Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-23
DEVELOPMENTS
LACKING N STEEL STRIKE.
.sIDE FROM PARTIALLY EQUIP
PING TIE STAR TIN MILL,
LITTLE WAS DONE.
.1-8LGAMATED PEOPLE PROUD
oil THE SELF CONTROL DISPLAYED
ny STRIKERS UNDER GREAT
PROPAGATION.


r the partial equipment of the Star
49, Of the american Tin Plate Com
- and the preparation for its imme-
resumption OF business. there
no special developments in the
s.s.ka situation in this city to-day.
NJ further trouble occurred at the
p nsvlvania tube works. and at all
osr strike points quiet reigns.
ihe Ama.gamated people point with
n Il to me conduct of their members
= -agtraining themselves from violence
#a they see non-unionists being
r.zabpd into the mills to take their
lz4azs. The incident at the Star plant
-. morning is given as an example
n 6znecial significance, and to use an
zH45gamated officials expression,
s5Vs that they have been educated to
H. knowledge that their strongest
Vss99n in such cases is silence and sub
mission until 1t is demonstrated that
tie nils cannot be operated success
f. + without the aid Of the skilled men
GOV on strike.
The steel men on the other hand are
fsHly pleased with their success in
manning the Star plant. and say that
i the men they secure are not molest-
Il. It will be but a short time until
of their mills will be in full opera
t.aa and doing good work.
While the strikers claim that four of
.aa aew men at the Star plant have de-
serted The company and say that others
would leave if they could get out Of
tie mill,
superintendent Harper Maintains
Ia. be has one hundred men at work;
t8at none have deserted, and that the
mea can go and come from the mill as
trey please. Mr.. Harper says the plant
" be in smooth running order to-
lsht and he apprehends no further
dHeulty in its operation.
The Painter mill has $50 men at work
' and the management expects to be run
ming full handed by next week. Two
F. mills are being operated at the Lindsay
d McCutcheon plant one of them the
' Ten inch mill. No sign of break in
the Carnegie upper and lower union
plants made its appearance to-day. Nc
Keesport is still completely tied up, but
an attempt may be made to start the
Demmler tin works tonight with men
secured from outside points. The strik-
ees are still vigilant as pickets, but are
keeping quiet and making no threats.
At Irondale, the tin plate company
gained another victory to-day by the
successful start of one set of rolls.
There are said to be enough men in the
plant to man one mill one turn, and
the company officials say now that the
break has been made, they will get the
men back.
A Delegation of Strikers
Of Wellsville went to Irondale this eve
ming with the intention of having a
talk with the men at work and try to
PERSUADE them to quit.
At Amalgamated headquarters in this
city the day was devoted almost en-
tirely to routine business and nothing
Of unusual importance occurred. Pres
ident Shaffer said this evening that no
movement has as yet been by either
side looking to arbitration or media
ton. No hint had come from the steel
people on the subject and none had
gone out from the workers. There was,
however, tendency among many OF
the labor leaders to-day to discuss the
| possibility of arbitration and on every
Side was heard mentioned the name OF
Governor w. A. Stone as an arbitrator
OF conciliator, and it is said he will be
asked to tender his good Offices in this
direction.
The furnaces in the Demmler tin
Plate mill at McKeesport were going all
day and the whole plant is lighted
again tonight. Machinists and roll
turner's are working inside. No at
Tempt has been made
To Unload New Men
Ut start the plant, but the strikers claim
tA6y have positive proof that tin work
ers are on the road. Pickets are guard
ing The mill closely, believing that the
heT men will be taken into the mill
through the tunnel. A barge load or
Goa, was unloaded to-day and the yard
Is we'll stocked with raw material.
canal Dover, O., dispatch says:
he United States Steel Corporation
Will make an effort to operate their
sheet mills in this city ,non-union, and
crowd of men will probably be
brought in tonight. A firm OF this
CIV has been working all day turning
tne new machine shop into boarding
mousse Three refrigerator cars suppos-
"a to contain provisions were billed
from Alliance to this city. At IL
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