The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-07-18
THE MEN CLAIM TO HAVE MADE
THEIR PROMISES GOOD AS
E. TO RESULTS.
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EMPLOYERS SAY NOTHING
An Almost Complete Tieup Of the
Three Companies in the District.
But One Tin Mill and One Sheet
Steel Mill Remain at Work-The
WaIkout of the Stationary Firemen
Throws Thousands Out Of Work. 5

- Pittsburg, July LITTLE second
strike day closes with the AmaIga-
mated association in a satisfied mood
and claiming to have made good every
promise as to results On the other
hand, the manufa cturers will not say a
word concerning the strike and refuse
to be quoted in any way. Repeated
efforts to secure statements from Off
Gals have been met with the response
that there was no change and nothing
to be given out. The Amalgamated
people say that nothing has been said
to them of any plan for mediation or
arbitration and they will continue to
carry out their programme as orig
inally announced.
-~- The closing down of the Clark mill
and of the Messen sheet steel mill
are looked upon as telling victories
and almost "a complete tieup of the
three companies in the district.
But one tin mill, that at Monessen,
and one sheet steel mill at Duncan
vile, remain at work. The following
telegram has been received:
"The Wellsville rolling mill will be
run and it will be run non-union. It
will start in the morning. If it could
not be run non-union it never would
be run at all.''
This statemet was made by P. F.
Smith of Pittsburg, district manager
for the American Sheet Steel com
pany. The announcement that the
mill will be started non-union has
given rise to no little speculation and
uneasiness among the citizens.
Wellsville. is looked upon by both
sides as an important point and de-
Velopments are anxiously awaited by
all.
conferees' Statement Disputed.
According to the official statement
made by the managers conferees who
met the Amalgamated association
committee and failed to agree on a
settlement, the managers did not re-
fuse to grant to the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION the right to organize their
mills. According to the Amalgamated
association officers all that was asked
" IAC udAuIdCIuIcIS Was Lue IlSQC TO
organize the plants, and the reason
for the strike therefore has not been
clearly g., 'i6ed. President Shaffer,
When Zen on this statement, said:
mo matter what they now say, the
fact remains that they refused the
Amalgamated association the right to
organize their mills" :.
Asked if the statements on this
point from Vice President Warner: are
correct he said:
If they are and the manufacturers
are willing to allow the Amalgamated
association to organize the mi1ls-then
the strike is off. We have never asked
the manufacturers to compel the men
to join our organization We do not
wish to coerce men to join the Anal
gamated association. If the manufac-
turers will abrogate that part of the
contract with non-union men in their
mills, which keeps them from joining
our organization or any other, remove
the restrictions that are now on those
men and allow us to work unrestrict-
eddy among them and seek to get them
to come to us, we will not ask any
thing further. Our demand was that
they should allow us to do this. We
asked them to sign the scale in order
that the men might hecOma union