The bee., 1901-07-18
STEEL WORKERS, STRIKE.
rhc AmaIgnmated Association Hes
Not Played All Its Trump Cards
Yet. Holding some Back
for Future Use.

Pittsburgh, Pa, July 16.--Heports
received from all sources connected
with the great strike of the steel
workers indicate that the merb bers Of
the Amalgamated association have
matters well in hand and that the
strike order was generally obeyed
Telegrams from various points where
the mills of the American Tin Plate
Co., the American Steel Hoop and the
American Sheet Steel Co. are located,
tell of the shutting down of these
plants in large numbers. In many
eases the plants had been shut down
by the first strike order, which af.
fected the sheet steel and the steel
hoop companies only The last order
brought out all of the union plants
of the American Tin Plate Co., with
the single exception of the new mill
in Monessen, which is still running
At the Amalgamated association head
quarters il is stated that the figures
given out, Saturday night, regarding
the number of men VINO would be
actually idle in the mills of the three
companies have been proved correct.
This number was placed at $4,000.
where the Idle Men Are.
Of the $4,000 men idle. $500 are in
Pittsburgh, 500 in Allegheny and l..
500 in McKeesport. President Shaffer
has it in his power to close many
more Pittsburgh mills, but it is not
thought that he will do anything of
a radical nature until he is compelled
to.
The American Steel Hoop Co.'s sup
posedly non-union mill, known as the
Painter mill, in. West Carson street,
was closed in all it's branches. The
tie-up at this mill was said to have
been a surprise to the mill owners
and officials in charge of it. The plant
known as the Lindsay and McCutheon
mill, in Allegheny, was shut down
completely in the pudding and bar
mills. All the skilled worlSmen re.
fused to enter the mill, and the COM
pany did not even operate the five
furnaces. The finishing department
of the mill was working during the
day, as the men are not in the union,
but it was claimed by the workers
that the employees in that department
would not go to work Tuesday morn.
ing.
A NOn-UniOn MIL.
The American Steel Hoop Co.'s mill
at Monessen was not closed Monday.
1t has been non-union since it was
built, two years ago, and the COM
pany says the men there will remain
loyal. The amalgamated people will
not discuss the situation in that mill
at present.
While all the mills of the United
States Steel corporation are included
in the general conflict, the three COM
panies are the first attacked. What
the next move will be the workers do
not say. 1t is announced that the cir
cular letter which was expected to be
sent out, calling on the men in the
mills of the Federal Steel Co., the Ma
tional Steel Co. and the National Tube
Co. TO come out, will not be issued at
present.
An Interesting Report.
The most interesting report to the
Amalgamated association, Monday,
was the dispatch from New York
which said that conference of the
manufacturers was to be held in New
York, at which Warner Arms, vice.
president of the American Tin Plate
Co., was to present detailed account
of the experiences of the committee
that met the Amalgamated associa-
tion in this city last week. 1t was
stated that the question of again ex-
tending the olive branch to the strik-
ers or of taking up the fight and
crushing the association would be de-
termined.
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