But THE ADVANTAGE STILL
REMAINS WITH THE
MANUFACTURERS.

There were no important Developments In
n. steel strike yesterday, the advantage
tIi remaining with the manufacturers No
s.ctsfre made by either side. The
.rilers made slight gains at Pittsburg, Nc
Eeesport. Wheeling and BeIInfre. Ten men
,cst the Carnegie works in PfttsburE, but the
eciaIs say that their places were filled at
ouce and that there will he no more deser-
fIons.
THE number of men strike Is estimated
=, $1,000. about 10000 having quit work un-
A.r President shaffer's order for general
strike.
The belief here is thnt the strike will be
broken The corporation. fl is said.
,riIi take hack the men as individuals. but
not as members of the Amalgamnted Assoc
ciadOn
p,,ts5urg Aug. 13.-Neither side moved de-
,,s,vely to-day in the great industrial conflict
t..ween employers and employees in the steel
,-,5e and the result is still in the balance. The
.+5lers have made gains at Pittsburg. McKees-
,on Wheeling and Bellaire in the last twenty
s,,- hours but in the main the advantage is
..,u with the mill owners Both sides say they
eve preparing moves that VIII bring confusion
"a their opponents but neither side has shown
,s hand. The general situation tonight can be
briefly summarized follows:
TEN CARNEGIE MEN GO OUT.
Ten men. five OF them skilled. gait at the
roWer Union mill of the Carnegie company in
pi+,shurg to-day and joined the strikers. Their
detection represents the first break in the Car
uegie forces Of more than fifteen thousand men.
The strikers were jubilant over the incident. but
.be company officials say that they filled their
nlsces at once and that there will be no more
assertions at any of the plants. The Bellalre
plsnt at which the men struck on Sunday was
closed to-day. after working short handed until
Yesterday afternoon. When another start Will
al af1T06 re-
employed at the National Tube Works in Nc
Kassnort went out and their action materially
aided the effort of the strikers TO tie the plant
up The works are running shorthanded' but
the ranks Of the workers are thinning ana the
supply Of material is limited.
The strikers made gains at Wheeling, and the
steel officials admitted to-day that BenWooo
would be closed. The Clark mill here is moving
along full handed. The Lindsay & McCutcheon
plant is operating with small crew, ana the
managers are planning TO open Painters ana
Increase the force at Lindsay McCutcheons'
A break in the ranks of the men who struck at
Painters is expected, but the strike managers
deny that one will occur Another break Is re-
-orted as possible at Newcastle. but there are
as vet no positive indications of il. The Ameri-
can Tin Plate Company has small force at
the Crescent plant in Cleveland and is also
planning resumption At other points with nom
union men.
So far good order has prevailed, although the
steel officials assert that there has been intimi-
dation Al Wheeling, McKeesport and Pittsburg.
Path sides express confidence in ultimate vic
tory. and are actively carrying forward their
respective campaigns. President ShafIer of the
Amalgamated Association VIII start tomorrow
for Wheeling where he is to address the
strikers.
The number Of men out as a result of the
general order is now roughly estimated at six
teen thousand, and on the three orders at sixty
two thousand. Many strikers have found work
in independent mills or at other occupations
ana many are idle merely because the skilled
men are out
CHARTERS PLANT TO BE DIsMANTLED.
According TO an authoritative announcement
made to-day by officials of the American Sheet
Steel Company, the destruction of another plant
has been ordered by the steel corporation the
result OF the refusal of the men TO operate II.
This time il is the CHARTERS plant, at Carnegie
that is 20 be dismantleG. 1t is owned by the
American Sheet Steel Company, and the orders
10 tear il down were issued this afternoon. II
Will be removed 10 Leechburg, in the Kiskimi-
nstss Valley. The strikers were called together
Yesterday by Superintendent John Henry and
Preliminary notice of the companys plan was
given 10 them. Eighty strikers responded. and
Nr. Henry told them that the fires would be
lighted and all preparations made for start
today. he said that at o'clock the whistle
would be blown, and if the men failed to re-
spond the fires would never be relighted. The
pogramne as outlined carried out, but
When the whistle sounded the men did not re-
pond The fires were at once drawn and the
order 20 dismantle and remove the mills was
grea- The officials of the company said that the
plant would be torn down and moved within
two weeks
STRIKERS NOT GAINING IN THE WEST.
The steel corporation held its ground at Chi
@go, Joliet, Bay View, Youngstown, Columbus,
NE Kiskiminetas Valley and the Carnegie
sIoup, with the exception Of the instance named.
me strikers are considering plans for breaking
1e decision Of Chicago. Joliet and Bay View
" stand with The steel companies but what the
i pan is has not yet been made clear They are
Asfging some Of the Western men with dis
4 -0nesiy and disloyalty. and there is general
4 -3fe among members OF the Amalgamated AS
'ua'ion here for some form Of inquiry
There was no trouble at any Of the strike CEN
- Today, although it was feared at the points
se plants are being partially operated and
4 : men are wavering on the question Of going
Crowds surrounded the Carnegie plants
.e to-day. and the officials finally called on the
.lee 10 clear them away The officials say
tne loss Of ten men at the lower Union
i u can be directly traced TO the threats Of the
e's' who intercept the men on the way TO
Hom work They make the same complaint
- Selaire, Wheeling and McKeesport They
IL mat the strikers at Riverside went to Bel
q - and literally ''bluned" the remaining men