Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-15
WILL FIRST SHOW ITS STRENGTH
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nlly-Number Involved.

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] A<sef That the Screws VIII Go on Gradu
nlly-Number Involved.
| President Shaffer was asked yester-
| day If he had set a time when. no set
| tlement having been effected. he would
| extend the strike to all the subsidiary
steel companies of the United States
Steel Corporation. He said he must
decline to make his plans known at
present. 1t may be said, however. on
the strength of reliable information.
that the strike within its present linn
Its Is intended merely as q show of
strength. AT the conference last week
the representatives of the steel cor
pOration We're repeatedly warned that
the association was much stronger
than they knew. They were even told
OF the organization of mills of which
they had no knowledge But the steel
men would not believe that the asso-
citation was as strong as 1t was claimed
TO be.
Thus II is believed the first purpose
of the association to show its strength
by combining the strike to three compa-
MES. When that show of strength
has been made. whatever ii may prove
to be. the association expects the CON-
Danies to ask for another conference.
If the companies show no inclination
to make settlement the strike will he
extended to three more companies. If
the trust will not yield then, the strike
will he eXended to such independent
companies as sell their finished prod
nets or raw materials to companies
against which strike has been de-
clared. Should the strike attain such
proportions it would be likely to go
still further.
The Amalgamated Association and
the Federation of Labor two years ago
formed n secret alliance. ii is claimed.
when it was agreed that the ASSocia-
tiOn, when on strike, could also call out
the steel men of the Federation. The
latter has organizations In many mills
whose wOrkmen are not eligible to
membership in the association. The
number Of men involved In the first or
der to strike is estimated at from 60
600 to 10000. If the strike goes on to
the end ii will involve 10000 men.
Shaffer denies the statement that |
the AmalGamated Association was ask !
ing the manufacturers to compel their |
men To join their association. but they |
did ask that they be allowed to go um- |
hampered into their mills and organize |
their men.
The plants affected 10y the strike or |
dered Saturday are: American Sheet !
Steel company. Aetna Standard Iron
md Steel company Bridgeport. o.: |
Iron apd Steel company. |
Cambridge. o.: Canton Rolling Mill |
company. Canton. o.: CHARTERS Iron
md Steel company. Carnegie Pa:
'QshoctoB Rolling Mill company. Gosh
sffon. o.: DennisOn Rolling Mill COM
9alIy DenniSOn. o.:aDresden Iron and
Rhskt Steel company. Dresden. o.: |
HYDE Park Iron and Steel company.
HYDE Park. Pa: Kirkpatrick & Co.
i.eechburg. Pa; Midland Steel COM
pany. AInncie, Ind; New Philadelphia
Iron and Steel company. New Philadel-
phia, o.: Pittsburg Sheet Manufacture
Ing company, ShOusetown. Pa; Piqua
Rolling Mil company. Cincinnati Cor
company. Piqua, o.; Republic
Iron and Steel company sheet mills
outside of Alabama: w. Devices Wood
McKeesport. Pa: Wellsville
Plate and Sheet Iron company. Wells
Tille o.; Sharon Iron company, Sharon,
Pa.
other Strikes.
Wilmington, Del, July 15.-One
undred striking machinists of the
HARLAN e Hollingsworth company re =
urned to work this morning under
n agreement Of increased wages.
Chicago, July 15.-Nearly thous-
nd iron molders employed in Chi
ago struck today in consequence of
he failure of employers to grant the
emand for a fat scale of 50 a day.
bout fifty firms are affected. 1t is
expected the number of strikers will
e materially increased during the
ext two days.
Cincinnati, July 15.-The macbin-
sts' strike practically ended today
Y the return of more than two
housand workmen to their various