The Iola register., 1901-08-30
SHAFFER
IS FIRM
He Says the Men Will Make
no Concessions
They Will Fight it out Along
the Lines that they have
Started in
MILL MEN CLAIMING GAINS
More Mills Started at the
Painters Plant
The Man ayers Claim that by
the end of the Week all
will be Running
MILL MEN CLAIMING GAINS
More Mills Started at the
Painters Plant

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 26. President
Shaffer is quoted as saying that there
is no peace in sight in the steel strike
and he can see nothing but hard
fight ahead.
There is no eptiblechange today
in the lower union in the Carnegie or
Duquesne mills where the strikers ex-
pected to make gains. Two additional
mills at the Painters plant resumed
this morning. The mill managers ex-
pect 20 be running day and night be
fore the end of the week.
Pittsburg, Aug. 25.-Some remark
able changes in the condition of the
strike ridden mills of the United States
Steel corporation are promised for
the present week that will change the
aspect of affairs considerably if car
ried out. 1t was stated on good
authority today that before the end of
the week those of the plants that have
been operating on single turn would
be run with full force, and for the
usual three full turns each day. Men
enough have been secured for this
purpose, the officials say, in spite of
the claims of the strikers that the com
panies could not get enough men to
operate their plants, and the man
ayers of the various mills say they
will be ready with all the skilled men
required to start up the machinery
and turn out heavy tonnage.
The most interesting situation is in
the Star mill, of the American Tin
Plate Company here. This plant was
until this summer considered as
doomed. The tin plate company had,
it is said, decided to abandon the mill
and move the machinery elsewhere
Since the strike has come on them and
it was demonstrated thatthe operation
of the mill with non-union men was
possible under the protection of well
equipped police force, the officials de-
cided to keep this mill, make extensive
improvements in its equipment, and
make it permanent fixture of the
company. The most significant fea-
ture of this plan has been carried out
during the past week. This consists
of fitting the mill in the same manner
as that of the Monessen, Pa, plant.
The former eight mills have been
changed to four double mills. Other
improvements have been added that
will give the plant larger capacity,
increase its force of men and make it
one of the most modern of all the tin
plants of the company.
With the completion of these i'm
provements, the company will be pre-
pared to place sufficient number of
men in the plant to work the four
double mills three full turns. This is
said to be expected to take place dur
ing the present week. Before Satur-
day, according to Superintendent
Piper, of the Star mills, the plant will
be operated to its full extent.
ARE HELD BY FORCE
Pittsburg, Aug. 23,-The Amalga-
mated Association is preparing to
bring suit against the steel corpor-
alton charging the mill managers with
forcibly and illegally keeping in the
mills men who desire to leave. Fifty
machnists in the Pennsylvania Tube
works quit tonight. This will put the
huge tube plant out of business. The
Star tin plate mills are running this
morning. The management claims
they don't need to import any more
men. This afternoon the presidents
of the Amalgamated Association gar
ment workers, united mine workers
and locomotive fremen meet with the
civic federation in Chicago probably
to discuss the amount of aid the Anal
gamated Association needs.
Pittsburg, August 22-The develop
ments in the steel strike this morning
were all favorable to the masters.
Early this morning the American Tin
Plate company succeeded in getting
about 100 men safely inside the gates
of the Star plant on Twelfth street in
this city and preparations were in
progress for starting up two mills be-
fore the close of the day; another crew
was put on at the Lindsay q Nc
Cutcheon works in Allegheny and the
Jimmy" mill started and 250 mer
were reported at work in the Painter
plant upon the south side.
The arrival from the West of thirty
three non-union men for work in the