Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-18
STEEL STRIKE IS ON
sHAFFER's ORDERS TO coNT!N.
uE STRUGGLE ARE oBEYED.
Employees In Two More Establishments
Where Organization Is Not Recos.
nized Join Strke-Nonunicn Men
Join AmaIgamated Association.

Pittsburg, July 16.-Reports re.
ceiyed from all sources connected with
the great strike of the steel workers
indicate that the members of the
Amalgamated association have mat
ters we'll in hand and that the strike
order was generally obeyed Tele-
grams from various points where the
mills of the American Tin Plate com
pany, the American Steel Hoop COM
pany and the American Sheet Steel
company are located, tell of the shut
ting down of these plants in large num-
berS. In many cases the plants had
been shut down by the first strike or
der, which affected the sheet steel
and the steel hoop companies only.
The last order brought out all of the
union plants of the American Tin
Plate company with the single excep-
tion Of the new mill in Monessen,
which is still running. At the Anal
gamated association headquarters it
is stated that the figures given out
Saturday night regarding the number
sof men who would be actually idle in
the mills of the three companies have
been proved correct. This number
was placed at $4,000.
OF the $4,000 men idle $500 are in
Pittsburg, 500 in Allegheny and 1900
in McKeesport. President Shaffer has
1t in his power to close many more
Pittsburg mills, but it is not thought
that he. will do anything of radical
nature until he is compelled to.
The American Steel Hoop company's
nonunion mill known as the Painter
mill is closed in all its branches.
The tie up at this mill was said to
have been a surprise to the mill own
ers and officials in charge of it. The
Lindsay & McCutcheon mill in Allie
gheny was shut down completely in
the pudding and bar mills. All the
skilled workmen refused to enter the
mill yesterday and the company did
not even operate the five furnaces.
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.
In addition to the very general and
In some instances rather unexpected
compliance with the strike order the
Amalgamated association lsSt night
added two more mills to it's list, both
OF which were claimed by the COM
panies to be beyond organization.
When the William Clark Sons &C.
mills, which operated all day, non
union, came to shift men, none re-
ported for duty and the plant closed
down.
Later the following was received
concerning another mill considered by
the manufacturers to be exceptionally
loyal: THE Monessin Steel Hoop
plant has been closed and has been or
ganized by district delegates of the
Amalgamated association. The dele
gates arrived in town yesterday morn
Ing and went to work Immediately.
BY p. m. they had all the local men
IN the association and left last night
for Pittsburg, after advising the men
to stand firm. The men held a meet
Ing last night to elect officers and
name their LODGE"
The conquest of these two plants
is considered by the association peo.
pie as an instance of their strength
and an indication that President Shat.
fer's assertion that surprises would
follow the strike order was not all
bluff