The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-07-25
Non-Union Operation of the
Wellsville Mills.
THIS SEEMS IN SIGHT
Fourth Mill Expected to Be Running
Before Night.
xAYoR ACQUIRES POPULARITY
President ShafRer Likely to Put His
Plan of Strike Extension Into
Effect.

Pittsburg, July 25.-Steel-strike devel-
Dpments of the last "A hours indicate that
he company's force at Wellsville is slowly
accomplishing the intention of operating
the plant with non-union men. Yester-
day afternoon and last night a number of
new men eluded the strikers and got in
Side the works, and before the day is over
fourth mill is expected to be in oper-
alton. The situation at Wellsville is
acute, and there is no doubt the condition
OF affairs there, with the rumored injunc-
ton proceedings, caused President Shaffer
to make his mysterious trip to that place
yesterday.
While he has not divulged his reasons
for his sudden journey, it is believed his
mission was to prevent any possible cause
for interference by the courts by impress
ing on the strikers the Importance of re-
manning orderly. Manager Brookman, of
The Wellsville plant, stated to-day that
the new men are expected every day, and
that the management will have evry mill
In the plant running full time next week
At McKeesport all remains as quiet as
heretofore. The fact that many of the Of
hcials of the mills have left for their sum-
mer vacations. has caused the strikers
TO relax their vigilance in the vicinity of
the Devices Wood plant. The strikers
seem now almost convinced that no eff
fort will be made to start the mills in the
near future.
Mayor Popular With Strikers.
The declaration of Mayor Black last
night that he will not permit deputies in
the idle mills or allow the city police to
guard the company's property has caused
a sensation, and the mayor awakened this
morning to find himself the most popular
man In western Pennsylvania with the
mill strikers. Hundreds of mill workers
Tor the Homestead and Duquesne Joined
the McKeesport workmen this morning in
a procession to the mayors office to thank
him for the stand taken.
The men Of the Boston Iron and Steel
company formed an amalgamated lodge
last night with thirty members. This is
considered great victory for the strikers.
as the Boston works always have been con-
sloered non-union. 1t will require at
least TWO weeks to complete the repairs
at Painters, and the strikers are resting
easy because they say it will be impossi-
Bile to make any atetmDt to start the
mills until this has been finished. The
local railroads are slowly beginning to feel
the effects of the strike by the counter
manding of orders for coal shipments that
had been placed by the different mills pre-
vious to the beginning of the strike.
Shaffer Cautious of Speech,
President Shaffer still refuses to ad-
nit that strike conference was held at
the Hotel Lincoln Tuesday night, or to
explain his mysterious visit to Wellsville
yesterday. On the general strike situa-
tion, the president declared there had been
little change within the past few days.
The reports that somthing definite will be
done by him within the next day or two
in the way of calling a strike in more
mills, the labor leader refused to dis
cuss. He explained that matters are in
such shape now that it is little too
early for him to say what his next move
will be.
Other amalgamated officials, however,
intimated that the attempt of the COM
pantes to resume operations at their mills
with nonunion men or the carrying out
of the threat to break the strike by court
lnjunctions restraining the strikers from
interfering with the non-union men on the
streets, will precipitate a crisis, and COM
pei President Shaffer to put his plan OF
strike extension into effect.