Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-21
Party of Non.Union Workmen
Enters the Steel Mill at
Monessen.
CARNEGIE PLANTS ARE RUNNING
Two Points the Steel Magnates Con-
graduate Themselves Over.
Strikers Get the Men at Bay View as
Reinforcements and Say wait"
as to the Carnegie
Properties.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. ia repor
from McKeesport at 1870 this morn
ing said that it was reported general,
throughout the valley that $50 mel
had gone on strike in the converting
mill of the Duquesne works. 1t IL
claimed that five lodges of the Anal
gamated Association have been organ
lied in the different departments OF
the works.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. ia party OF
strike breakers brought up from the
south by special train was safely de-
livered In the steel mill at Monessen
early yesterday morning. and the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation expects to
add that plant to the number running
partly or In full with non-union men
within few hours. The Carnegie
properties also resumed last night
without break in the forces operating
them, and that fact, Joined with a
promise Of an early start at Monessen,
leads the steel officials here to take a
very hopeful view of the situation.
The strikers claim that men enough to
start the Monessen mills cannot be OBJ
tanned. and that they have not yet
shown their hand at Duquesne and the
other Carnegie plants, but promise that
later developments will indicate their
strength to better advantage.
Trouble Booked for the Future.
1t was anticipated that there would
be trouble when the non-union men
reached Monessen, for the strikers
were watching the railroads and river,
and had expressed a determination to
prevent the entrance of the strike
breakers. The men who were handling
the movement for the steel corpora
ton successfully yelled their action,
however, and had their charges safely
within the plant hours before it was
known definitely by any one on the
outside that the men had arrived. 1t
Is not known how many men were In
the party nor where they were OBJ
tanned. The mills are guarded and the
men will be kept on the premises until
all danger of trouble ceases. The
strikers will undoubtedly make an ef-
fort to induce the breakers to
quit, and the fear is expressed that
there will be trouble If any demon
stration Is made against the men or
property.
President Shaffer Under the Weather.
The strain of the strike is telling on
the physical strength of President
Shaffer. He was i'll yesterday and
kept to his bed most Of the time. He
declined to see any of the many call
ers who sought him, and his wife. who
met them in his stead, explained that
he was worn out and sick and must
have rest In order to carry on his
work. He was unwell on Saturday,
and in discussing his health Said 81
simply must not get sick. l haven't
time at this stage" He is a man of
large physique and ordinarily very
strong. but has lost in weight and color
during the last two trying months.
News That Pleased the Strikers.
The news that the Milwaukee men
had decided to cast their fortunes with
the strikers, supplemented by the
wired announcement that the steel
men in the Riverside plant at Wheel
Ing had voted to strike awakened new
enthusiasm in the ranks of the ANAL
gamated Association anu it's followers.
The action at Wheeling leaves only
40 men working in the trust plants,