The sun., 1901-07-02
SHEET STEEL STRIKE IS on:
ABOtr 5000 MEN OBEY ORDERS TO
orr WORK INDEFINI1ELf.
workmen Of Two Of the Mills. Old Meadows
and saitsburG. Refuse to obey Orders-Tho
Men Keep 20 Their special Agreements
Steel Trust Onncials show little Concern.

Steel Trust Oficials show Little Concern.
PIrrsBUHG, July ~ The strike In thetmills
Of the American Sheet Steel Company over
tho wage scale began this tmorning In COM
, plilhcr with the orders Of President ShHier
| Of tho Amalgamated Association of Iron.
Steel aud Tin Workers The union work
. men outu unber the nCn-union | 1850 to 300
| Ire companies affected 10y strike aret The
| American Steel Hoop Company. ii.OOo; In
| dependent plants. twcnty-Scvcn In number.
| 5000. total number oftmen involved in strike.
! 81. $50
II Is possible that other workmen will be
| drawn into the lght Last week the
| officials OF the American Steel Hoop
Company were Withdrawn from the con-
| ference with President ShaTer. and IT was
! asserted to-day that the order TO the delegates
| came from high officials Of the United states
| Steel Corporation 1t is reported that the ON
| GERS Of the American Hoop Company. swell
| as those Of the American Sheet Steel branch.
| met President G. NJ Schwab last week and
| decided against signing tho Amalga mated
| Association scale for all the plants in their
| companies.
Hints are being thrown out at the head
| quarters OF the Amalgamatei Association
OF aid from other labor organizations. One
report was that representatives. OF the miners
| said to-day that they could not AFFORD to
see the teel combine defeat the steel work
err, and II necessary would refuse 10 mine
| coal for any of the plants of the United states
Steel Company.
The w Devices wood mill at Mckeesport
shut down to-day. II was at this plant that
the first trouble with the union occurred.
when a small strike there in the spring was
hat fha Apna1
ganlated Associa ton had scored a sweeping
victory. A matter OF fact. neither sdo
ga red about lighting over minor differences
when they knew they would have cause for
a more serious conflict at the expiration OF
the old scale. a.
Nnile the old scale Of tho American Steel
Hoop Company has expired and the new one
has not been signed. the formal declaration
of a strike mas not been madet m" notice
may come at any hour from the Advisory
Board al the Amalgalnated h,soclaIlnn
Inc situation Is peculiar "heh the
announcement was made that the bar scale
was signed. II waS supposed that the Amer
ican Steel Hoop Company had also agreed
20 IT. a. the hoop and bar men meet tose,hsr i.
that Tho fncts became known he Republic
Iron and Steel Company. winch l. not ~ tho
Steel iru7t, signed the scale, but me mop
c cpmpany withdrew from IN" conference
nud any NJ the mills of the last-named Corpo-
ration that arc nov In operation are running
nv Shaffer's strike order four open mills are
Affected open mills being mills that are not
organized but IN which AmalRalnaten men
are permitted by their union TO work II they
wish. and seven union mills. IN whioh non
union mon are not allowed The union mills
are at sharon, Pa Girard Pa warren Pa
Gr.enville,. Pa and thr upErf anu Iower y,t.
are the ones at Hollidaysburg, Pa, and the
Lindsey -McCutcheon Paintsr ana tiarke
mills In Pittsburg and the mill at Monessen.
Pa.
The difficulty between tho Amayamated
Association and Of the oilicors of the Amerl-
oan Sheet S'ee! Company and Tn" American
Steel uoOp COMPANY took ON a new phase
later to-day when il became known that Two
mills in dispute. old Meadows AZ Scottdale
and Saltsburg. are claimed by bnth sides
speaking of conditions AT Scottdae. John
jarrett Secretary Of the Labor Bureau Of the
shnc' Steel company snid
The 4mnlEamacd p%oPes slG.rnTy hsys no Tsm 1Is
The men IN ScottdHlr arc working und-r
social agreements with, ms. These aGree-
mcn's have been extended 10 Jan. |. 1903
their own yolIton. We did not urge them
20 leave It. President Shafer can order
Sa 9 mi @ h p' resara sT SR to the nil fh at sss s1p
burg. | can prove that prominent members
Of the AHaistmated fsIoclaton nsy sad there here
The whole thing In a nutshell il this The
Amnlaamated Association seems anxious
Salisbury into their fold again. This We
Wo,J comes from Scot,dale late tonight
that the mon ha refused to strike ana
will continue at work. especially as they
were notified that tho sheet steel combine
would pay the scale asked bv the Amalza-
mated Association an increase OF ~ per
cent over last years rate
fNpIlNAPOMS July The employees in
the Midland steel Plant NJ Muncie which ~
member OF tho American Steel Corporal
fion went on "A strike To-day In consequence
OF tho order of President Shafer ofthe Anal
qamated Association. which was received az
noon The plant employed about Loo men
and all OF the members OF ~. association
went ont leaving only few non-union men
~ work. and the mil va forced '" shut down,
| The mill a, Hammond. tins state. i expected
| Ia close tomorrow. 1t - also member oi
None Of tho managers could offer any terms
| To tho men saving they were not authorized
20 treat with them
SnARoN pa july The sharon Steel
! Hoop Company signed IN" Amalgamated
| scalo to-Lsy Tie Conference Committee
| met with the manufacturers and speedily
REACHED an agreement The sharon steel
| Hoop Company is an independent concern
employing about $50 hands The company
has 40 many orders on hand thar il could not
afford 10 close It, plant pending a settlement.
Officers and directors of the United States
S,enl CorporatlOn did not appear yeSter-
d,y 10 regard tho strike ordered by Pr,Si-
dent Shaier Of the Amalgalnaied AssOCia-
ZION "a seriolls In the stock market there
was some selling of United States Steel
common and preferred shares, each OF
which suffered a net loss Of Il, points com
pared with the closing prices Of saturday
Iaat A SrN reporter who called Al tho
offices of tho Executive Committee Of the
I-nited States Steel Corporation received
the following statement concerning the
labor troubles
"Thn United states Steel Corporation is
simply stoctholdIng company, and
does not in any respect direct the manage
mant Of any company m whose stock tho
former Is Interested Information has
been received from the Officers of tho
American Steel Hoop Company and the
American Sheet steel Company, reSpec-
lively, that the questions which have been
discussed hv them and representatives, of
the Amalgamated Association grow out
OF tho reques 10y tn" latter TO extend union
labor into mills in which union labor has
not heretofore existed. that the officers
of the two companies above named have
eyprosscd \ willingness TO promptly sign
the Amalgamatcd ASSOCIATION scales for