The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-19
MANY MILLS ARE IDLE.
Skaters Order Promptly Obeyed
Where Amalgamated Men
Ran the Plants.
SOME "NoN-UNION" MILLS CLOSED
Much to the Surprise of the Employ
ers Strikers Looking for
"Climb-D Down by the
Trust Managers.

Pittsburg, July 16.-Reports received
from all sources connected with the
great .triKe of the steel workers in
dictate that the officers of the Anal
gamated Association had matters we'll
gamated Association havetmatters we'll
in hand, and that the strike order was
generally Cbeyed. kilograms from va
riOus points where the mills of the
American Tinplate company, the
American Steel Hoop company and the
American Sheet Steel company are To-
Gated told Of the shutting down Of
these plants in large numbers. In
many cases the plants had been shut
down by the first strike order, which
affected the sheet steel and steel hoop
companies only. The last order
brought out all of the union plants of
the American Tinplate company, with
the single exception of the new mill in
Monessen, which is still running
Pittsburg Is but Slightly Affected.
At the Amalgamated Association
headquarters it was stated that the
figures given out regarding the num-
Der of men -7400O-whO would be
companies had been proved correct
The strike, although one of the great
est that has been declared in recent
years, will affect Pittsburg but slight
ly. OF the $4,000 men idle $500 are
in Pittsburg, 800 in Allegheny and
1900 in McKeesport. President Shat
fer has it in his power to close many
more Pittsburg mills, but it is not
thought that he will do anything Of a
radical nature until he is compelled to.
Surprise for the Employers.
The American Steel Hoop company's
supposedly non-union mill, known as
the Painter mill. in West Carson street,
was closed yesterday in all it's
branches. The tie-up at this mill was
said to have been a surprise to the
mill owners and officials in charge of
it. The other plant, known as the
Lindsay & McCutcheon mill, in Allie
gheny, was shut down completely in
the pudding and bar mills. All the
skilled wOrkmen refused to enter the
mill yesterday, and the company did
not even operate the five furnaces.
The American Steel Hoop company's
mill at Monessen was not closed. 1t
has been non-uniOn since it was built,
TWO years ago, ana the company says
the men there will remain loyal. The
Amalgamated people would not discuss
the situation in that mill at present.
Another Surprise for the Company.
In addition to the very general, and
in some instances rather unexpected,
compliance to the strike order the
Amalgamated Association has added
two more mills to it's list, both of which
were claimed by the companies to be
beyond the reach of organization.
When the William Clark Sons COM
pany mill at Thirty-ffth street, which
operated all day non-union came to
shift turns last night, none Of the
skilled men reported for duty, and the
plant had to close down. Later a tele-
gram was received announcing that
the Monessen Steel Hoop plant was
closed, having been organized by dis
trict delegates Of the Amalgamated
Association. The delegates arrived in
town yesterday morning and by p. M
they had all the local men in the asso-
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