Evening star., 1901-09-06
DEFIANCE TO UNION
Steel Trust Ol3arS All Mills to Ee
Fired Up.
STRIKE STILL LOSING GROUND
Amaigamated Officials Discussing
Offer From New York.
HARD TERMS PROPOSED
Sn- col From Staff Correspondcnt.

Sp. cal From Staff correspondent.
PITTSBURG Pa, September G.-The
strikers lost another mill today. While
the peace negotiations are pending, or sup
posed to be penGing, the steel trust is going
ahead with its plans of disunionzinS mills
II settlement is postponed much longer
there will be little left to settle, for the
steel trust will have more Of the mills
from the Arnalgamatcd Association. When
the time came for starting work in Nc
Eeesport this morning the strikers pick
cts We're posted about the Demmler mill
to try dissuade the old employees from en-
tering. y heavy fog, made denser by the
black smoke of the numerous mills Of the
vicinity ovcrhung the valley. Through
the murk and mist a steamboat came eau
tiously feeling its way for the bank. The
strike pickets We're on the other side of
the mill and the boat touched shore with
out being discovered. On board were
twenty-five more men for the Demmler
mill. They were landed and escorted safely
into the works
There are fifteen tin mills IN the plant,
and of these six running this morning.
The management expects to have the 9TH
eTs going by tomorrow. Somc non-union
men in the mills, but many of the old
employees are back also.
Non-Union Men In Mill.
The presence of the nOn-union men in
sures that the mill hereafter is to be nom
union.
At the tube works in McKeesport over
1000 men were at work this morning. A
large number of men who applied at the
gates were sent back temporarily, as the
mills were not fred up nor ready for them.
H.
Star mills in Pittsburg as school of in
structiOn for non-uniOn recruits Today it
was announced that 100 workmen will be
taken from the mill and sent to other
points to open the tin mills of the trust.
Some of them We're in the party that made
the boat landing at McKeesport
While these aggressive moves are being
made by the trust the Amalgamated Off
claIs are still comforting among themselves
Several members of the executive COM
Hhttee arrived this morning and imme-
dlate!y went into session with President
shaffer at Amalgamated headquarters
When the executive committee of the
Amelgamated Association met to consider
the terms offered by the steel trust they
were confronted by a serious proposition
which those terms contained, namely the
loss to the Amalgamated Association of the
strike commenced, and the fact that the
members Of the association working In
those mills who have been faithful to the
association, obeying the strike order would
have TO be thrown overheard if the terms
were accepted.
Serious Proposition.
lie proposition Is the most serious one
the strike leaders have yet faced. Of course
ted
to work in the mills but they would have
10 return in their individual capacity and
would not in the future have the support
OF the Amalgamated in making annual
wage arrangements with the steel trust
The Amalsamated officials hesitate to sac
r1hce these colleagues, and the question
now being considered is whether the good
OF the order justifies the sacrifice of a few
or whether the whole body should sink or
swim together 1t IS an exceedingly en-
S,rraSsing situation. The leaders think
sat the terms offered them are harsh and
@ueL They say that not only would the
Compromise cripple the power of the asso-
s4ation, which started in for an expansion
a power, but would work hardship upon
an innocent section of the associations
membership, who cast their individual lot
with the order to support it in the fight
With this situation before them the ex
eCutive committee is now holding a ses
sion. which promises to be memorable in
tie history of the order.
Orders to Start Mills.
Acting upon instructions from New Yorl,
the local officials of the steel trust this
afternoon issued orders for every idle mill
In this section to fire up tonight and be
ready TO start with non-uniOn men and
such number of strikers , may be willing
to return. The officials o. the trust claim
that many of their o / Men have agreed
10 go back to work If the latest peace ne
gCtiations should fail.
The iutimatiOn from New York that all
negotiations were ended so far as the steel
trust was concerned was a surprise to the
Amalgamated officials. They were under
the impression that they were to be given
until o'clock this evening to announce
their final decision and had arranged for
another conference to commence at =
o'clock. II is claimed that the Amalgamat-
ed has not UP to this hour definitely de-
cl!ued the ultimatum of the steel trust
The Amalgamated executive board took
Shaffer declining to state whether the con-
ference had resulted in a definite decision
THE American Tin Plate Company posted
notice In McKeesport at noon announcing
the opening of the mill and giving the old
employees until morning to go back to work
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