Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-08-01
THE STEEL STRIKE.
No Indications of a Speedy Set
tlement.
Both Sides Maintain Firm Attitude ea
and the Contest Seems Likely TO
be One of the Longest on
RecOrd-The Situation
the Various Centers.

Pittsburg, July 23.-The expected
| did not happen yesterday. Neither
| of the looked for programs for
Wellsville or McKeesport were car
| ried out. At Wellsville the importa-
| tion of men failed to materialize and
| at McKeesport the attempt to re-
sumo at the Devices Wood tube plant
was not made.
| From the other important point,
Duncansville, conflicting reports are
received, and the result of the quiet
| struggle going on between the
Amalgamated association is still un-
| certain.
Late in the afternoon the Amalga-
mated association issued it's first
strike bulletin from the general Of
| fees. The bulletin is printed in the
| Amalgamated Journal Office and is
intended to give the members of the
organization official news concerning
the progress of the strike. In the
! future it will be issued on each Mon
! day and will be followed by the regu-
lar issue of the Journal during the
latter part of the week.
The bulletin gives an outline of the
conditions prevailing and reproduces
abstracts of President Shaffer's re-
cent addresses at Wellsville and Nc
| Keesport. In the most prominent
part of the bulletin is printed the
warning words do not drink,
especially if the trust tries to break
| the strike by importing non-union
men. Don't believe anyone who
says the mills will be closed forever,
or taken out of the community if
you don't go to work"
Further on are the words: "There
were not enough men in the coun-
try to run the mills before the strike,
| SO all you need to do to win the
strike is, don't work. Enjoy your
summer shutdown; it means more
work next winter. That is the time
for mill work anyhow"
Pittsburg, July 24.-The combine
forces have decided to carry the
strike into the courts. Judge p. NJ.
| Smith, of Wellsville, o., has been re-
tanned by Persifer f. Smith, district
manager of the American Sheet Steel
| Co., to prepare papers for presenta-
tion within a few days to a federal
| court asking for restraining order
molesting in any way non-union men
on the highways. The move prom
ises crisis in the strike.
Much interest is centering in the
| situation at ASonessen. 1t is report
ed that IL men were discharged Tues
day because of their too close friend
ship with the Amalgamated people.
Among the many peculiar condi-
| tions found at the Monessen mill is
the fact that the men are paid on a
tonnage basis and the company has
| by contract with the men offered a
bonus on all tonnage over a certain
| limit, this bonus to ke paid at the
end of the year. Some of the work
ers have as high as $500 thus far
coming to them and they realize that
in case of a strike, they will lose all
of this. The effect of this is to hold
the men to their places.
Sharon, Pa, July PA bill for
preliminary injunction has been
granted by Judge Miller, restraining
the strikers at the American Steel
| Casting Co. works from entering the
grounds of the company. A hearing
will be held tomorrow.
Pittsburg, July 25.-Two moves, it
is said, were made Wednesday by the
officials of the American Sheet Steel
| Co. towards the breaking of the
strike. One was the shipping of
some of the non-union men that have
been employed in the Vandergrift
mills of the company to Wellsville, to
assist in the starting of the plant.
The second move that is understood
to have been initiated is the starting
of the long idle Hyde Park, Pa, plant
of the American Sheet Steel Co., This
plant was taken into the combine,
burdened with the Objectionable con-
tracts made by the former owners,
and has remained idle since the
American Sheet Steel Co. took hold
of the property.
Pittsburg, July 26.-The peace mis-
sion of NJ. NJ. Garland, who went to
New York on behalf of the conserva-
tive element of the Amalgamated as
sociation, has failed. Mr.. Garland
was unable to secure from the steel
manufacturers any terms on which
settlement could be reached. They
would not recede an inch from the
attitude they have taken, holding
that the workers leaders precipitated
| lIle lIS PCdSC civ
off. At the same time more pow
erful influence is being sought to
carry the olive branch to J. p. Nor
gan.
Joseph Bishop, secretary of the
Ohio state board of arbitration, is
working as mediator, and plans to
reach the combine people through
Senator Hanna. Mr.. Bishop is acting
| e nlrra Z.
ed leaders and carries credentials
from President Shaffer explaining the
attitude of the association. There is
little doubt that Hanna will receive
the mediator graciously and it is eX-
pected he will promise to exercise his
best endeavors toward a settlement.
About his success with the combine
people much doubt is expressed.
James Fosburg Testlhes.
Pittsfield, Mass, July 23.-James