The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-09-21
STEEL STRIKE COLLAPSE.
Ing TO work Declare They struck
Against Their Better judgment


ing time to think it over. President I.
j. Shaffer of the Amalgamated asso-
citation has announced that there will |
be no public statement of the terms |
of the settlement of the strike Of his |
organization with the United States
Steel corporation. He also has decid- !
ed to issue a circular giving the terms
| of agreement on which the men were
ordered to return to work, and after
| all the lodges have received II the CIR
cular will be made public.
To-day the Offices of the Amalga-
mated association We're more quiet
and orderly than they have been Tor
some weeks, the large majority OF
strikers having returned to work. Ihe
men who thus far have refused to do
so were meeting their fellow workers
and kept away from the organlza-
ton.
The general condition of the mills
of the United States Steel corpora
tion have improved during the past
"A hours in wonderful manner. 1t
was officially announced that nine Of
The u butt-wcld furnaces and three
of the lap-weld furnaces Of the
National Tube Co. in McKeesport
started to-day. The officials Of the
various plants have received appllca-
tions for worl; from many of the
strikers, and are preparing to make
, general start on Wednesday. The
: Continental. Elba and Pennsylvania
] works of the tube company started
J to-day.
{ The American Plate Co. reports that
all of its active plants except those
? located in Atlantic. Ind; Joliet. Ill.,:
Johnstowu, Pa, and Canal Dover have
been placed in operation. The last
:. named will start as soon as sufficient
> tin bars can be secured to supply the
: needs of the plants.
= In addition to these four mills of
t the Star plant and four mills of the
y Monongahela plant are running, as
e well as eight mills in the DemmleT
I plant and all of the Monessen plant.
The Laughlin plant at Martins Fer
Il ~. with % mills capacity. Will O(
4 started with ten mills tomorrow.
II The New Castle and ShcuangC
I. plants. with an aggregate capacity @
-, 10 mills. started to-day With ful
- crews. Both of the Keusington plant
will be started tomorrow.
% The American Sheet Steel Co. TO
II day started up its union plants a
s follows: The Aetna-Standard plant
n the Mingo Junction; Cambridge o..
K New Philadelphia. O.: Muncie. Ind.
a Pioua. O.. and Niles. O. The Dresde'
&c (OD plant will be started tomorrow
il The strikers at those mills still ldl
n have been ordered to apply as indiNd
Il uals for work during the week. Their
& will be no effort made to start tn
r. Canton (OD sheet mills until atte
"A this week. owing to the funeral o
q President Mckinley. All OF the hoo.
plants are running full
The Newcastle and Shenang
- al Steel Co. started in full to-day
n This was the first plant called ou
n after the general strike order was IS
IL sued. The National steel plants il
i'd Belmire and Mingo Junction are tn
Of only plants of that company nov
1e idle.
le The Riverside plant of the Nationa
Il. Tube Co. is the only plant OF that CON
f pany that is wholly idle The manu-
Il. facturers are confident that the strik
r.. feeling among the men is practical
60 cured for the present. The uumbe
:, of men Who have since their rctur
~ admitted that they went out agains
~ their will and their better judgmen
" leads to the expectation that the me
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