Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-16
Forty Five Thousand More
Men Join in Big
Walkout.
OTHER CONDITIONS SAME
Talk of a Settlement, How
ever, Between Trust
and Men.

Wilkesbarre. Pa, July 16-A strike
of stationary firemen, inaugurated to-
day, tied up nearly all the mines in
Wyoming valley, and conservative
estimate places the number of men
idle at $4,000. This includes the men
out in the Scranton district.
Several manufacturing concerns
gave in to the demands of the firemen
today, among them the Wilkesbarre
Lace company, employing 1,200, and
the Hazard Rope works, employing
1000.
Scranton, Pa, July 16.-All the
firemen of the stationary engines at
the Delaware & Hudson, Erie and
Ontario & Western railroad comp4n-
ies' mines in the upper part of the
LackawanDR valley, from Peckville TO
Forest City. struck this morning.
shutting down 20 cclIeries and throw
ing II, OO0 mine workers out of en-
ployment.
Pittsburg, July 10 No new devel-
opments occurred in the steel strike
in this district in the early hours of
the second day. All the plants that
closed are shut down tight. Every
thing is quiet. President ShAffer was
cheerful this morning when seen and
said be was entirely satisfied with the
situation. 1t is generally believed
among the business men and manu-
facturers that the combine Off ;ials
ard the AmsJgaInated officials will
get together soon and adjust their diff
feIences.
PittsburS. July 1G.-Reports received
from all sOuces connected with the
great strike of the steel workers in
dicate that the officers of the Anal
gamated Association had matters well
Gamated Association havemaTters well |
in hand. and that the strike order was
generally Obeyed. Telegrams from va |
riouS points where the mills OF the
American Tinplate company. the
American Steel Hoop company and the !
American Sheet Steel company are 10 |
Gated told OF the shutting down of
these plants in large numbers. In
many cases the plants had been shut !
down by the first strike order. which |
affected the sheet steel and steel hoop |
companies only. The last order |
brought out all of the union plants OF |
the American Tinplate company, with |
the single exception of the new mill in |
MOnessen, which is still running.
Pittsburs Is but Slightly Affected.
At the Amalgamated Association
headquarters it was stated that the |
figures given out regarding the num-
Der of men -T4OOO-who would he |
actually idle in the mills Of the three
companies had been proved correct. |
The strike, although one Of the great |
est that has been declared i'm recent |
years. will affect Pittsburg but slight |
ly. OF the 1900 men idle 2,JOO arc |
in Pittsburg. 800 in Allegheny and |
1.JOO in McKeespOTt. President Shaf |
more Pittsburg mills. but ii is not |
thought that he will do anything Of 4 |
radical nature until he is compelled to. |
Surprise for the EmpIoysrs.
The American Steel Hoop company's |
supposedly non-uniOn mill, known as
the Painter mill. in West Carson street. |
was closed yesterday in all its |
branches. The tie-up at this mill was
said to have been surprise to the |
mill owners and officials in charge of |
it. The other plant. known as the |
Lindsay & McCutcheon mill. in Ale
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. 1
The American Steel Hoop cOmpany's |
has been nOn-union since it was built.
two years ago, and the company says /
the men there will remain loyal. The |
Amalgamated people would not discuss
the situation in that mill at present.
Federation and AmaIRamated.
Washington. July 16.-Secretary !
Morrison. OF the American Federation !
of Labor. refused TO either admit or
deny that there is an agreement be-
tween the AmalCamated Association
and the Federation under which the
former can call out the steel workers
of the latter when deemed necessary.
He. however. said: I'm the recent /
strike at Reading not man remained
I'm the mills. The same conditions un- 4
dOubtedly will apply to all the plants
controlled by the trusts if the adjust I
ment is not secured before the strike
extends that far"
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