New-York tribune., 1901-08-08
DRAWN BATTLE SO FAR.
STEEL CORPORATION PREPARING To
START MILLS WITH NON-CNION MEN
NO INDICATIONS OF DISORDER
IBy The Associated Press.1

START MILLS WITH NON-UNIoN MEN
NO INDICATIONS OF DISORDER
IBy The Associated Press.I
Pttsburg. Aug Tn the big steel strike
honors are easy in this section tonight. The
Amalgamated Association succeeded in closing
down the big steel plant at Newcastle. and the
manufacturers partially broke the strike at
the Clark mill. In this city. Neither side is
exulting, nor is there any expression OF dis
couragement- Victory or defeat OF either at
this early stage of the warfare can have little
effect beyond indicating the probable line OF
battle to be pursued by each side.
Up to this hour not the slightest trouble has
occurred at any point in this immediate terri
tory, and Amalgamated men are correspond
ingly happy because this condition would seem
TO be the carrying out Of the associations new
departure in the handling of strikes. The quiet
waiting of the strikers may be one of the sur
prises limited at by the national officers. From
one or two points the strikers are reported as
restless and eager for action, but far they
have kept faith with their leaders and refrained
from committing any breach of the peace.
Recorder Brown does not believe there will
be any disorder in Pittsburg on account OF the
strike. If there should be disorder. he says.
il would be the duty of the police to suppress
II and arrest all who are concerned in it. He
ton between strikers and employers, ard that
all equal under the law and will be so
treated.
STEEL CORPORATIONS PLANS.
The United States Steel Corporation. it was
learned to-day from an official source will at
once proceed in a systematic manner TO start
it's closed sheet mills. making the non-union
plants of the Kislsiminetas Valley the cradle
where strike breakers will he trained and then
out TO the mills that are closed.
So far as President c. NJ Schwab is con-
cerned no overtures will be made by the COR
poration to the workmen. In a talk with a
Pittsburg man in New-York yesterday he said:
We have made Hast proposition to the
Am"lGamnted Association. and will
proceed to start our works
President Shaffer makes this counter state
ment
The next proposition must from the
United states steel Corporation officials.
Thus the two executives stand II seems as
If only outside efforts can bring them together.
The steel company's officials have decided to
so ahead slowly in the matter of starting mills
and to do so with little publicity possible.
The strongholds of the sheet company are the
mills at Vandergrfft the largest in the country;
Leechburg. Apollo and ScottdaIe IL has been
/ decided to take many skilled men away from
these places as possible without retarding opera
! tions there and start the mills where there is
/ the least danger of an outbreak. The places left
/ vacant at the mills mentioned viii be filed with
/ men deserving promotion, and better places will
/ he given them. This move viii be under
! taken slowly and with caution. The plan
/ further contemplaJes that after time many oe
/ the strikers will return when they see one after
another Of the closed mills resuming operations.
This plan tested the first few days OF
I .t-;- fr,r-
the mills at Hyde Park and Wellsviue are con-
! cerned. and il has been decided TO adopt il so
far as the sheet and hoop mills are concerned
IN THE TINPLATE MILLS.
Plans for starting the closed tinplate mills
| have not been completed In this branch the
| situation is different. The tinplate company
has only six Of its 90 roll trains going while
the sheet company has few less than half
The officials Of the Amalgamated Association
| say that this move will in measure play into
their hands AT McKeesport. President Shaner
said that he himself would lead men from
vandergrift into the Wood mill The officials
feel that If they can get the Vandergrift men
away from their environments there little
trouble will be found in bringing them into the
association
In discussing the move. Assistant Secretary
NJ. F. Tfghe said:
r.. because
there are only few skilled men available and
before enough can be trained 10 operate mills
snow will fly pretty thick. A move of that kind
might be attempted in Bessemer or open hearth
steel mills but in a sheet MILL where the skill
required Is Of the highest order, the plan can
not do anything but ultimately fail A sort OF
a showing may be made for time but it will
not last long
The action of the structural iron workers In
the present strike tersely outlined to-day
by ]. w. Pryale, secretary OF the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers. He said:
There are no union mills making structural
steel iron. and have been working
the material furnished them and will continue
to do IL there was union mill making
the material used by us We would possibly act
differently. / took this matter up with Presi-
dent Shafer two years ago. but he did not
then Of what benefit alliance with our
ganization would be 10 the mill workers
Joseph Bishop, secretary of the Ohio Board OF
Arbitration. is in town. and is visiting several
OF the steel officers Is said. IN the interest OF
another conference. He refused to discuss his
movements. saying he was here on other than
the steel organizations affairs.
SCRAMBLE FOR SHEETS AND PLATES.
The continuation Of the strike and the fact
that It Is to be extended 10 greater proportions
augmented the scramble that has been going
on IN Pittsburg for two weeks TO secure sheets