The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-15

night to the Amalgsmated association
members in the employ OF the American
Steel Hoop company the American Sheet
Steel company aud the American Tin Plate
company, will he obeyed and the great
struggle between the Amagamsted asso-
citation and the steel companies VIII he Oh
in earnest tomorrow.
In the union mills OF the three companies
against which . strike has been declared,
It is predicted that not wheel will turn
tomorrow.
An effort will be made also to close
down some of the nonuniou mills and to
cripple the rest.
"The strike was not OF our own seeking
said President Shatler. today 1T was
forced upon us. We were not contending
for wages but for prtnciple-for sef-pres-
ervation, The tin and sheet people will
not be able TO turn wheel tomorrow. We
have our forces thoroughly organized and
there will be some surprises in store. But
there will be no trouble Labor organza-
lions have changed. The men are more
readily controlled in fact, we have our
men under control"
Developments today indicate that Pitts.
burg is going to be a pretty lively strike
center. The most Interest attaches to the
Painters MILL on the south side and to
that Of Lindsay and McCutcheon, In Ale
gheny. Both mills are controlled by the
American Steel Hoop company and have
hitherto been aggressively nonunlon and
much depended upon the action taken by
the men In these plants The employees of
both mills today decided TO strike tomor-
row.
I, w. jerks. manager or the American
Stool nut
mills would resume tomorrow morning as
! usual.
! The fight at the Painter mill is to be
made the fight Of the strike. Both sides
will make stubborn resistance II the
Amalgamated people eau close this mill,
| they believe they viii have won the great
er part OF the strike, the mill Is not
only an important ore, but the steel hoop
company has for years sHcceeded in thwart
ing the efforts made to unionize e.
At the conference last week the repre-
sentatlves of the Steel Corporation we're
repeatedly warned that the association was
much stronger than they knew. They were
| even told OF the organization of mills OF
which they hid no knowledge But the
steel men would not believe that the as
ISOLATION was as strong as II claimed to
| be. Thus II Is believed the FIRST purpose Of
| the association is to show its strength BY
combining the strike TO three companies
When that show OF strength has been made.
whatever It may prove TO be- the associa-
ton expects the companies 10 ask for an.
other conference, II the companies show
no inclination IN make settlement the
strike win be extended to three more com
panles II the trust viii not yield then.
the strike will be extended to such indie
pendent companies as sell their finished
products or raw materials TO companies
against which a strike has been declared.
Should the strike attain such proportions
1t would be likely to go still further. The
Amalgamsted association and the Fedora.
ton of Labor two years ago formed q
secret alliance II is claimed, when II was
agreed that the association, when on q
strike, could also call out the steel mon
Of the Federation. The latter has organ
izations In many mills whose workmen are
not eligible to membership In the assocla
ton.
President Shaffer late tonight said he re
ceved on Saturday night from the AmerI
can Steel Hoop company officials re-
luest for the Amalgamated wage commit.
tee to meet them at the Hotel Lincoln
next week The proposlt ton the company
made was that they would sign the scale
for the pudding department of the Lind
say g. McCutcheon mill, Mr.. Shaffer said
he invitation was refused because the
association could sign only for the entire
)lant, Including puddlers, 1nishers and all
other skilled men alike.
President Shaffer also announced that to
morrow he would prepare a circular letter
which will he mailed tomorrow evening
reach member OF the association EN-
noycd by any mill operating a constituent
plant OF the United States Steel corpora
ion. The letter will state fully the pres
mt conditions facing the worknen, the
easons for the failure Of the conference
~ last week and order every man to 60 on
strike to uphold the principle involved
In addition to the 1900 men already af
fected by the original strike order, callinI
, out the sheet steel, steel hoop and til
workers, this general order viii increas
the numbers 10 more than 10000, an'
/, will involve the Federal Steel company
: the National Steel company and the Ma
. tIonal Tube company.
Five thousand workmen In wheeling an'
icinitv win be affected by the strike.
Warner Ames, president of the American
steel Hoop company said then: II an
.orry that our friendly relations In IN
mast should have to I've broken 10 thl
way. We have done all In our power t
? meet this trouble in an amlcable manner
with this breach once opened. Il must b
: understood that the onus Is on the side
d the Amalgamated association and the pul
lie win understand this"
While keeniy regrettlng the break In tn
peace OF the relations between the orgni
lzatIon and the manufacturers, PresldeI
q shaner said that there seemed no oths
course to pursue. His offer to the hoe
company to reconstruct the scale for eotto
lie and hoop mills was one OF the mo-
important sacrifices that had ever bee
: offered by the association and in additio
~ in offering 70 exclude the tin plate mill
y the hoop mills and the sheet mills fro
o all further difficulties with plants own'
y by the United Steel corporation, shou
- .a.ohad An