Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-22
/ DAY Of RUMORS But Of
FEW and SMALL CHANGES.
TIE DEMMLER TIN PLATE WORKS
FIRED Up, But No EFFORT
MADE TO START.
~ ESCAPED STRIKE BREAKER
,IIS At AMALGAMATED HEAD
QUARTERS TIGHE STILL
HOPEFUL FOR CHICAGO.

plTTSBTRG, Aug. 21.-The steel
..r.-s situation underwent no change
4v There was no extension of the
Ike. and the steel managers did not
MT to start any more of the
in the day the fires were lighted
-.- pemmler tin plate works at Nc
MORT but the machinery was not
red. and no attempt was made TO
rate
IS believed. however. that the move
-r.iminary to start with non-union
managers of the company have
FL. preparing for several days to re-
number of their properties and
thought that they have decided 10
AZ once. Their Monessen plant is
r--y.ng ahead uninterruptedly with full
COWS and their Crescent works at
@svaland is about half in operation
aa-ro has peen no break in the Car
-.se group. and the mills that have
s.7 started with non-union men since
~ -trike begun are going ahead with
s5l; the same force of men.
The leaders on both sides were busy
~ dav but at nightfa1l both said there
uase ne announcements to make.
Voryl Preston was at the office OF
H. Carnegie Steel Company and con-
g. red at length with President W. e.
corey and other leading officials.
resident Shaffer was at the office OF
t#- Amalgamated Association all day,
| ami spent most of the time conferring
"a CD DELEGATIONS of strikers.
nn the streets it was a day OF excit-
eg mmors, beginning with a cireum-
| san-ial story of a plot to destroy the
snougaheIa tin plant. and ending with
4 tale of the removal of the largest
plants of the United States Steel Cor
1r3.ion to England.
Rumors again settled the strike in
aral ways. At headquarters cold de-
n was given to all the interesting sto-
f. was another day of peace In all
. r. strike districts, although the gener-
q Probability of trouble still holds good
g. the places where feeling runs high.
John Sternsdorff, rougher from
I Richmond. Va, who claimed that ne
W. a member of the party of strike
| h-ae kers brought to Monessen on Sun
. 2ay by Alabama joe Carter, was at
slquarters to-day. He said that
Carter had entirely misrepresented the
a., to him. and that he had slipped
ont If the works the first time a chance
-osanted itself He says fourteen
non eft Richmond, that five deserted
e. route. and that three left when he
did He placed the number of men in
TIE mill at eighteen, and said very lit
u work was being accomplished. The
kers welcomed Sternsdorff and were
Ted over his statement. When ne
hem that another party was being
T ned to come north, they took steps
n head it off.
According to the strike leaders only
'vanty men who were formerly mem
hers of the Amalgamated Association
have gone to work in mills that are
fw being operated partly or in full
with nCn-union men. The steel man
o. rs place the number of assertions at
lgher figure.
Assistant Secretary NJ. F. Tighe. Of
'be Amagamated Association, said to-
~ that he was still of the opinion
TAT most of the men in the South
Z ago mills would be out before the
tni # the present week. He said he
h. received word from the mills, but
Q personal nature, and he could not
fva any of the details. President
Ssaffer said that the strike would be
W by the strikers. He believed that
Wien he started the strike and he still
eyed it. He said that he was still
pared to discuss honorable terms of
cement with the Steel Corporation,
r. that hn did 1nn1y for
II that direction for some time to