The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-08-10
The Strike Question No Longer a
Theory, But a Foregone
Condition.
1Bt STRUGGLE WILL Be ON FOR GooD.'
mr.. manufacturers Say When II Ii
o,,er There VIII be No More
Amaigamnted Association to
worry Them-Profess sorrow for
the strikers.

President Shalel, II 10 ho' any ohboi
tbeor, that confronts the public,
h,, an actual condition. The result
;s that the tension which kept every
hodv in suspense last week as to
,,hat would be the outcome of the
dlly.dallying and conferences has
now been lifted, the suspense is over,
and although while the immediate
eject is deplorable, those directly in
tsrested are not so much affected as
the prayeness of their position would
warrant.
Fight On "For Good"
II is now generally accepted as
TACT that the struggle is on for
rood"-as it were-and it will not be
terminated until either the one or the
other of the contending parties is de-
f,uted. Who this will be is yet sub
iect of speculation. Still there are
some endowed with more hopeful
moss than most people, who express
the opinion that the order of Presi-
dent Shaffcr will not go into effect,
and that compromise will be made
before the week is out.
p,tt.buruh Not Heavily Involved.
As far as Pittsburgh is concerned,
although it is the headquarters OF the
Amalgamated association, few men
are Immediately involved in the strike,
IN comparison with other sections,
the total number throughout the
country being almost 100000 men.
stole q March On the strikers.
There is no question that the va
rious companies of the United Steel
corporation will make efforts to start
ND some Of the idle plants immediate
IL, and thus prevent the strike, If pos
sble before its inception. Already
such a move has been made at Clark's
plant in this city, and CONSERVATION
re,gned among the strikers at Law
rerceville district when they learned
that Capt. Louis 7. Brown, general
superintendent of the mill, had stolen
march on them and started up the
10 and i2-inch mills
started ut the Regular Hour.
The mills started at the regular
hour, with about 100 men and boys,
and Capt. Brown says the entire plant
will be running before the end OF
the week. When interviewed, Capt
Blown said: ave had no trouble
whatever in securing men. or those
that went TO work, some are old men
and scme are new men. We have
many applications on hand, and VIII
send out word to those to whom we
can give employment just when TO
report for duty"
The Carnegie On. Mills.
In regard to the upper and lower
Union mills OF the Carnegie company
located at Thirty.third and Twenty
ninth streets, Capt. Brown, who has
these mills also under his supervision,
said they were running along quietly,
ana he does not expect the men TO
go out on Saturday when President
Skaters order goes into effect. lie
said the lower mill was not organized
by the Amalgamnted, and ut neither
OF the mills has there been any indi-
cations that the men would strike
The strikers Orderly.
Everything liz very quiet around
the mills. The strikers around
Clarke's mill are very orderly. and say
they will make no attempt TO get tho
men ont that went TO work, nor VIII
they modest them In any way.
A report was circulating In Law
rencevillc that two detectives were
watching for any trouble about the
Clark mill but IL could not be veri'
fed
AT Painters mill, on the south side
and the Lindsay a. McCutcheon mill,
In Allegheny, everything wns very
quiet Only few strikers were
around to watch for any attempt to
start the works,
situation ut MckesspOrt.
A Mckccsport dispatch says THE
strike order was received with quiet
satisfaction by the mn ority of skilled
men ut the tube works, and ns the
Amnlgamntcd and Federation OF In
Dor control almost all Of the skilled
workmen. the plant will close on Sat-
urday night. Greet excitement was
caused here by the discovery by the
strikers that Tuesday evening, after
dutk, six carloads OF pig Iron had
been run Into w, Dcwocs-Wood mill,
The movement escaped the observa-
!itn OF the pickcts, who were expect
ing nothing Of the kind The intro
dnction of the iron IL IL sinister indi'
cation, and tho men fear that Man
ager Cooper IL about to carry out his
threat OF last week and start the
mill with non-unlon men, Tho plckets
and patrols are being doubled again,
eho Dgonts In nearby towns, especial
y Vnndergrlft, warned TO look out
ior the Departure of men for this
plant.
Az Viewed BY Manufacturers.
The steel manufacturers generally
40 not view the strike order with
alnInl. The combine officials pre-
served the same reticence shown from
Tue beginning Of the trouble. but pri'
,a~ly commented upon II, refusing 10
oe quoted. One prominent manufac'
urer said that he was very sorry that
PRESIDENT shafYer had taken the step.
.'c said that he felt sorry for tho
men, but that he believed the strike
would speedily end, and that Vt IL