The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-08-15
NEITHER :l'1E' g SIDE 81 Pc IN: THE STEEL
sTRlkE5h MAKES a DEci. &.
slvEs MOVE. 81 8.
STRIKERS MAKE SOME GAINS
The Main Advantage Is Still With thu
Mill owners-Number Of Men. ou*
. Placed sat sixty.two Thousand
Many Have Found Work in ,nde.
pendent Plants or at Other occupa.
tions-All Sore at Western Men

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Pittsburg, Aug, 14-Neither side
moved decisively during the day on
the great industrial conflict between
employers and employees in the steel
trade, and the result is still in the bal
ance. The strikers made gains al
Plttsburg, McKeesport, Wheeling and
Bellaire, in the past "a hours, but in
the main the advantage is still with
the mill OVERS. Both sides claim to-
be preparing moves that will bring
confusion to opponents, but neither
side has shown it's hand. The general
situation can be briefly summarized
as follows: -. - : -*.s I
= Ten men, five of them skilled. Quit
at the lower Union mill of the Car
fnegie company in Pittsburg and Joined
the strikers. Their detection repre-
sented the first break in the Carnegie
forces of more than $4,000 men. The
strikers were jubilant over the Incl
cent, but the company claims to have
hlled their places at once and there
will be no more desertions at any of
the plants. -. <s.-...=
The Bellaire plant, at which the
men struck On Sunday, has finally
closed down. When another start
will be made is problematical. Sew
.eral hundred boys, employed at the
National tube works at McKeesport.
went cut during the night and day
and their action materially aided the,
efforts 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 supply!
or material is limited. The strikers
made gains at Wheeling and the steel
officials admitted that BenWood would
be closed down. Clark's mill here is
moving along full handed, Lindsay &
|McCutcheon's is operating with
small crew and the managers are
planning to open Painters mill and
increase the force at Lindsay & Nc
Cutcheon's. A ~ III,
: Break in the 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 New
Castle, but. there are as yet no posi-
tive indications of it. The American
Tin Plate company has a small force
at the Crescent plant in Cleveland
and is also planning resumption at
other points with non-union men. The
Steel corporatio has ordered that the
CHARTERS plant at Carnegie be dis
maentled and removed to Leechburg.
So far good order has prevailed,
although the steel officials assert that
there has been intimidation at Wheel.
ing, McKeesport and Pittsburg.
The number of men out as result
OF the strike orders is placed at $4,000.
Many strikers have found work in
independent mills or at other occupa-
tons and many are idle merely be.
cause the skilled men are out:
The Steel corporation held it's own
at Chicago, Toilette, Bayview, Youngs-
town, Columbus, the Kiskimentas Val
ley and the Carnegie group with the
exception of the instance named. The
strikers are considering plans for
breaking the decision of Chicago,
Joliet and Bayview to stand with the
steel companies, but what they plan
to do has not been made clear. They
are charging some of the Western men
with both dishonesty and disloyalty,
and there is a general desire among
members Of the Amalgamated associ-
alton here for some form of inquiry.