Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-08-17

tary Mlcnael II. llEL6 Will DC sccUuus
if possible. at meeting of the Ohio
Valley Trades and Labor Assembly
resolutions were passed denouncing
Andrew Carnegie and calling upon
the laboring peonle of Wheeling to
vote against the acceptance Of the
S75, 600 ne has offered Wheeling for
library building.
The reason why the South Chicago,
Joliet and Bay View men failed to
strike is that they have contracts
with the company for year and their
wages were recently raised 5 per
cent. They have been well treated by
the company.
SAYS TRUST REFUSED ARBI-
TRATION
Secretary Williams, of the Amalga
mated, in an interview put the blame
for the strike upon the refusal OF
the United States Steel Corporation
to abritrate. He declared that before
the strike was over thousands Of men
in other trades would be drawn into
it to save the Amalgamated Associa-
tion and the principles for which IT
stands.
kUP HILL FOR STRIKERS.
Pittsburg, Pa. Aug 10. The strug-
gle for mastery between the manufac-
turers and men in the steel industry
is now fairly launched, and on the
first show of strength advantage is
with the former The general strike
order issued by President Shaffer, OF
the Amaleamatied Association has SO
far been obeyed by only $4,000 men,
according to the best figures obtain
able here The first two preliminary
calls were answered by about 40, 600
men, the total ndmber now out isin the
neighborhood of 60, 000, The strikers
made gains here Yesterday over the
showing of Sunday and their pros
poets for further accessions at both
McKeesport and Wheeling during the
week are very favorable.
An appeal for financial aid has been
made to organize labor and the general
public, and it is expected that the
responses to it will be liberal.
President Shaffer said
1--WE have no Official information
about the situation in the West. l
do not believe Vice President Davis
of Chicago has accepted a superin-
tendency from the trust, as reported.
NV only regret is that some OF the
men working in the Slav pens of the
trust had not spirit enough to come
out and join the strikers. | will not
take any part in calling out the
American Federation of Labor. Its
action must be voluntary. The
Amalgamated has not lost anything,
but has made gains. .
Secretary Williams said:
think the greatest surprise Of the
strike will come to the steel officials
when they find we have invaded the
Carnegie plant. We have reliable re-
ports to the eff ect that the lower city
mill is tied up and that but one mill
in the upper mill is on. We have not
made known our plans. and still have
some surprises for the manufac-
turers.
The appeal for financial assistance
was prepared on Friday last, but was
not sent out until today. 1t reads as
fol lows:
To the members of organized labor !:
Brethern-As you are undoubtedly
aware, the United States Steel Cor
poration are ow waging a war
against organized labor by making the
Amalgamated A ssociation the subject
upon which to begin operations. AT
our last convention it was uDani-
mously decided to ask the United
States Seel Corporation, when setting
their annual scale with the Amalga-
mated Association that thew sign or
recognize the scale of the Amalgamted
Association, in all their mills. When
tie matter was preached 1T was pre-
maturely refused. After the hold
ing of several conferences the demand
OF our organization was modified so
as to make it only the mills of three
of their constituent companies, viz :
The American Sheet Steel company,
The American Tlnplate Company,
and The American Steel Hoop Com
pany, where local lodges had been
formed and where the men were very
DESTROYS of being union men and
we are now out on strike for recogni-
ton.
"In the conferences which were held
by the representatives of the United
States Steel Corporation and he
Amalgamated A ssociation, the only
arguments of the representatives of
the United Steel COmDauy were that