Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-01
GREAT STRIKE.
Steel Trust Plants In
voIved in the Fight.
Thousands of Men inthe Great
Struggle.
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Failure Of a Big Bank in Buffalo,
New York.
FIRE IN H00SAC TUNNEL.

Pittsburg, July las the result OF
the refusal Of the representatives Of
the American Steel Sheet company
and the American Steel Hoop com
pany. subsidiary companies Of the
great United States steel corporation
to sign the workers new scale at Sat
urday's conference. circulars were sent
from the national headquarters OF the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel and Tin Workers today declaring
a strike in all the plants of the two
companies. The great strike is now
on. At the outset over $4,000 men are
involved.
Since the trouble In the w. Devices
wood mills, McKeesport, u few months
ago the Amalgamated association has
been actively engaged In breaking up
the present arrangement of the com
bine in operating parts of their plants
with non-uniOn men and others with
union men. Presidept Shaffer says
that IL this is not checked the life of
the Amalgamated association is threat
ened, for the combine will always work
their union mills last and union men
VIII be sufferers by this discrimna.
tion. The strike order against the
American Sheet and Steel corporation
has thus far stood against an increase
In the union mills. The American
Steel Hoop company stands In the
same position. Thus are arrayed
against union organization two
branches of the United States Steel
corporation. The scale of wages of
the American Tin Plate company. also
part OF the greater corporation. has
been signed. II is said, however, that
in case the struggle continues the
Amalgamated officials have power to
call out the tin plate workers as "A
means of defense against the parent
corporation. which they hold rcsponsi.
BILE for all disagreements.
The strike now threatened in the
bar mills following so closely upon
that of the sheet mills has most seri'
Gus aspect and may spread to enor'
nous proportions. Indeed, In some
circles IL IL predicted that the gigantic
struggle that has been talked OF
since the organization OF the United
States Steel corporation was formed
IL on the eve of breaking out. The
position of the greater combine Is
placed in practically the freese de-
pendent plants for completely In the
battle. The fight il not for wages. but
for organization. Either the Amalga-
mated association must bow to the
will of the greater combine or else
the greater combine will have to give
up its non-union mills. Members of
the advisory board declare apprecia.
tion has surprise In store for the com.
bine. I'VE have not been idle" said
one. I'VE have strong lodges or
In MI MI Mt m
which combine imagines It has abso-
lutte control. We are in better shape
for a strike than we ever were before
Our membership is stronger and our
treasury has larger defense fund than
we ever had in our history. Ques
tion of signing for all mills must be
settled this year
The clerical department in all the
mills of the Republic Iron and Steel
Lock company. located In Youngstown
Ohio, ami other points in the Mahon
ing and Shenanago valleys began TAX
ing stock teday. This will consume
at least twd weeks and after that the
mills will hr started in full operation
under the new scale. The mills of the
American steel Hoop company. al
YoungstoN closed on Saturday nigh
and will lcmain shut down until al
amicabla settlement is reached IN
the wage scale question. The mills o
the American Sheet steel company al
Struthu, Ohio, also shut down on ac
count of President Skaters strike or
der During the suspension the com
pany will make extensive repairs anC
install new machinery, At McKees
port 500 men are affected by the strike
at the Dcwess wood plant of thu
American Sheet Steel company, whicl
closed down last week,
In accordance with President Shat
fer's orders, the crews of sixteen fur
naces at Lindsay and McCutcheol
mills. Allegheny. are on n strike ant