New-York tribune., 1901-07-16
EMPLOYERS WON'T YIELD.
Continued from First Pare.
Leeds, another director of the company. de
clined to say anything about the situation.
THINKS STRIKERS ARE IN THE WRONG


THINKS STRIKERS ARE IN THE WRONG
| An officer Of the American Steel and Wire
| Company said he did not believe his company
] would be drawn into the strike. I'VE would
| resist" he said 'if the same question of prin-
| ciple that confronts the United States Steel
Corporation were involved in demands made
| upon We could not admit the right Of the
unions to dictate to employees who are not in
! the unions. The whole fight, it seems to me.
| turns the rights of the non union workmen.
| That is the only question that could not have
| been settled at the conference In Plttsburg."
| j. p. Morgan. who was credited last week with
being interested in efforts to prevent the strike.
| refused yesterday to talk about the strike. One
| of his representatives said:
II do not believe the strike will be serious.
| Only few mills affected. and the effect
| of the strike cannot be judged for few days"
The attention Of an official Of the United
States Steel Corporation was called in the after
noon to dispatch from Pittsburg to the effect
that secret conference of interested in
the steel companies would be called, to be held
in this city, last evening or to-day. He said:
I have heard Of no conference, secret or other
wise. OF course. discussing the strike
In all its phases. but the demand OF the Anal
gamated Association that we unionize all the
non-union mills and discharge all the non-union
workmeE is one We are not inclined to think OF
complying with. 1t is nonsense to compare the
last year. The miners had real grievances, both
as to pay and as to hours. In this case the men
of the Amalgamated Association admit that tney
have no complaint as to pay and hours OF work
WILL MAKE A PLAIN DECLARATION.
A representative of large interests in the steel
companies said yesterday afternoon
The United States Steel Corporation probably
will make declaration too plain to be misun-
derstood in day or to the effect that the
demand for unionizing the non-union mills Will
not be complied with. but will be resisted, and
that if the demand is not withdrawn all the
mills will be made non-union mills The issue
bound TO lose, because they will not have the
support of the people of the country. 1t hap
pens that the strike comes at time to aid and
not hurt the corporation that controls the mills,
The corporation has wanted to shut down some
OF the mills and make changes In the system
and 1t was at a loss to know how to do 1t with
out paying full wages to men who have TO be
idle for few weeks. The strike really removes
difficulty and before 1t is over the corporation
will have time to make the changes and adjust
ments 1t has desired to make. The corporation
will lose no money by the strike. but will actu-
ally he the gamer by IT,
1t was announced in Wall Street yesterday
that the American Tin Plate Company would
put in operation at Martins Ferry. w. Va, this
week, of the largest tin plate plants in the
United States. In point of modern appliances, it
was said the plant would be one of the best IN
the world It will have thirty-two hot mills
and finishing capacity in proportion. 1t con-
talns the machinery OF three plants. removed
from Cincinnati and the Pittsburg district and
the original Iaughlin plant Over 5000 men
will be employed.
II. f. DeYens, secretary of the. National Metal
Trades Associa tion when seen at his office, No.
% Liberty-st said that the steel strike would
not affect the metal trades in the slightest de-
gree.
dispatch was received yesterday from Pitts
burg which said that conference of the OFF,
GERS and executive committee of the United
States Steel Corporation would probably he
held last night in this city. At this meeting, II
was said plans would be considered for the
speedy settlement OF the steel strike. At none
OF the hotels last night could be found gather
ing Of steel officials.