The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-08-19
Days Gains on the Side of
Steel Corporation.
PAINTER AND CLARK
Two of the Former and One of the
Latter Are Opened.
SHAFFER AND DUQUESNE AFFAIR
Says the Newspapers Have Spoiled
Whatever Plan the Strikers
May Have Had.

Pittsburg. Aug. 19-The steel mill man
ayers made another gainSover the strikers
to-day. when two more \ ills at the Pain
ter plant were put in motion They were
started at o'clock and b Fought the total
number Of mills in operation in that prop
erty up to four. They claim that several
Of their old men have broken from the
strikers and returned to their places. c.
I. Harper, manager of the property, said
that he now had 200 men at work and
that of the number about fifty were skilled
men. He says that within month the
works will be running to their full ca
pacity. The strikers still assert that the
being done in it is not hurting their
cause.
The steel mill at Monessen was not
started this morning, but the steel mana
gers say that it will be running before
night The fires have been started and
every preparation made for actual opera
tion. There was some excitement among
the strikers when they learned that
party of strike breakers had been spirited
into the property. They have increased
their vigilance to prevent another sur
prise. They say that the managers have
not secured men enough 20 properly start
the mill and that they are still in con-
troll of the situation.
Beaten by Strikers.
A nonunion worker employed in the
Wellsville plant was seriously beaten by
a party of strikers early this morning.
He had been TO Vandergrift to spend Sun
day and was returning to work. He was
struck with a brick and then given a
hard pounding. He promised his assail-
ants that he would not return to work.
The steel managers also scored at the
Clark mill in this city to-day. They sue
ceeded in starting the ten-inch mill with
a full crew of skilled men and with the
exception of the small eight-inch mill
have every mill in the plant working. Ac-
cording to superintendent L. T. Brown,
fifty more men were taken on this morn
ing and he now states that his force Is
600.
No Strike by SVvitchmen.
Two meetings of the switchmen's Union
OF North America were held here yester-
day to discuss the strike F. T. Hawley
grand master, spoke at both meetings.
1t was decided that a strike in sympathy
with the steel workers could not be
ordered, but the heartiest moral and
financial support was rendered to the
strikers. Grand Master HawIey suggested
that the American Federation of Labor
call together all the labor leaders of the
country for conference on the strike
and expressed the opinion that some plan
for favorably ending the strike would be
forthcoming
The situation at the Bellair works of
the National Steel company remains un-
changed. The furnaces have been blown
out preparatory for repairs and steel
works and plate mills are idle. Notices
directing the men to report for their pay
Tomorrow have been posted by the man
agement. The Amalgamated organizers
are still at work and have taken the fur
mace men in, bringing their total member
ship up to $50. They say they will have
1000 men organized before they stop.
There was no break in the forces at the
Lower Union mill or at any of the Car
negie properties to-day. The strikers
maintain that they have secured many
men in all of the plants in question and
that in due time they will be called out.
Newspapers Have Spoiled It,"
President Shaffer when asked about
Duquesne, said: IF there had been any
plan to do anything at Duquesne the news
papers have spoiled it,
1t could not be told whether the Anal
gamated president was serious or not in
his statement. Secretary Williams dis
counted the gains of the steel corporation
at the Painter mill with a statement that
while the company had its machinery
running, it did not have the men neces-
sary to successful operation.
Mayor Black of McKeesport, was not at
his Office to-day and it is said he has
gone east with the idea of securing JUS
tice from certain newspapers as to the
labor situation in that city. The Demmler
tin plate workers want to run Mayor
Black for congress.
Wages Advanced.
1t Is improbable that there will be any
trouble at the Pennsylvania mill of the
National Tube Works in this city The
wages of the men have all been advanced
and work goes steadily on. The officials
of the company say that the advance is
not concession because of the strike,
but part of general plan of increases
commenced months ago. At the other
mills advances running from 5 to 25 cents
per day were made and the same increases
have been given to the PENNSYLVANIA men.
Preparations are being made to extend
the operations at the Lindsay and Nc
Cutcheon mills, where one mill has been
In motion for several days past. The old
men are to be given one more chance to
come back and if they do not their places
will go to non-union men. 1t is said that