The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-15
Show of strength to he Made Is Ex-
pected to Develop n Desire for An
other Conference of Leaders.
FUTURE PLANS ARE WITHHELD
nut EMPLOYEES OF OTHER COM
PASIEs MAY BE ORDERED OUT.
Crucial Point of the Strike Said to BE
I'm Two Pittsburg MiIls-State-
ment by Mr.. Shaffer.

pITTSBURG, July H.-From present IN
dicatlons IL looks probable that President
shaffer's strike order issued last night TO
the Amalgamated Association members In
the employ OF the American Steel Hoop
Conpany. the American Sheet Steel Com
many and the American Tin-plate Com
pany will be obeyed. and the great strug-
gle between the Amalgamated Association
and the steel companies will be on In earn
est Tomorrow In the union mills OF the
three companies against which strike
has been declared it is predicted that not
a wheel will turn tomorrow. An effort
will be made also TO close some of the non
union mills of the companies and to cripple
the rest.
.sThe strike was not of our own seeking"
said President Shaffer to-day. 1T was
forced upon us. We were not contending
for wages, but for principle--for self-pres-
ervation. The tin and sheet people will not
be able to turn a wheel tomorrow. We
have our forces thoroughly organized. and
there will be some surprises in store.
have not heard to-day from a single lodge
In answer to my strike order. but an an
swer is not necessary. The order will. be
promptly obeyed by all our men, But there
will be no trouble. Labor organizations
have changed. The Amalgamated Associa-
tion is not the association it was twenty
years ago. not even five years ago. The
men are more readily controlled; In fact.
we have our men under control"
Developments to-day indicate that Pitts
burg is going TO be a pretty lively strike
center The most interest attaches to the
Painter MILL" on the South Side, and 10
that of Lindsay & McCutcheon. in Allie
gheny. Both mills are controlled by the
American Steel Hoop Company, and have
hitherto been aggressively nonunion, and
much depended upon the action taken by
the men In these plants. The employees OF
both mills held open meetings to-day, ana
both decided TO strike tomorrow. The
Painter mill employs about 400 men and
the Lindsay & McCutcheon mill about 300.
l. W. jerks. manager of the American
Steel Hoop Company. said tonight he had
heard of the attempt to be maGe TO tie up
the two mills, but he hac heard such strike
talk for several months previous. Mr..
jerks said both mills would resume to-
morrow morning as usual
The fight at the Painter mill is TO be
made the night of the strike. Both sides
will make stubborn resistance. If the
Amalgamated people can close this mill
they believe they will have won the greater
part of the strike The mill is not only
an important one. but the Steel Hoop Com
pany has for years succeeded in thwarting
the efforts made TO unionize 1t.
NO DIFFERENTIATING.
President Shaffer late tonight said he
received on Saturday night. from the
American Steel Hoop Company officials a
request for the Amalgamated wage scale
committee TO meet them at the Hotel Lin
coin next week. The proposition the COM
psny made was that they would sign the
scale for the pudding department of the
Lindsay & McCutcheon mill. Mr.. Shaffer
said the invitation was refused, because
the association could sign only for the en-
tire plant. including puddlers, finishers
and all other skilled men alike.
President Shaffer also announced that to-
morrow he " nuld prepare a circular letter.
which will pe mailed tomorrow evening to
reach every member OF the association en-
ployed by any mill operating constituent
plant OF the United States Steel Corpora
ton. The letter Will state fully the present
conditions facing the workmen, the rea-
sons for the failure of the conference of
last week and ordering every man TO go on
strike TO uphold the principle involved. He
said IL probably would be a week before he
could hear from all lodges through the Of
flc.al sources, but whether he hears or not,
mills the men will obey at once. In some
OF the partly organized mills some cor
respondenee may follow the order. but
within a week all will be out
In addition 10 the 1900 men already af-
fected by the original strike order calling
out the sheet steel, steel hoop and tin
the number 10 more than 10000 men, and
will involve the skilled men in the Federal
Steel Companys employ. I'm the National
Steel Company and In the National Tube
Couspanv
Al Johnstown. Pa. the strike will not
AFFECT the 1900 men working in the mills
in that city. except the United States Steel
Corporation may induce great numbers of
them 10 leave Johnstown TO take the places
OF strikers The mills there are nonunon
Five thousand workmen in Wheeling and
vicinity Will be afacted by the strike OF
this number 5000 are employed at the
Aetna Standard, in Bridgeport. the largest
sheet mill IN the world. with one exception
fer
SHOW OF STRENGTH
At the conference last week the repre-
sentatives OF the steel corporation were
repeatedly warned that the association was
much stronger than they knew. They
were even told OF the organization of mills
of which they had no knowledge. But
the steel men would not believe that the
association was as strong as It was claimed
10 be. Thus IL is believed the first pur-
pose OF the association is TO show its
strength by conhning the strike 10 three
companies. When that show OF strength
has been made. whatever IL may prove to
be. the association expects the companles
10 ask for another conference. II the COM
panies show no inclination 20 make a set
tement. the strike Will be extended TO
three more companies. II the trust will
not yield. then the strike will be extended
20 such independ.1t companies as sell their
finished products fr raw materials 10 COM
panies against which a strike has been
declared should the strike attain such
proportions II would be likely TO 20 stu
further The Amaigsmated Association