The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-09-21
STEEL STRIKE COLLAPSE.
More Plants Started Up-Men Return
ing to Work Declare They struck
Against Their Better Judgment

Against Their Better Judgment
Pittsburg. Pa, Sept. 17.-After TAX
ing time to think it over, President 1.
j. Shaffer of the Amalgamated assoc
citation has announced that there VIII
be no public statement of the terms
of the settlement of the strike of his
organization with the United states
Steel corporation. He also has decld-
ed to issue circular giving the terms
of agreement on which the men were
ordered to return to work, and after
all the lodges have received it the CIR
cular will be made public.
To-day the Offices of the Amalga-
mated association were more quiet
and orderly than they have been Tor
some weeks, the large majority OF
strikers having returned to work. The
men who thus far have refused to do
so were meeting their fellow workers
and kept away from the organiza-
ton.
The general condition of the mills
of the United States Steel corpora
ton have improved during the past
"a hours in a wonderful manner. IL
was officially announced that nine OF
The 10 butt-weld furnaces and three
of the lap-weld furnaces OF the
National Tube Co. in Mckeesport
started to-day. The officials of the
various plants have received applica-
tions for work from many of the
strikers, and are preparing to make
general start on Wednesday, The
Continental, Elba and Pennsylvania
works of the tube company started
to-day.
The American Plate Co. reports that
all of it's active plants except those
located in Atlantic, Ind; Joliet, H.;
Johnstown, Pa, and Canal Dover have
been placed in operation. The last
named will start as soon as sufficient
tin bars can be secured to supply the
needs of the plants.
In addition to these four mills OF
the Star plant and four mills of the
Monongahcla plant are running, as
well as eight mills in the Demmler
plant and all of the Monessen plant.
The Laughlin plant at Martins Fer
~, with 23 mills capacity, will be
started with ten mills tomorrow.
The New Castle and Shenango
plants, with an aggregate capacity OF
30 mills, started to-day with full
crews. Both of the Kensington plants
will be started tomorrow.
The American Sheet Steel Co. to-
day started up it's union plants ms
follows: The Aetna-Standard plant,
the Mingo Junction; Cambridge, o.;
New Philadelphia, o.; Muncie, Ind;
Piqua, O., and Niles, o. The Dresden
(O) plant will be started tomorrow.
The strikers at those mills still idle
have been ordered to apply as individ-
uals for work during the week. There
will be no effort made to start the
Canton (O.) sheet mills until after
this week, owing to the funeral OF
President Mckinley. All of the hoop
plants are running full.
The Newcastle and Shenango
al Steel Co. started in full to-day.
This was the first plant called out
after the general strike order was is
sued The National steel plants in
Belmire and Mingo Junction are the
only plants of that company now
idle.
The Riverside plant Of the National
Tube Co. is the only plant of that COM
pany that is wholly idle. The manu-
facturers are confident that the strike
feeling among the men is practically
cured for the present. The number
of men who have since their return
admitted that they went out against
their will and their better judgment
leads to the expectation that the men
will think more carefully before they
enter a strike again.
| Further trouble seems to be threat
ened in the plants of the American
Tin Plate Co. that have been conceded
by President Shaifer as non-union.
Among those plants the men take de-
feat very hard, and the men are de-
termned to remain idle or get other
employment rather than go back as
non-union men. 1t Is probable that
the Monongahela and Star mills and
Demmcr mills in McKeesport will be
the last to get started on fun lines,