The Forrest City times., 1901-09-20
STEEL STRIKE COLLAPSE.
ing to Work Declare They struck Against Their Better Judgment

Pittsburg. Pa. Sept. t7.-After talk ing time to think it over, President T. j. Shatfer of the Amalgamated asso- eiation has announced that there will be no public statement of the terms of the settlement of the strike of his organization with the United States Steel corporation. He also has decid ed to issue a circular giving the terms of agreement on which the men were ordered to return to work, and after all the lodges have received it the cir cular will be made public.
 To-day the offices of the Amalga- mated association were more quiet and orderly than they have been for some weeks, the large ma jority of strikers having returned to work. The men who thus far have refused to do so were meeting their fellow workers and kept away from the organiza- tion
 The general condition of the mills of the United States Steel corporal tion have improved during the past 24 hours in wonderful manner. It was officially announced that nine of the 12 butt-wcld furnaces land three of the lap-weld furnaces of the National Tube Co. in Mckeesport started to-day. The officials of the various plants have received applica- tions for work from many of the strikers, and are preparing to make general start on Wednesday. The Continental, Elba and Pennsylvania works of the tube company started to-day.
 The American Plate Co. reports that all of it's active plants except those located in Atlantic, Ind.; Joliet, Ill.,; Johnstown, Pa, and Canal Dover have been placeG in operation. The last named will start as soon asisufficicnt tin bars can be secured to supply the needs of the plants.
 In addition to these four mills of the Star plant and four mills of tine Monongahela plant are running, as well as eight mills in the Demmler plant and all of the Monessen plant.
 The Laughlin plant at Martins Fer
 
 started with ten mills tomorrow.
 The New Castle and Shenango plants, with an aggregate capacity of 50 mills, started to-day with full crews. Both of the Kensington plants will be started tomorrow.
 The American Sheet Steel Co. to- day started up its union plants as f IT the Mingo Junction; Cambridge, O.; New Philadelphia, O.; Muncie, Ind; piqua, O., and Niles, o. The Dresden (O) plant will be started tomorrow. The strikers at those mills still idle have been ordered to apply as individ- uals for work during the week. There will be no effort made to start the Canton (O.) sheet mills until after this week. owing to the funeral of President Mckinley. All of the hoop plants are running full.
 The Newcastle and Shenango al Steel Co. started in full to-day. This was the first plant called out after the general strike order was s- sued. The National steel plants in Belmire and Mingo Junction are the only plants of that company now idle.
 The Riverside plant of the National Tube Co. is the only plant of that com pany that is wholly idle. The manu- lecturers arc confident that the strike feeling among the men is practically cured for the present. The number of men who have since their return admitted that they went out against their will and their better judgment leads to the expectation that the men will think more carefully before they enter strike again.
 Further trouble seems to be threat ened in the plants of the American Tin Plate Co. that have been conceded by President Shatfer as non-union. Among those plants the men take de- feat very hard, and the men are de- termined to remain idle or get other employment rather than go back as non-union men. 1t is probable that the Monongahela and Star mills and Demmler mills in McKeesport will be the last to get started on full lines.