The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1901-08-09
Strike ORDER IS ISSUED
Workers to Ee Called Out
Next Saturday.
GREAT TEST OF STRENGTH IS ON
Every Employe Of the Billion Dollar
Corporation Asked to Join In the
Present War-Amalsamated Asso'
citation to Ask No Quarter.

present ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Nsso
citation to Ask No Quarter.
Pittsburg, Aug. AFTER weeks Of
preliminary skirmishing at last the
great battle between the gigantic steel
trust and the thousands of men mar
shaling under the banners OF the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers is fairly on.
The long.talked.of general strike order
was issued by President Sharer last
evening, to take effect after the last
turn of the mills on Aug. 10. What
the result will be no man can foretell,
but judging by the expressed deter.
mination of both parties to the con.
troversy the battle will be waged to the
very last ditch. Much money will be
lost, thousands upon thousands OF men
will be idle. great suffering Is looked
for and even bloodshed and death are
possible and feared. The strike call
includes nearly all the A~malgamated
men In the United States Steel corpor'
atoms employ not now on strike. II
was issued from the Amalgamated as.
sociation's headquarters and mailed to
all Amalgamated lodge officials who
are expected to call their men into
the strike. The text of the call fol.
lows:
Brethren: The officials of the Unit
ed States Steel trust have refused to
recognize as union men those who are
now striving for the right to organize.
The executive board has authorized me
to issue a call upon all Amalgamated
and other union men in name and
heart to join in the movement to fight
for labor's rights.
ave must fight or give up forever
our personal liberties.
Remember before o agreed to
any contract you took an obligation
to the Amalgamated association. 1t
10Y calls you to help in this hour OF
need.
"Unless the trouble is settled on or
before Saturday, Aug. 10, 1901, the
mills will close when the last turn is
made on that day.
Brethren, this Is the call to pre-.
serve our organization. We trust you
and need you. Come and help US and
may right com to a just cause"
Hundred Thousand Idle.
The order of President Shaffer Is
expected to swell the number of idle
men to over 100, 900 at the end of the
week. President Shaffer was asked
if the call was no intended to go 20
the union men in the Carnegie Steel
company. He said that he answered
M r,,nctinrc nm thot cnnrn Tbn ,,,I
gamated association has lodges in the
Upper and Lower Union mills of the
Carnegie Steel company and a foot.
hold in Homestead, Duquesne and
Braddock mills of the great bulwark
on nonunionism. In conformity to
statements that have been made by
President Shaffer before, these men
will be expected to join the strike, as
will all Amalgamated men and sympa.
thizers in all plants of the United
States Steel corporation. The other
companies of the steel corporation not
mentioned by the Amalgamated presi.
dent, n whose operations the assO.
citation will seek to hamper, are the
American Steel and Wire company
and the American Bridge company.
In the wire company the Amalgamatcd
association has only lodges in the
Cleveland rolling mill plant and the
Joliet rod mill plant of the com
pany. In the plants of the American
Bridge company there is no ~organiza.
ton of the men.
After issuing the official call for next
Saturday night, President Shaffer
said:
81 called out all the men employed
In the Newcastle mills of the National
Steel company at midnight. My pur.
pose In doing this was that | learned
that the trust has been piling up MO
made bars IN the old housings in the
dismantled Jennings mill for the pur-
pose of supplying the nonunion mills
when the plants shall be shut down.
1t was a clever trick, but 1t did not
work. The trust will need what bars
they have stored now bad enough be-
fore they are through with this strike.
After sending this telegram to New
castle, | received a reply which reads
as follows: Mill will close. Men are
all firm"
Shaner Talks to Strikers.
President Shaffer's first direct utter.
ance since the conference in New York
to men on strike was given last night
at a meeting of Valley lodge, No. A,
on the south side. The lodge is com.
posed of striking employees of the
Painter Steel and Hoop mill. This
mill was lost to the Amalgamated asso-
citation two years ago and the suspen-
sion two weeks ago was a complete
surprise to the trust. 1t is regarded
as one of the pivotal points in the
great strike. President Shaffer said:
Men of the Painters mill, the final
test between organized capital and or.
gained labor is now on. 1t is a fact
that last Saturday. in the ONCE of j.
Pierpont Morgan In New York, we
could have settled the strike had we
agreed to desert you. We will not de
sert you and we now ask you not to
desert us. [Cries Of No, mol This
Is a contest in which millions of dol.
lars are concentrated to crush out or
ganized labor. | have gone over every
inch OF the ground and assure you