The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-18
MILLS STARTING UP
PLANTS OF THE STEEL TRUST ARE
NOW NEARLY ALL
RUNNING
TIN PLATE WORKERS SORE
Men Employed in Other Depart
ments Are Generally Report
ing for Work as Fast
as Needed.

PITTSBURG, Sept. 17.-After taking
time to think it oyer President r. ).
'Shaffer, of the Amalgamated association
has announced that there will be no pub
lie statement of the terms of the settle
ment of the strike of his organization
with the United States Steel corporation.
He has also decided to issue a. circular
giving the terms of the agreement oa
which the men were ordered to return to
work and after all the lodges have re-
ceived it, the circular will be made pub
lie. Today the offices of the Amalga-
mated association were more quiet and
orderly than they have been for some
weeks.
The majority of the strikers having re-
turned to work. The men who thus far
have refused to do so were meeting
their fellow workers and kept away from
the organization. The general condition
of the mills of the United States Steel
corporation have improved during the
past twenty-four hours in a wonderful
manner. 1t was officially announced that
nine of the twelve butt-weld furnaces
and three of the six lap-Weld furnaces
of the National Tube company in Nc
KeeSport We're started today. The off,
Gals of the various plants have received
applications for work from many more
of the strikers and are preparing to make
a general start on Wednesday. Inc Con-
tinental, Elba and Pennsylvania works
of the Tube company started today. The
American Tin Plate company reported
that all of its active plants except those
in Atlantic, Ind, Joliet, ILL.,. Johnstown,
Pa, and Canal Dover have been placed
in operation. The last named will start
as soon as sufficient tin bars can be Sc
cured to supply the needs of the plants.
In addition to these four mills OF the
Star plant and four mills Of the MonOn-
gahela plant are running as well as
eight mills on the. Demmler plant and
all of the Monessen plant. The Laughlin
plant in Martins Ferry with twenty
three mills capacity, will be started with
ten mills tomorrow. The Newcastle and
Shenango plants with an aggregate ca
pacty of fifty mills started today with
full crews. Eoth of the KenSington plants
will be started tomorrow.
The American Sheet Steel company to-
day started up its union plants as fol-
lows: The Aetna Standard plant, MinSo
Junction, Cambridge, Ohio; New Phiia-
delphia, Ohio; Muncie, Ind; PiQua, Ohio;
Niles, Ohio, and the Dresden, Ohio, plant
will be started tomorrow. The Canal
Dover plant of this company is operating.
The ST. ikers at the mills still idle have
been ordered to apply as individuals for
work during the week. There will be no
effort made to start the Canton, Ohio,
sheet mills until after this week, owing
to the funeral of President Mckinley.
Ali of the hoop plants are running fun.
The Newcastle plant of the National
Steel company started in full today. This
was the first plant called out after the
general strike order was issued. The Ma
tional Steel plants in Bellaire and Mingo
Junction are the only plants of that
company now idle.
The Riverside plant of the National
Tube company is the only plant Of that
company that is wholly idle.
The manufacturers are confident that
the strike among the men is practically
cured for the present A number of men
have since their return admitted that
they went out against their will and
their better judgment. The greatest
trouble seems to be predicted in the
plants of the American Tin Plate COM
pany that have been considered by Pres
ident Shaffer as non-union. The men in
those plants take their defeat very hard,
and many had determined to remain idle
or get other employment rather than go
back unless their union is recognized.
1t is probable that the Monongahela
and Star mills and the Demmler mills in
McKeesport will be the last to get started
on full turns.
All mills of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany and American Steel Hoop company.
employing about 30,G00 men, will be closed
from a. m. to 6 p. m. Thursday, the
day of President McKinley's funeral.