Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-07-11
BIG STRIKE NOW ON.
Over $4,000 Men Are Involved I'm II
-Amaigamated AEsociation wants
All the Plants of Yhe Company TO be
Operated by Union Men.


rittsburg, July 2.-The end of the
first day of the strike trouble be-
tween the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers on
one side and the American Sheet Steel
Co. and Anne lcan Steel Hoop Co. con-
stituent companies of the steel cor
poration on the others finds all the
plants idle and many workers from
open mills who are members of the
Amalgamated association on strike.
The association officials say they are
satisfied with the situation and claim
they will be able to control between
$4,000 and 10000 men in the two
companies. No move was made to-
day on the part of either side to the
controversy, and it is doubtful if any
thing decisive will be done for at
least week. Both men and manu-
facturers agree that a shut down for
about two weeks is necessary wheth-
er a settlement is reached or not In
the meantime the association officials
will make every preparation to be
fully equipped for a prolonged strug-
gle should it become necessary.
What the strike just inaugurated
may eventually lead to is problemat-
ical Three months ago when a
strike occurred in the wood plant of
the American Sheet Steel Co., at Nc
Keesport because the company re-
fusd to allow its men to become MEM
bers of the Amalgamated association,
President Shaffer threatened if the
McKeesport strikers could not win
with their own strength he would
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company. If the latter would not
yield he would then call out the
union men in every plant of the
United States steel corporation.
Such a course would now end in the
biggest strike the country has ever
seen, involving several hundred thou
sand men.
Gradually the plans of President
T. ]. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated as
sociation, are being uncovered. Since
the trouble in the w. Devices wood
mills in McKeesport few months
ago, the Amalgamated association
has been actively engaged in break
ing up the present arrangement of
the combination in operating parts
of its plants with non-union men and
others with union men. Mr.. Shaf-
fer says that if this is not checked
the life of the Amalgamated associ-
alton is threatened, for the combine
win always work its union mills last
and the union men will be sufferers
by this discrimination.
Pittsburg, July 5.-Quiet prevailed
in Amalgamated circles yesterday.
There was nothing new in the strike
situation and this being the fourth,
the headquarters of the association
were deserted. In speaking of
general tie-up of the United States
Steel Corporation plants unless the
companies involved in the present
dispute make terms, President Shat
fer said that while he would not
hesitate to take such a course if it
becomes necessary to do so to win,
he did not believe there would be
general strike. 81 have hopes" said
he, chat the trouble will be settled
to the satisfaction of all concerned"
"It is up to the employers now,"
continued he. ''Our scale expired
June 80 and they refused to sign the
new scale. Our men cannot and will
not work until it is signed. Should
the employees wish to meet us again
to talk over the scale. we will meet
them, and | am satisfied that some
thing will be done within the next
two weeks"