New-York tribune., 1901-08-23
NON N-UNION HEN AT WORK
STARTING Up OF STAR TINPLATE MILL,
ATTENDED BY GREAT EXCITE
MEN1, BUT No DISORDER.
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Pittsburg. Aug. 22.-Aside from the partial
equipment Of the Star plant of the American Tin
Plate Company and the preparations for imme-
diate resumption Of business there were no
special developments in the strike situation in
this city to-day. The arrival from the East Of
thirty-two non-union men at the Star works
attended by great excitement but no dis
Station II met by Police CAPTAIN John e
Cramer and a SQUAD Of twenty-ffv men who
surrounded the new workmen and marched TO
the mill Outside the station strikers TO the
number Of several hundred were in waiting
They fell In behind and several times attempted
70 talk TO the men. but the policemen kept the
strikers the outside of the pavement and
they had no opportunity to do missionary work,
When the works We're reached the non-union
men quickly filed through the gates which were
at once closed. leaving the strikers the out
side Violence had been expected. but the
strikers were orderly. Not hiss or a jeer was
heard from the time the police protected party
left the Union Station until the mill was reached,
and not loud word was heard from the strikers
as they watched the union cross the
mill yard 10 the place where the cots were ready
FOR them. The non-union men had evidently
axpacted different sort OF reception. for their
alarm was shown In their faces AS the
men were safely inside the police requested the
persed The policemen were then released, and
o,l, the regular watchmen were left on guard
No trouble is expected.
Before the arrival of the Eastern men, fifteen
men entered the works They were not moest-
ad The company has had number of men In
tho works since Monday. and there are now
about one hundred workmen in the place. Two
rollers one from Homestead and another from
the South Side. in the plant ready to go to
work Active preparations are going on for an
immediate resumption. and the steel officials
say that In less than a week the entire plant
will be in operation
GRATIFYING TO BOTH SIDES
No further trouble occurred at the Pennsyl-
vania Tube Works. and at all other strike points
quiet regned. The Amagamated people point
with pride to the conduct of their members In
restraining themselves from violence when they
see -unionists marched into the mills to take
their places. The incident at the Star plant
is given as example of especial significance
and to use Amalgamated officers express
sion shows that the men have been educated
TO the knowledge that their strongest weapons
in such are silence and submission until
IL Is demonstrated that the mills cannot be
operated successfully without the aid of the
skilled men now strike. The steel men,
the other hand, are highly pleased with their
success in manning the Star plant. and say
that If the men they secure are not moested
it will be only short time until all their mills
will be in full operation and doing good work
While the strikers say that four of the new
men at the Star plant have deserted and that
others would follow If they could get out of the
MILL Superintendent Harper maintains that he
has hundred men al work. that none have
deserted. and that the men can 90 and come