Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14
T|E-UP INCOMPLETE.
AmaIgamated Association Mer
Do Not All Obey Skaters
Strike Order.
MANY STEEL MILLS RUNNING
Republic Iron Mills at Pittsburg Idle
Men at South Chicago and
a Milwaukee at Work.

Pittsburg, Aug. 13.-The Republic,
Painters, Lindsay & McCutcheon, and
the Franktown pudding and rolling
mills of the continental department Of
the National Tube company are closed.
The Lindsay & McCutcheon plant
started later with small force of
men. Not striker was about and
everything was quiet. An attempt was
made to start up the Republic iron
works, but the men refused to work
and the fires were banked. Three men
were at work in the annealing depart
ment getting the steel out Of the an
healing boxes which they put in on
Saturday. The strikers declare these
men will come out as soon as this
work is finished. The strikers, num-
boring nearly 600, patrolled the district
all morning. The Frankstown mill en-
ployed about 500 men in the rolling de-
partment, and these were out, but the
pipe department resumed in full with
nearly 600 men on duty. They de-
clared they had no connection with the
Amalgamated association, nor would
they obey any order or request from
its officers. They have material to
last three weeks.
Upper and Lower Mnls Running.
The Amalgamated association failed
to make good its threat to stop the up
per and lower union mills. At 8
O'Clock the mills seemed to be work
ing full, and the management wore
satisfied smiles. The strikers had
claimed that they had sixty men in
line in the Twenty ninth street or low.
er union mills, who by staying out
would block the entire plant. At the
upper mill in Thirty-third street there
was literally no opposition to the men
going back to work. The Amalgamated
people had not expected to make
fight here, as there were but two
Amalgamated men in the mill, and by
6:10 the plant was running full.
Strikers Abandon Opposition.
The National Tin-Plate mill at Mo-
nessen, Pa, started up at 4 o'clock on
the first turn with full quota of nom
union men. The strike leaders, after
an all-night session lasting to o'clock
in the morning, decided to abandon all
opposition for the present They had
learned of Manager Percy #. Donner's
move in mobllizing a large number of
the tin workers, who in conjunction
with the town authorities and special
police, largely outnumbered the union
men. The tin workers came to work
In bodies and were on the lookout for
interruption by the strikers, but no OPP
position materlaliZed.
The Boston rolling mill at McKees-
port is closed down and the men are
out The tube department with about
1900 men, is running full. 1t is
claimed, however, that the tube works
will be out of material in forty-eight
hours and then the tie-up at McKees-
port win be complete.
No Disaffection at Scottdnle.
The employees of the Scottdale and
Old Meadow plants of the American
Sheet Steel company at Scottdale went
to work as usual There were no
signs of disaffectlon. The Mingo plant
at Mingo Junction, was closed, the
men having struck Saturday. There
was no change in the situation at Shar-
on. Not mill has been shut down
as a result Of President Shaffer's Or
der
The mills of the American Sheet
Steel company at Yandergrift, Apollo.
Leechburg, Hyde Park and Salisbury
are all running full, having started at
midnight. None of the old men failed
to report for work. The management
Is confident that the plants will con-
tinue to be operated in full.