Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-16

and groups of the men could be seen at the
different depots leaving for their homes
About the mills the best of order prevailed.
A rumor was current in Lawrencevilie dis
trict today that the workers in Carnegie s
upper Union mills and the Black Diamond
steel plant would join the strikers this
evening, but the report could not be con-
firmed.
Tin Plate Mills Idle.
PITTSBURG, Pa, July 18-A revised list
of the plants Of the three combinations af-
fected by the strike was prepared this
morning. together with the number Of
skilled workers. In the mills of the Amer
lean Tin Plate Company 25 men are en-
ployed in three turns in each. as follows:
Roller, rougher doubler, doubler's helper,
heater, heaters helper, catcher and screw
boy and one shearman. who does the work
for three turns with two openers. Each
mills full quota of skilled men Is q. The
tin plate combination employs at its 2I0
mills 1890 skilled workers. OF this num-
Der 6.966 are on strike and 324 are working
at the national works at Monessen.
The corrected list of idle tin plate mills
is as follows:
Atlanta. Atlanta. 6; Banfeld. Irondale,
burg. Canonsburg, Pa. 5; Champion, Mus
kegan, Mich, 8; Crescent, Cleveland, g.;
Cumberland. Cumberland Md. 5; Cam
bridge, Cambridge. Ohio, 6; Ellwood ELL
d.
Connellsvine. Pa, 6; Irondaie, Middleton
Ind. 8; La Belle Wheeling. 10; Laughltn,
Martins Ferry; Ohio, 80; Menongahela,
Pittsburg, IA: Morewood, Gas City, Ind, g.;
New Castle, New Castle Pa. 20; Pfttsburg,
New Kensington. Pa, 6; Reeves, Canal Do
yer. 6: Shenango, New Castle. 80; Star
Pittsburg. s; United States, McKeesport
II.
In the Sheet Mills.
The Amalgamated men employed on each
turn In sheet mill number Is, as follows:
Roller, rougher, catcher pair heater, heat
er, heaters helper. doubler, hatcher, shear
man, shearman's helper, three openers and
two lifters.
Each mill employs 45 skilled men, The
American Sheet Steel Company employs
7,47O. skilled men in its 166 mills. OF this
number 2.25O skilled men are at work at
90 mills that have not been closed by the
strike They are: Vandergrift, q mills
Kirkpatrick. Leechburg, mills; Salisbury,
mills: Old Meadow, mills, and Scott
dale. s mills.
The number of skilled men on strike is
5,220. at the following plants:
Cambridge works. Cambridge, Ohio, 7
mills; Canton works, Canton, Ohio, g.;
CHARTERS works, Carnegie, g. Dennison
works. Dennison, Ohio, 4; Dresden works,
Dresden. Ohio, 4; Falcon works, Niles,
Ohio, 6; Hyde Park works, Hyde Park,
Pa. 8; Laufman works. Paulton, Pa. g.;
Midland M works, Muncie, Ind, 4 New
Philadelphia works, New Philadelphia,
Ohio, .; Piqua works, Piqua Ohio, 4:
Reeves works, Canal Dover, Ohio, o.;
Struthers works, Bridgeport, Ohio, IS:
Wellsville works. Welsville, Ohio, 6; w.
d. Wood works, Mckeesport, 15.
Steel Hoop Plants Shut Down.
In the American Steel Hoop Company
there are 1.OCO skilled workmen, and all but
20 at the Duncansville plant are idle
The plants affected are: VIM. Clark's Sons
& Company, Pittsburg; ]. Painter & Sons,
Pittsburg; Lindsay & McCutcheon, Pitts
burg; Monessen Steel Company, Monessen,
Pa. Union Iron and Steel Company,
Youngstown, Ohio, including mills at
Youngstown, Warren and Girard, Ohio; P
l.. Kimberly & Company, Sharon, Pa, and
Greenviile. Pa; Aetna-Standard works, at
bridgeport and Mingo Junction, Ohio;
Pomeroy Iron and Steel Company, Pome-
roy. Ohio. This makes 1900 skilled work.
men out at present. 1t is estimated that
the unskilled labor in the various mills af-
fected by the strike will run the total close
to the claim of 74OOO idle men, made by
the Amalgamated Association.
Steel Trust officials Are Silent,
NEW YORK, July 16.-President Charles
NJ. Schwab Of the United States Steel Cor
poration and the other officials of the COM
pany now here declined today to publicly
discuss the strike situation. Mr. Schwab
has been in conference with ]. Pierpont
Morgan and others, but no hint Of their at
titude or conclusions has been given to the
public. 1t has been reported that there
would be a general conference on the sub
Ject here. and also that there was a move
ment afoot for the settlement of the strike,
Out connrmation or denial of these stories
could not be obtained at sources of au-
thority.