The sun., 1901-07-17


lisa good deal Of uneasiness among
the strikers. No new men have been
brought into Wellsville. but the strik-
ere will watch the river landings and
railroad stations 10 meet any non-union
Ia was said at Amaigan,ated headquarters
here to-day that Jack" Whitehead. .
former Amalgamated man, but now known
a. 3 famous strike breaker, was on his way
from Alabama TO help the trusts break the
strike. 1t 10 be lieved that Whitehead Ii
bound for wellsville.
McKEEsPoRr. Pa, July ie-There was
port, The strikers are simply waiting;
This evening a meeting Of the National
Rolling mill men was held to arrange for
ORGANIZATION. Before the en1 OF the week
that mill will be In the union. The pud-
dlers and knobblers are unit for joining
The nnishers, who have complained most
about present conditions, are divided
In their opinion They are uncertain YET
a. to their future course
The tube workers who secured the 10 per
osnt. advance yesterday are being organized
into the Federation Of Labor. The only
important development to-day was q sign
Of great activity In the W. Devices wood
works. About two hundred men are en-
gagged In making repairs. This AFTERNOON
hre was started In the gas producers. IL
will require about week to get the pro-
ducers In working order.
II was said that two heating furnaces
end tight knobbling fires were started
successfully There was no evidence OF
this about tho tops of the stacks. The
dampers were down and no smoke was
hsuing One Of the office force stated
that the Wood plant would be opened next
Monday and would be run regardless OF
the strike. This is taken to mean that an
effort will be made to secure other help
The men laugh at the threat. as the last
attempt OF the Wood company to intro
duce new men in these mills resulted SO
seriously that the company finally shut
the mills down and waited for the strikers
to give in.' The mills manufacture speci-
atty and only the old employees under.
stand It's processes.
There was some disposition to-day to
make trouble for some skilled ironworkers
who did not Join the union and accepted
Jobs this week with the repair gang. There
are about O dozen Of these. The police
quickly suppressed the demonstration and
forced the pickets about the mill to move
The Matte nal Tube men are expecting q
oall TO come out tomorrow.
OfY1cials OF ule Amalgamated Association
refuse point blank to discuss the question
OF sinews of war for the conflict that they
have undertaken. Neither President I. j.
Shaffer nor Secretary Treasurer John
Williams will discuss the financial outlook
ut all While the exact figures are not
available, il Ia known that the situation
at the present time Is radically different
from what il was In the last great Anal
gamated struggle. the Homestead strike
In 1902
The most accurate figures attainable
are that the actual membership OF the
association at the present time Is 81. 200
~ Ia .~f ha a
stead trouble. Then only one big plant was
out, although the Duguesne works were
shut down by sympathy strike In short
time. At present half hundred works
are IDLE.
Atthe beginning OF the Homestead strike
the association had $4,000 in bank and now
Is credited with having slSO.oO on deposit.
The chief features OF difference at the be-
ginning OF each Of the conflicts is that there
Is vast difference between the number Of
men out now and expecting benefits and
those at work and contributing assessments.
In 1892 the majority were at work.
Nowsthe majority are out on strike.
which must cut down the resources OF the
strike leaders. In this respect conditions
are reversed. 1t will he plainly seen that a
strike in one plant with all others con-
tributing Ia quite different from strike In
most Of the mills with less than 10 per cent.
working and contributing to the sustenance
fund ..
In 1897 the position Of the Amalgamated
Association was much superior to the one
that II occupies to-day Az that time the
others Of this district were organized. bu.
since then, one by one, they have dropped
from the union list and become non-union.
These mills contributed then; they will not
do 30 now.
An estimate Of the skilled men called
out on st" "a was made to-day by men
familiar . the steel trade. II shows
was grossly exaggerated. In the follow.
ing estimate the word mill" Is not used
as a synonym for plant" or works" II
n a technical term for set OF rolls. In
the plants Of the American Tin Plate Com
pany at each mill. twenty-seven men are
employed in three turns as follows Ro-
ler, rougher, doubler. doubler's helper.
boy and one ahearman, who does the work
for three turns, with two openers, Each
mills full quota Of skilled men Is twenty
seven. The Tin Plate combination eru-
ploys at its 270 mills. 1900 skilled workers.
OF this number 8,e88 are on strike and 324
are working at the National Works
at Monessen, twclye-Iniii plant.
works and mills is as follows: American
Works, Elwood. Ind 20 mills; Anderson.
Anderson, Ind. I; Atlanta, 8, Banfleld.
Irondale, Ohio, 4: Beaver. Lisbon. Ohio. 7;
Cannonsburg. Canoonsburg. Pa, 8: Cham
pion, Muskegon. Mich. 8: Crescent, Cleve-
land. 9: Cumberland, Cumberland. Md. S;
Cambridge. Cambridge, Ohio 9: Ellwood.
Ellwood CRY, Pa. 8: Falcon. Niles, Ohio. o;
Great Western, Joliet. Ill. 4; Humbert,
Connellvsilie. 0: Irondale. Middleton. Ind.
9: IaBelle. Wheeling 10: Iaughlin. Martins
Ferry, rio. 80; Mononsafeia. Pittsburg "a;
Morewo~'. Gas City, Ind, 8: New Castle,
ton, Z; Pennsylvania. New kensington, Q;
Reeves. Canal Dover. 8: shenango. New
Castle. 20: STAR Pittsburg. 8; United States.
McKeesport. II.
The Amalgamated men employed on
each turn az each sheet mill number is. as
follows: Roller. rougher. catcher. pair
heater. heater, heaters helper. doubler,
thatcher shearman. shearman's helper,
openers and lifters Each mill therefore
employs 45 skilled men. The American
Sheet Steel Company employs 1910 skilled
men in its 100 mills. OF this number Z. 200
skilled men are at work at so mills that
are Vapdergrift, 81 mills; Kirkpatrick,
IAechburg, 8 mills Salisbury. 3 mills: Old
Meadow, mills. and Scottdale. mills.
The. number OF skilled men on strike Ia
b,220 at the following plants: Cambridge
works, Cambridge Ohio. 8 mills; Canton
works. Canton, Ohio. O. CHARTERS works.
Carnegie. g. Dennison works. Dsnnison.
Ohio, 4: Dresden works, Dresden, Ohio 4:
Falcon works, Niles. Ohio, g. Hyde Park
works. u de Park. Pa. S; Laufman works.
Paulton. Pa, 8; Midland works. Muncie.
Ind. q New Philadelphia works. New
Philadelphia. Ohio. Q; Piqua works, Piqua,
nb,n 4, unrka Canal noyar Ohfn