The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-08-15
VICTORY CLAIMED
yBY STEEL TRUST
Sundays Developments in Strike
Seem to Be Against the
Workers.
ORDER DiSREGARDED IN THE WEST
Amaigamated Men In the Big Chicago
Joliet and Bay View Plants Refuse
to Obey shaFer-Strike
Leaders Disappointed.

Pittsburg, Aug. 13-The iron masters
are claiming a victory in the great
steel strike. They base their claim up
on the refusal of the Amalgamated
men at South Chicago, Joliet and Bay
View to obey the general strike orde-
of President Shaffer, and their sue
cess in maintaining operations in other
plants where it was anticipated there
would be serious trouble.
The strike leaders meet the claims of
victory with the assertion that their
cause is making satisfactory progress
and that they will show themselves
masters of the situation before the con-
test has progressed much further.
They do not conceal their disappoint-
ment at the refusal of the western
brethren to join with them in the
strike, but none Of the leaders would
discuss the detection.
President Shaffer refused to meet the
newspaper men who sought him, and
kept within the seclusion of his home.
The other leaders who We're seen init
mated that there would be develop
mentS today and throughout the week
that would materially change the stu
alton. They would not say, however,
what they had in mind. or how their
cause was to gain in strength.
1t was said that they We're counting
upon strong aid from the American
Federation of Labor and other organ
tzations of union labor. but those
bodies have not yet given any public
indication of what they will do.
The Amalgamated association has
developed great strength in the Wheel
ing district and has made gains in some
of the Pennsylvania districts but not
until today's developments are known
will the lines of cleavage be marked
with sufficient clearness for a count Of
the men:
The strike headquarters were closed
yesterday and last night and it was
claimed that no reports were being re-
ceived from the outlying districts as
to the progress of the strike, except in
a general way.
The steel officials were in commune
cation with their superintendent and
district managers and at II o'clock
made public the result of their reports.
The latter showed that South Chit
cago, Joliet and Bay View, at Milwau-
kee, had voted to stay in; that the Ohio
works of the National Steel company,
at Youngstown, o., and the King, Gill
bert & Warner plant Of the National
Steel company al Columbus, had re-
sumed without trouble; that the Home
stead, Edgar Thompson, Duquesne Up
per and Lower Union, and Howard
Axle works Of the Carnegie group, en-
ploying more than $4,000 men, resumed
work without trouble; t.iat the con-
verting and blooming mills of the Ma
tional Tube company, at McKeesport
had started without difficulty and that
Bellaire had been only partially Grip
pied They were also notified that
their Wheeling plants We're crippled
and that If nnCprf9in what WDlll6
be done there
Their advices also said that the Clark
mill here, which has been running non
union for several days would be started
up as usual this morning and that there
was no doubt about it's successful op-
GRAFTON. The steel officials We're elat-
ed over their showing at the Carnegie
plants and in Illinois, Ohio and Wis
consin, and expressed confidence in
speedy victory over the Amalgamated
association.
National Vice President Walter Lar
kins, Of the Amalgamated association,
discussing the situation in the Wheel
ing district, said:
AT the Riverside plant of the Ma
tional Tube company the plate and tube
mills will be off this morning and pos
sibly the steel departments. Already
we have taken into membership in the
Amalgamated association sos of the 500
skilled men of the Riverside and the re-
naming $50 workers in the steel depart
ments have asked us to call meeting
at which they may organize a lodge.
This request has been granted and the
meeting will be held this evening in
South Wheeling. At Saturday after
Moons meeting of the Riverside men
we took in 100 new members from the
tube and plate departments
{, "We have succeeded in tieing up the
Bellaire steel plant of the National
Steel company. We organized $50 OF
the skilled men Saturday and at a
meeting Saturday afternoon there were
more accessions, though 1 have not yet
received my deputies report as to the
exact number. But even without a
single accession we have enough to keeI
the plant idle