Warren sheaf., 1901-07-18
STEEL Mills ARE TIED UP.
The Strike Inaugurated by Anal
gamated Association Is in
Full Operation.
AN UNEXPECTED SHOW Of STRENGTH.
The Painter and Lindsay and Cutch-
con Plants, Supposedly NOnuniOn.
Unexpectedly Closed by the Strik-
ers-Prestdent Shaffer Expresses
Himself Well Pleased. 81

rs unexpectedly Closed Dy the Strlk-
ers-Prestdent Shaffer Expresses
Himself Well Pleased.
Pittsburgh, Pa, July .16.-The
strike of the members of the Anal
gamated association employed in the
tin plate, sheet and hoop mills,
which was ordered Saturday night
as result of the disagreement Be-
tween the conferees of the United
States Steel corporation and the
Amalgamated association, was gen
erally observed in the Pittsburgh dis
trict Monday morning. The strike
bears resemblance to the historical
Homestead strike in 1892, in that it
is not a question of wages, but of
recognition of the Amalgamated as
sociation. The association insists
upon unionizing all the plants of the
three companies in question. The
manufacturers refuse to grant this
demand, and say that the individual
contracts with workmen which are
in force at a number of the plants
must stand.
A Surprise for Steel Trust.
The Painter mills of the American
Steel Hoop company, of the South
side, is shut down. The men have
Joined the Amalgamated association,
and Monday morning not one of the
workmen, save four or five Hungar-
ians and six boys, showed up. 1t is
estimat ted that between 700 and 500
men are out.
The Painter and Lindsay and Nc
Cutcheon plants have been looked
upon by the officials of the United
States Steel corporation as the
strongholds of nonunionism in the
hoop company.
The management refuses to talk.
In the mill office all was excitement
Monday morning. Telephones were
kept busy and messengers were kept
running.
The Hungarians we're hauling away
finished material and the boys were
working in the machine shops, the
only department in the mill where a
wheel is turning.
The strikers are keeping away
from the plant, and there is not a
person lettering about the place.
Everything is unusually quiet.
The tin mill at Monessen, Pa,
which is nonunion, was running as
usual Monday.
Lindsay and McCutcheon plant, OF
the American Steel Hoop company, in
Allegheny, is also idle and the Star
and Monongahela plants of the Amer
lean Tin Plate company are closed
down.
Spirited Fight Expected.
The prompt action of President
Shaffer in thus early forcing the
fighting and carrying it into the enc
my's camp was looked upon as evi-
dence that the strike will be one OF
the most spirited of Pittsburgh's his
tory.
President Shaffer was pleased with
the reports from the two strong
holds and he declared that not a
wheel would turn in either the
Painter or Lindsay and McCutcheon
works until the strike was settled.
President Shaffer said that the
Painter plant was pivotal with re-
spect to the other nonunion plants
of the Steel Hoop company and that
the men elsewhere had promised, if
the Painter plant would join the
strike movement, there would be no
trouble reorganizing the remainder
of the plants. He said that there
was no question that the men would
respond, as they have been anxious
to ioin the general movement and
were held in check and kept at work
bv the direction of the Amalgamated
officials.
President Shaffer said that the
movement would be carried to the
. other plants not now recognized by
the combine as under the wing OF the
association. He looked for a general
response to his strike order, as the
men have been awaiting just such
command since July 1. He declared
that the men were prepared to fight
it out on the original lines, until
doomsday."
Quiet Interest Manifest.
In certain circles quiet interest
is manifested in the effect the strike
NAV have upon the Carnegie indus
tries, especially the steel mills at
Homestead. These mills are gener-
ally supposed to be nonuunion. But
the same was thought of other mills,
until they suddenly popped out as
pretty we'll unionized.
-. Big Strike Fund.
Should the strike be prolonged many
interests would be sure to suffer. The
strikers could probably take good care
of themselves. Work is plenty on all
sides, and besides the Amalgamated
association has strike fund in bank
which is said to amount between $500,
600 and 100000. -.
The Amalgamated association will
levy an assessment on the Amalga-
mated members employed by the Re-
public Iron and Steel company at
Youngstown, O., and the independent
s0 Lor