Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-18
While No Decisive Movement Has
Been Made, the Impression Prevails
That an Attempt at Resumption
Will Be Made by Some of the Mills.

city. They refused TO believe that the
Wellsville mill had started up and said
they had every reason to believe the
plant was shut down and would remain
so in spite of the efforts of Mr.. Smith.
A dispatch to the Associated Press from
Wellsville at 10:30 O'Clock says:
The strike situation here remains the
same as when the men were called out.
p. +. Smith, manager for the American
Steel company for P ttsburg district,
was here Tuesday ana i'll dispatch to
the mill men declared that the mill
would be run as a non-union mill. He
gave orders for the mill to start this
morning. In response to Smith s order
about eight men went to work. The
manager OF the null concluded that 30
men was not sufficient TO man the crews
and the attempt for the present has
been abandoned. 1t is believed that
non union men from other places will
be brought here today, in which case
serious trouble Is feared.
May Import Workers.
Now that Mr.. Smith has declared
himself it is thought that the managers
of the other non union mill plants will
make an effort to resume also within a
few days and developments of an ex-
citing nature can be expected. 1t is
known that gang Of men are at work
at the Devices wood plant of the Ameri-
can Sheet Steel company at McKeeSport
clearing up and making repairs, and a
well defined rumOr was prevalent on the
south side of this city today that an
effort was to be made by the mill officers
in the Painter plant to break the strike
by bringing workers here from that city.
In confirmation of this for the first
time since the strike began watchmen
arrived with clubs and patrolled all
sides of the mill this morning. None of
the strikers were to be seen about the
mill property. The mill officials de-
clined to discuss the matter and when
they are ready to move they will do so
without any noise For the present
nothing was being done beyond clearing
up the mills and making repairs that
had been neglected owing to the rush of
business. The wood plant is closely
guarded also and the strikers look for
the manufacturers to attempt resump-
tiOn next week.
In direct opposition to Manager
Smiths declaration and the evident
preparation at the Painters and wood
workers, an official of another plant in
terested, who did not want his name
used, asserted that the companies had
no intention of starting their plants
The same official stated that something
might be known in 80 days, but would
not say whether that was the time set
by the manufacturers to start. The ex.
planation given is that there is nothing
to give out and that the order has gone
forth forbidding any one to talk.
Shaffer Still Hopeful.
President Shaffer is still hopeful of an
early settlement of the strike. The in
formation he received from the strike
centers today was quite meager. This
he interpreted to mean that the strike
was getting on we'll. Nothing further
has been done in reference to the issu-
ance of a strike call to the Amalgamated
men in the mills of the United States
Steel corporation outside the three COM
panies against which the fight is now
directed. President Z. J. Shaffer said
he would issue the order only when it
becomes necessary. 1t is evidently the
purpose of the association to confine it's
fight for the present to the three COM
panies now involved.
The executive committee of the Anal
gamated association sent a circular this
morning to steelworkers of Vandvene.
ter, Leechburg and Apollo making a
strong appeal to them to organize them
selves into branch of the association.
So far the men at these places are still
at work and what effect this circular
will have cannot be stated as yet. AS
these mills are some of the largest in
the country the outcome will be watched
with great interest. The two independ-
ent concerns, the Licking Rolling Mill
company of Oovington, KY, and the
American Gar and Foundry company of
Detroit, Mich, sent the signed scales to
Amalgamated headquarters this morn.
ing.
Mingo Junction Plant Closed.
The strikers officials say the steel bar
mill of the Mingo Junction plant of the
United States Steel corporation closed
down this morning. The shutdown
affects about 100 men.
Only one furnace was in operation at
Lindsay and McCutcheon' s today.
An announcement was made that if
matters were not adjusted before even
ing all tide strikers at the Lindsay and
McOutcheon plant would go to the
Monongahela Iron and Steel company
plants at Six Mile Ferry, where there is
work for 800 additional men. The Six
Mile Ferry plant is an independent one
and is union. At the Monongahela plant
of the American Tinplate company the
fnishers were notified that the compa-
ny would be compelled to close down
the department in two or three days on
account of lack of sheared material.
1t was expected that the tinishers
would be kept at work several weeks
yet. Everything is quiet about the
works.
Federation Pledges Support.
The national organizer, Thomas H.
Flynn, of the American Federation of
Labor, came to Pittsburg from Wash
ington today and after consultation with
the officials of the Amalgamated associ.
alton, pledged the support of the fedora
ton.
In an interview Mr.. Flynn said the
federation had membership of 2,000,-
600 and they could make an assessment
when any of the organizations affiliated
with them xuara IN uaad of assistance.