The sun., 1901-08-13
PROGRESS OF FIGHT
AGAINST STEEL TRUST
Strike Order Has Been Almost Generally
Obeyed.
NUMBER OF THE LARGE MILLS CLOSED

where the strikers have quit work.
Tho men of the sheet mill and til
plate plant at Cambridge, o., 800 ii
number have gone out.
| President Sllffer Secretaries VIII
liams and Tighe, Vice President Chan
pelle, National Trustee John Pierce ant
iteil Davis We're at strike Headquarters
Mr.. Shaffer was in his private offic,
and refused to see any callers. LATE
he maiie this brief statement:
We have no official information
about the situation in the west. | a,
not believe Vice President Davis o
'hicago has accepted a superintend
chcy from the trust as reported. M,
! only regret Is that some men workin.
] IN 1he slave pens of the trust had no
/; spirit enough to come out and Join Tia,
strikers. ] will not take any part il
calling out the American Federation o,
Labor. Its action must be voluntary
The Amalgnmated has not lost any
thing, but has made gains"
| Invasion of Carnegie Plant.
Secretary Williams said. II think th,
greatest surprise of the strike vii
come to the Steel officials when the,
find we have invaded the Carn-.i,
plant. We have reliable reports to tht
effect that the lower city mill Is tef
mp and that but one mill in the uppel
mill Is on. We have not made Enowt
our plans, and still have some sur
plises for the manufacturers"
call for assistance has been iss,leC
by Secretary Williams. 1t is as fol
lows:
70 the members of organized labor;
Brethren-As you are undoubtedl,
aware the United States Steel corpora
tion are now waging war against Or
sanlzed labor by making the Ahhalca
mated association the subject on whicf
70 begin operations. At our last con
vention It was unanimously decided tt
ask the Gnited States Steel corporation
When Settling their annual scale with
the Amalgamated association that then
sign or recognize the scale of the Anal
ganiated association in all their mills
When the matter Was broached. the
request was peremptorily refused
After the holding of several confer
ences the demand of our organization,
was modified so as to take in only tn,
mills of three Of their constituent com
panies-vis, the American Sheet Stef
company, the American Tin Plate com.
pany and the American Steel Hoop
rompany, where local lodges had been
formed and where the men were very
icsirous of being union men, and we
ire now out Oh strike for recognition.
The Conferences.
In the conferences which were held
by the representatives of the United
, ssates Steel corporation and the
, Analgamatcd association the repre-
Scntatives of the United States Steel
roinpanyS only arguments We're that
they did not desire the Amalgamated
association TO bcome powerful, and
/ lat they should hold the balance of
power. Later conferences We're held
with the heads of the steel company,
who submitted a proposition that we
sign only for the mills signed last
year. with the exception of the sheet
mills in Salisbury and Scottdae,
which Were signed for the year pre-.
vionslN. Their proposition was reject
rd as it meant that the Amalgamated
association would merely have to re-
E.ain in unieScent state while they
We're expanding and adding to their
nonunon possessions
"fhey are waging n fight for the ex-
termination of the Amalgamated as
socintion and against workingmen
combining, a principle which they have
demonstrated to the people of the
United States they desire themselves,
and vet persistently refuse to grant us.
! This blow is not alone directed at the
..malgamated association, but ut
organized labor in general, and should
mated association it will affect every
organized body in the United States.
ITO succeed in this struggle it will
be necessary TO seek the aid of every
organized body. aS well as the general
public, whose sympathies we know are
with Ms in the present struggle. TO
this end we ask that you give us your
'iH''' 1901 hhaihdi tlh. - IDeidl re-
sponse financially will materially as
Sist MS in conducting victorious cam
pai.n for principle which Is the in
alienablr right Of every American free
man.
''if you desire to aid the Amalga-
mated association in the present strug-
gle financially, all money should be
forwarded to John Williams. secretary
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