Connecticut western news., 1901-08-22
TUBE MEN ORGANIZE.
Steps Taken For the F Formation
 of a National Union.
OUTGRoWTH OF THE STEEL STRIKE

Claims and Counter Claims of tn g
 Parties In the Great Labor War,
 Woman Acts as an Escort For Non-
 union Men-situation at Pittsburg.
 Pittsburg, Aug. 21.-A national or ganization of the tube workers of the United States, it is said, will be eff fected as soon as the different organ izers can formulate plan. 1t is expect ed the national body will have be tween 22,000 and 25.0O0 members. This will be the first national organization the tube workers have had. The puT- pose is to have the new organization affiliated with the American Fedora tion of Labor and in direct sympathy with the Amalgamated association. The organization is the direct result of the steel strike.
 The tying up of the Pennsylvania and Continental tube plants of the Ma tional Tube company in this city has been completed. Counting both plants about 1,S00 men went out, and both the properties are shut down.
 Woman Escorts Strike Breakers.
 The steel managers succeeded in starting the last idle mill at the Clark plant and are evidently planning a se- ries of extensions at every point where there is a chance of success under ex- isting circumstances. They will prob ably start the Star Tin mills in this city and increase the force at the Lindsay & McCutcheon mill. An interesting feature of the fight at the latter mill is contributed by the claim of the strik- CTS that Mrs. Fred Baugh, wife of the superintendent, is escorting the strike breakers to and from the mill. She has always been very popular with the mill men, and the pickets say they would rather face regiment of soldiers than do anything improper in her pres ence. They say that in peace times she nursed their families and that they simply cannot interfere with her or the men she escorts.
 The steel managers are also arrang- ing for more men for the Painter and Monessen mills, but have given no in- dication of the time that they will move on McKeesport, Wheeling, New castle and Bellaire, the strongholds of the strikers. Veryl Preston, represent ing President Schwab, was here last night and conferred with a number of the leading officials of the companies federated in the steel corporation, and it is understood that general plans for the campaign were discussed. Mir. Preston and the officials whom he met would not talk for publication beyond expressing their satisfaction with the situation.
 Strike Managers Not Depressed.
 The strikers meet the movement to reopen the mills with nonunion men with the claim that it will be simply impossible to secure a sufficient num- Their men, they declare, are standing firm and must be consulted before the mills run. They say they have the situ- ation well in hand and despite the all legged danger of the strike getting top heavy continue their work of organiZa- ton with a view of crippling more plants belonging to the corporation They claim that Chicago will in the end come out and that there Is no danger of the Joliet men going back to work, whatever Chicago does. They are still fighting for a foothold in the Carnegie properties, but so far have not shown their hand. Claims as to the advantage at the Duquesne mills are still highly conflicting, but the managers declare with more assurance than ever that the fight there is over and that the Amalga- mated association has given up. A show down of hands alone will show the real strength of either side.