The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-11
FORCES OF THE AMALGAMATED
ASSOCIATION WALK OUT OF
STEEL TRUST MILLS
NO EXCITEMENT ANYWHERE
Full Test of the Strength of the
Union VIII Come at Time for
Beginning Work
Tonight.
TRUST TO DIsMANTLE MILLS


return at some indefinite time in the fu-
ture, either victorious over the ironmast-
ers or in humble defeat The order to
| strike was generally obeyed wherever
the workers We're organized and enrolled
! in the lodges of the Amalgamated as
| ISOLATION, but 1t will be Monday before
| an accurate count can be made of the
| men who have gone out A great ma
| jority of the mills close down on Saturday
and reopen Sunday night, and the true
| test of the strength of the contending
| sides will be furnished by the number
! of men who return to work tomorrow and
| Monday. The policy of the American
Federation of Labor has not yet been
fully disclosed, and that fact contributes
another element of uncertainty to the
situation The action of the executive
board of the mine workers at Indian
apolis today in resolving to support the
strike cheered the Amalgamated men,
and they are confident that the fedora
tion will aid them to the fullest extent.
WALKED OUT QUIETLY.
The closing hours of labor and the
opening hours of the strike lacked spec
tacular action. This city, which is the
strike center, was calm and undlsturbed.
| There was no excitement or violence and
the pulse of the community was normal.
The police officials issued an order sus-
pending for the time being the vacation
| system.
| They do not anticipate trouble, but
want to have every man here and ready
for duty in case it should come They
| say that President Shafrer has counseled
peaceful methods, and that they hope the
strikers and their sympathizers will heed
his advice. The strikers held a series of
demonstrations in the outlying towns and
President Shaffer spoke a final word Of
encouragement to his Industrial troops
| Great throngs of workers turned out to
greet and cheer the leader and exchange
pledges to maintain the contest upon
which they have entered.
A storm broke in mid-afternoon and
| the rain which followed kept many per-
/ sons indoors.
DISMANTLING UNION MILLS.
| A striking development of the day was
an official announcement from the Ameri-
can Tin Plate company. to the effect that
certain plants of the company crippled
by the strike would be dismantled and
removed to Monessen. The formal an
nouncement, given by w. M. Leeds to
the Associated Press after a lengthy
conference of the officials of the COM
| pany, was as follows:
1.-THE officers of the American Tinplate
company authorize the following state
ment: Since the relations between the
| american Ilnplate- company and the
| Workmen at MoneSsen have been mutu-
ally satisfactory, insuring steady and
! profitable operation, it has been deter
mined to more than double the plant at
| that point, and some of the mills now
! idle on account of the strike, declared
! in violation of the contract signed by
| the Amalgamated association, will be
| diSmantled and moved to MoneSSen IN
| doubtedly this will be done in the case
of those works in which the sentiment OF
he employees delays the resumption OF
work"
Almost at the same time it was un-
officially announced that there was a
chance that the plant of the American
Steel Hoop company at Warren. Ohio,
would be torn down and removed to some
community more favorable to the cor
poration The order of yesterday direct
ing that the Deweese-Wood plant at Nc
Keesport be dismantled was already be-
ing carried out, and the announcement
from the American Tin Plate company
created a marked impression. Represen-
tatives of the strikers insisted that the
company was not in good faith in the
announcement and that even If 1t was, 1t
could not indorse such methods. OPP
pCnents of the strikers counted the plan
another victory and declared that the
strike must fail In the face of such &c
cisive action The local leaders on either
side did not show much activity today
Secretary Williams was the only Anal
gamated representative who spent the en-
tire day at the strike headquarters. He
/ said that the Office would be closed this
evening and not reopened until Monday
morning. The steel officials denied knowI-
edge Of any peace plan, and said that
they were entering upon winning fight.
/ They said that the Carnegie plants would
! lose no men; that the reports of a gem
eral strike at Wheeling were Inaccurate,
and that many of their men would re-
main loyal. 1t was reported that they
! had engaged large numbers of non-union
men, whom they planned to rush into
different works affected by the strike
early next week, but no confirmation of
the statement was obtainable.
OFFER TO ARBITRATE.
President Shaffer began his final tour
among the strikers early today He left
Pittsburg this morning. and shortly be-
| fore noon reached New Castle. Two thou
sand organized workmen paraded there
before his arrival, and were lined up
around the union station when he ar
rived. His welcome was an enthusiastic
one. In the afternoon he spoke to 5000
union men in the amphitheater at Cas-
| cade park, and submitted an offer for the
submission of the issues in the strike to
arbitration. This was his formal tender
for arbitration:
Now, in our willingness to settle the
matter, We are ready to arbitrate. Let
the Amalgamated association set one
man and let the trust one, the two to
select the third. We will abide by the
decision of the three 1 wish this to be
| generally known.
! In his speech President Shaffer re-
| viewed the strike situation minutely.
President Shaffer hurried to McKees-
port from New Castle and tonight ad-
! dressed a big mass meeting at Whites
opera house. Shaffer was loudly cheered
when he appeared and the meeting was
very enthusiastic. The strikers claim
that as result of the meeting the ma
tional tube and rolling mill will strike
The reference made by President
Snaffer at New Castle today to the VIII
lingness of the Amalgamated association
to arbitrate was followed here tonight
by the announcement on behalf of the
strikers that on Friday an offer to arb,
trate was formally submitted to the
United States Steel corporation Accord
ing to this statement the offer was made
to ]. Pierpont Morgan whose reply re-
jecting it was This is no time for arbt-
tration.'
The subject was discussed on Friday