The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-07-19
BIG STRIKE ON.
A"hLGhMATED ASSOCIATION MEM
BEERS OBEY ORDERS,
ior lhe unlons --UnioniZlnE All tho Mills
ana Threatens ~ sun Bigger strike.
Painters Out
5, aciul to Grecnvillo Nows. |

| ~ 'Sioi " NlctllSillo NSNS.
Pittaburg, July l5.-Tho strike of
tho members of the Amalgamatcd
Association employed in tho tinplatc,
sheet and hoop mills which was or
dorod Saturday night Us Il result Of
tho disagreement between tho con-
| fcrcnccs of the United States Steel
Corporation and tho Amalgamatod
| Association was gonornlly observed
IN tn" PittshnrE district this morn
| ing. AT tho mill whoro tho striko
ordcr extended tho skilled workmon
who arc under control Of the union
talod to put in m appearance, or if
thoY did 80 to tho mills it was mere
ly rs spectators and with no intcn-
ton of working. Early reports re-
coivcd at tho general Offices Of tho
Amalgamatod Association wero meu-
gro Of details but indicated that tho
| strike ordor WAS boiug observed 1T
all mills Of tho tinplatc, sheet ard
hoop combines.
President Shatfer is in commune
cation with lodge officials at all thoso
plants and no is confident that tho
association will mako a strong show
ing on this preliminary suspension
Of work that Il general strike Of al
tho mills Of tho United States Steel
Corporation will not be necessary.
This latter proposition IL tho strong
card which the Amnlgamatcd prosi-
dent has up his sleeve and which no
has threatened t1 play if On oarly
adjustment of tho difficulty ia not
madc. This strike bears Il resom-
blanco to tho historical Homestead
strike Of 1892 in that it is not II quos-
ton Of wages but Of recognition Of
tho Amnlgamatcd Association.
Tho association insists on union
izing all tho plants Of tho throo COM
panios in question. Tho manufactu-
rors rofuse to grant this domand and
say that tho individual contracts with
tho workmon which aro in force at u
number Of the plants must stand.
rAINTEN MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Tho Painter mills Of tho American
Stool Hoop Company Of tho south
side are shut down. Tho mon have
joined tho A:anIgamated Association
and not workman except four or
five llungarianH and six boys showed
up 1t is estimated that betwoon 700
and 500 men arc out.
The management refuses to talk.
In tho mill ollico all was excitement
this morning. Telephones were kept
busy and messengers were kept run
ming.
Tho I[ungar,uns wcro hauling
away finished material and the boys
woro working in tho machine shops,
tho only department in tho mill
whoro wheol is turning. Tho
strikers aro Keeping away from tho
plant and there is not porson lott
cring about tho place. Everything
is unusually quiet.
Tho tin mill at Monosson, Pa,
which is non union, was not running
asusuel today. Tho Lindsay and Me-
Cutcheon plant Of tho American
Steel Hoop Company in Allegheny
is also idlo and tho Star and Mon0n-
gaho]a plants Of tho American Tin
plato Company are closed down.
Tho Painter anc Lindsay and Nc
Cutchoon plants hayo boon looked
upon by tho officials Of tho United
States Steel Corporation az tho
stronghold Of non-unionists in the
hoop company.
STRIKE IN CHICAGO.
Chicago, July 15.---Nearly one
thousand mouldors employed in Chi
} cago wont on strike today in conse-
quoncc of tho failure Of employers to
grant their demand for q fiat scale Of
three dollars por day. About fifty
: firms aro affected.
ANOTHER ONE LIKELY.
McKeesport, Pa, July 1E.--]five
thousand tube workers sent com.
mittoo to Manager Crawford Of tho
: National Tube works at ten o'clock
this morning demanding an increase
of ten per cont in wages. Unless tho
demand is accodod to by next Satur-
day tho greatest plant in control of
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