Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-07-20
EEL STRIKE IS ON.
A.plATE, SHEET AND HOOP
MILLS ARE IDLE.

r1v 100000 Men Go Out, and Big
ombine Properties Are C1osed-Un-
h a. Union Is Recognized Every Plant
b RitIiou-DolIar Trust Will Omit.
o The strike of the members of the Anal
" mated Association employed in the tin
2 BITE. sheet and hoop mills, which was
8<dered as a result Of the disagreement
i'd tween the cOnferees of the United
tates Steel Corporation and the Anal
II mated Association, was generally OBJ
brved in the Pittsburg district Monday
,orning. At the mills where the strike
rder extended the skilled w0rkmen who
Il re- under the control Of the union failed
II put in an appearance, or, if they did
&o to the mills it was merely as spec
4o+ors. and with no intention of working.
This promises to be the greatest labor
rar in the history of American indus
4res, All of the steel workers in three
o branches Of the bilion-dollar steel
rust are affected These are the Ameri-
Fan Steel Company, with $4,000 men;
the American Steel Hoop Company, with
"a 900 men, and the American Tin Plate
Company, with %, 900 men, Thus at the
outset rs, 900 men are affected and should
the strike extend to all the other plants
of the combine 100000 workers will prob
ably be idle within a short while.
Early reports received at the general
Offices Of the Amalgamated Association
were meager Of details, but indicated that
the strike order was being observed at
NIL mills of the tin plate, sheet and hoop
combines.
This strike bears a resemblance to the
historical Homestead strike in 1892 in
that it is not q question of wages, but
of recognition Of the Amalgamated AssO-
citation. The manufacturers refuse to
grant this demand, and say that the in
dividual contracts with workmen which
are in force at a number of the plants
must stand,
The Painter mill of the American Steel
Hoop Company is shut down. The men
have Joined the Amalgamated Associa-
ton The Lindsay & McCutcheon plant
sd of the American Steel Hoop Company in
Allegheny Is idle and the Star and Mo
nongahela plants Of the American Tin
Plate Company are closed down.
The Painter and Lindsay & McCutch
con plants have been looked upon by the
officials of the United States Steel Cor
Doration as the strOngholds of non-union-
ism in the hoop company. The prompt
action Of President Shaffer in thus early
forcing the fighting and carrying it into
the enemy's camp was looked upon as
evidence that the strike will be one of the
4 most spirited of Pittsburg's history. Pres
ident Shafer was pleased with the re-
ports from the two stronghOlds, and he
declared that not q wheel would turn in
either the Painter or Lindsay & Nc
Cutchcon works until the strike was set
tied. He said that the Painter plant was
pivotal with respect to the other non
union plants of the steel hoop company,
and that the men elsewhere had promis-
ed, if the Painter plant would join the
strike movement there would be no trou-
BILE organizing the remainder Of the
plants He said that there was no doubt
that the men would respond, as they
have been anxious to join the general
movement and were held in check and
kept at work by the direction Of the
Amalgamated officials.
President Shaffer said that the move
ment would be carried to the other plants
not now recognized by the combine as
under the wing of the association. He
looked for a general response to his
strike order, as the men have been wait
ing just such a command since July /.
He declared the men were prepared to
fight it out on the original lines until
doOmSdav"
Chicago holders Quit.
About 900 iron moldcrs who think their
services are worth q minimum wage Of
So a day walked out of Chicago foun-
dries Monday morning because their en-
ployers refused to pay more than a maxi
mum scale of $3.50. AS a consequence
the holding departments of most of the
local establishments are idle and will re-
main so probably until n long and bitter
struggle has decided which is the stron-
ger, the workman or the man who en-
ploys him.