Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-16
IS A WAITING GAME.
Neither Side to the Great Strike
Moves Decisively.
SITUATION IS BUT LITTLE CHANGED.
LEADERS of Each Faction Claim to
, Have Plans In Preparation which
Il. VIII Bring Confusion to the
Other-Good Order Prevails.

AeRdGE0
Have Plans In Preparation Which
H., VIII Bring Confusion to the
\ Other-sood Order Prevails.
pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 14.-Neither side
moved decisiveIy Tuesday in the great
industrial conflict between employers
and employees in the steel trade, and
the result is still in the balance. The
strikers made gains at Pittsburg, Nc
Keesport, Wheeling and Bellaire in the
last "a hours, but in the main the adj
santiago is still with the mill owners.
Both sides claim to be preparing moves
chat will bring confusion to opponents,
but neither side has shown its hand.
The general situation can be briefly
summarized as follows:
Tho Situation.
Ten men, five of them skilled. quit
1T the Lower Union mill of the Carne-
gle company in Pittsburg and Joined
the strikers. That detection repre-
scented the first break in the Carnegie
forces of more than $4,000 men. The
strikers were jubilant over the Incl
dent, but the company claims to have
filled their places at once, and there
will be no more assertions at any OF
the plants. The Bellaire plant, at which
the men struck on Sunday, was finally
closed down Tuesday, working short
handed up to Monday afternoon. When
another start will be made is problem
ntical. Several hundred boys employed
at the National tube works at Mckees-
port went out during the night and
day and their action materially aided
the effort of the strikers to finally tie
the plant up. The works are going
ahead short-handed, but the ranks of
the workers are thinning and the sup
ply of material is limited. The strikers
made gains at Wheeling and the steel
officials admitted Tuesday that Ben
wood would be closed down. Ciark's
mill here is moving along full-handed,
Lindsey and McCutcheon are operating
with small crew and the managers
are planning to increase the force at
Lindsey & McCutcheon's. A break In
4he ranks of the men who struck at
Painters is expected, but the strike
managers deny that one will occur
Another break is reported as possible
at Newcastle, but there are as yet NO
positive indications of it.
Good Order Prevails.
I So far good order has prevailed, al
though the steel officials assert that
there has been intimidation at Wheel
sng. McKeesport and Pittsburg. Both
sides express their confidence In ulti-
mate victory and; are actively carry
ing forward their respective cam
paigns. President Shaffer, of the
Amalgamated association leaves to-
day for Wheeling, where he is to adj
dress the strikers.
The number of men out as resal1
of the general order is now roughly
estimated at 10000 and on the three OF
ders at 81, 900. Many strikers have
found work in independent mills OF q
other occupations. and many are i'd
merely because the skilled men ar,
out.
To he Dismantlea.
According to an authoritative an
nouncement made Tuesday by Officials
of the American Sheet Steel company
the destruction OF another plant ha.
been ordered by the steel corporation
as result Of the refusal of the me,
to operate 1t. This time 1t is tn
CHARTERS plant at Carnegie that is t
be dismantled. 1t is owned by th
American Sheet Steel company, an
the orders to tear it down went on
Tuesday afternoon. 1t will be II
moved to Leechburg, in the Kiskimine
fas valley. The strikers were Gale
together Monday by Superintendent
John Henry and preliminary notice c
she company's plan served on then
Eightystrikersr esponded and Mr.. HeI
ry told them that the fires would b
lighted and all preparations made TO
a start Tuesday. He said that at tw
o'clock the whistle would be blown
and if the men failed to respond til
fires would never be relighted. Til
programme as outlined was carrie
out, l,ut when the whistle sounded tt
men did not respond. The fires wei
at once drawn and the order to di
mantle and remove the mills was give
The officials of the company said tia
the plant would be down and move
wit hin two weeks.
The Detection in the West.
: The ste eel corporation held it's groun
at Chicago, Joliet, Bayview, Young
town. CoIumbus, the Kislsiminetas va
ley and the Carnegie group, with IL
exception of the instance named. I'll
strikers are considering plans fl
breaking the decision of Chicago, j
liet and Baysiew to stand with Il
steel companies, bnt what they pla
to do has not been made clear. The
are charging some Of the western me
with both dishonesty and dfsloyalt
and there is general desire amor
members of the Amalgamated here II
some form of inquiry.
Complain of Intimidation.
There was no trouble at any of II
strike eenters Tuesday, although
was anticipated at the points whel
plants are being partially operated ar
the men are wavering on the questic
of going out. Crowds surrounded II
Carnegie plants here and the officia
finally called on the police TO Gle;
them away. The officials say that II
loss of ten men at the Lower Unie
mill can be directly traced to Il
threats of the strikers who tntercel
the men on the way to and from wor
They make the same complaint as
Bellaire, Wheeling and McKeespor
They say that the strikers at Riversit
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