The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-07-20
ORDER CALLING OUT THE steel.
WORKERS GENERALLY HAS
BEEN OBEYED.
NUMBER AFFECTED ABOUT $4,000
Ii Worker. From President Shat
Some sort of a Scttlcmcnt-Mills
Thought by the Companies to He
Loyal Join Hands With the STRIKE
ers-Confcrence of Manufacturers.

P1ttSburg, uly 17.-RepOrtS received
from all sources connected with the
great strike of the steel workers yester-
day indicate that the members Of the
Amalgamated association have mat
ters we'll in hand and that the strike
order generally has been obeyed. Tel
egrams from various points where the
mills of the American Tin Plate COM
pany. the American Steel Hoop COM
pany and the American Sheet Steel
company are located told of the shut
ting down Of these PLANTS in large
nubers. In many cases the plants had
been shut down by the first strike Or
der, which affected the sheet steel and
the steel hoop companies only. The
last order brought out all of the union
plants of the American Tin Plate COM
pany with the single exception of the
new mill at Monessen, which is still
running. At tile Amalgamated associa-
ton headquarters 1t was stated h a
the figures given out Saturday night
regarding the number of men who
would be actually Idle in the mills of
these three companies had been proved
correct, This number was placed at
1000. While all the mills Of h Unit
ed States Steel corporation are includ-
ed in
The General Conflict,
these three companies are the first at
tackled. What the next move would be
the workers would not say. The most
interesting report to the Amalgamated
association yesterday was h dispatch
from New York which said that a con-
ference Of the manufacturers was to be
held in New York to-day : at which
Warner Arms, vice president Of the
American Tin Plate company, will pre-
sent a detailed account of the expert
ences of the committee that met the
Amalgamated association in this city
last week. 1t was stated that the ques-
ton of again extending the olive
branch to the strikers or of taking up
the fight and crushing the association
would be determined. Generally speak
ing h workers, from President Shatfer
down, seem to be looking for some sort
Of a settlement. 1t was stated yester-
day that President w. E. Cory of the
American Steel Hoop company. who Is
| also executive head of the National
Steel company, had nothing to say con-
corning h plans of the companies In
meeting the difficulties Of he strike,
nor as to what condition the mills were
| IN where men mad JOlIeu Tic
forces of the strikers. The
Policy of the Manufacturers,
it was said Is to remain quiet and
await developments. The officials, OF
the American Tin Plate company are
all in New York and the company's
side Of the trouble was not obtainable
here. In addition to the very general
and in some instances rather unexpect-
ed compliance with the strike order the
Amalgamated association last night
added two more mills to it's list, both OF
which were claimed by the comapnies
to be beyond the reach of the organtza-
| ton. When the William Clark Sons
company mill. which all day n%on-union
men came to shift turns, last night
none Of the skilled men reported for
duty and the plant had to close Town.
Later the following was received con-
corning the mill considered by the man.
ufacturers to be exceptionally loyal:
"Monesen, Pa. = The Monesen Steel
Hoop plant is closed and has been or
ganized by district delegates Of the
Amalgamated association. The dele
gates arrived in town yesterday morn
ing and went to work Immediately. By
3 O'Clock in the afternoon they had all
the local men in the association and
left last evening for Pittsburg after
| advising the men to stand firm"