Evening star., 1901-07-17

would issue the order only when it becomes
necessary.
ciation to confine it's fight for the present
to the three companies now involved.
Fruitless Efforts to Organize.
Dispatches from Scottdale report the eff
forts of strike organizers at the Old
Meadow works up to this time as fruitless.
A number of employees declared that they
would not go out on a strike under any
circumstances.
At Salisbury everything is moving har-
moniously. and a strike Is not apprehended
The plant Is running in full with three mills,
and the men are apparently unit against
striking.
The executive committee of the Anal
gamated Association sent a circular this
morning to the sheet workers Of Wander
grift, Leechburg and Apollo, making q
strong appeal to them to organize them
selves into a branch Of the association. so
far the men at these places are still at
work, and what the effect of this circular
will have cannot be stated as yet. But
as these mills are some of the largest in
the country, the outcome will be watched
with great interest.
Independent Mills Sign Scale.
Two independent concerns, the Licking
Rolling Mill Company of Covington, KY,
| and the American Car and Foundry Com
pany of Detroit, Mich, sent the signed
scales to Amalgamated headquarters this
morning 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 one hundred men.
Only one furnace was In operation at
Lindsay & McCutcheon's today. An an
nouncement was made that II the matter
was not adjusted before evening all the
strikers at the Lindsay & McCutcheon
plant would go to the Monongahela Iron
and Steel Company plants at SIX Mile
Ferry where there Is work for 500 addi-
tional men. The Six Mile Ferry plant is
an Independent one and is union.
At the Monongahela plant of the Amer
lean Tin Plate Company the f1nlshers were
| notified that the company would oe com, pm
| PEELED to close down the department In two
or three days on account of lack OF
sheared material.
1t was expected that the finishers would
be kept at work several weeks yet. Every
thing is quiet about the works.
Unfounded RumOr.
A rumor that gained considerable circula-
tion today to the effect that the strike had
been, or would be settled. within forty
eight hours, was promptly denied by Presl-
dent Shafrer. There could be no settlement,
he said. without a conference, and the only
move made in that direction was the sug-
gestion of arbitration made by Secretary
Bishop Of the Ohio state board of arbftra-
ton.
Deputy Sherifs Guard Plant.
The last furnace in Lindsay and Nc
Cutcheons mill was closed down at noon.
AS soon all the men had left the mill
seven deputy sheriffs were stationed about
the plant
The open hearth and billet mills Of the
Clark plant were running today. Manager
Brown announced that several men who
left the plant with the strikers on Monday
have returned and are now working in the
finishing department. Referring to the re-
port of a sympathetic movement on the
part of the employees of the Black Diamond
and upper Carnegie mills, Manager Brown
said the men were satisfied and will not
strike.
Strikers Discharged.
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, July 1.-THE
steel hoop employees at Mingo Junction,
who organized last night, went out at mid
night and the plant is idle today and no
attempt Is being made to start. The COM
pany has posted notices calling In the
mems checks, which means their dis
Chicago Iron MoIders.
CHICAGO. July 17.-An official of the
Iron Molders Union, 900 members Of
which are on strike here, said today that
the men are holding conferences with their
employers and that they will be back at
work in few days. AS this is the dull
season, only the best workmen are required
but these WILL it Is said, receive the ad-
vance in wages to So.
Aiding the Strikers.
YOUNGSTOWN Ohio, July 1.-THE
| Amalgamated workers IN the Youngstown
mills of the Republic Iron and Steel Com
| pany have met and decided upon a policy
| for collecting strike benefit funds from
| their members. They have notified Presi-
dent Shaffer that If the plan is acceptable
to him they will each donate one days pay
every two weeks to the strikers fund.
About 500 members agreed to this, which
will net about So 600 per month. The work.
ers are also rapidly securing jobs in their
mills for the striking steel hoop men.
Additional Aid Promised.
ELWOOD, Ind, July 17.-It was an
nounced here today that the Tin Plate
Workers Protective Association will stand
by the Amalgamated Association and re-
fuse to work plates in any steel trust
mill made or sheared by non-union men.
This announcement was made by Presi-
dent George Powell Of the Tin Plate Work.
ers Protective Association. who said:
I'VE made an agreement with the Ameri-
can Tin Plate Company, which begins to-
day and runs to July IS, 1902. This agree
Amalgamated is fighting for the vital prin-
ciple Of unionism, and this principle is
worth fighting for. While we shall strive
to live up to our agreement, we shall posi-
lively refuse to allow our men to work
plates made or sheared by non-union men,
II we know IT.
DEFENDED THEMSEVVEG