The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24
Over the Action Of Steel
Trustin Several Towns.
.DISCHA RGED NE n
Cannot Secure Employment In
Any Of the Mills and Their
Families Are in
Want.

Considerable concern is being felt
In the towns where the American Tin
Plate and the American Sheet Steel
companies have mills over the cases
of the men who were discharged dur
ing the recent strike.
None of these men have been able to
secure employment with either of the
companies since and now the families
of many of them are really suffering
from their lack of work.
The sheet mills at Wellsville at
present are employing but one man
who was in the strike, according to
statements believed
TO BE WHOLLY RELIABLE
coming as they do from a leader Of
the late strike movement and who is
thoroughly conversant with the condl-
tions of the men who were let out
And that man who was roller when
the strike was called is roughing now
at a little more than half his former
wages
Some days ago 1t was suggested
that there be a movement inaugu-
rated looking to the securing of COM
bined movement on the part of the in.
fluential residents of Wellsville to
take up the cases of the men upon
whom the trust embargo rests and
BY Personal APPEAL
IN tho mill manapars COO ~ cnnatbinp
could not be done toward securing re-
instatement for them,
The idea has been quietly discussed
by some of the union men who are
yet idle despite repeated applications
to the managers of different trust
mills to put them on in any capacity.
It was believed that sufficient influ.
entail residents of Wellsville could be
secured to have some weight with the
company. A feature of the case was
that the ministers were to be asked
to head the delegation which they
could scarcely have refused to do.
Since that time, however, and while
the plans were being matured SINH
lar effort has been
MADE WITHOUT AVAIL
at McKeesport. In TACT the visiting
committee was scarcely received with
courtesy by the managements and GER
tainly no encouragement was given
them. The position of the trust was
very effectually outlined. 1t is to be
shut-out to the end for all men who
struck at the behest of the Amalga- !
mated association last July. In speak
ing of the McKeesport effort an ex-
change SAYS:
"The committee appointed from Nc
Keesport councils TO visit the mana
gers of the McKeesport plants of the
United States Steel corporation in an
effort to have reinstated the men who
were discharged during the strike last
summer met with
SOMEWHAT OF A FROST"
After two attempts the committee
was given a hearing by George G.
Crawford, of the tube works, yester-
day morning. He Informed the COM
m!ttce that if any man who had been
discharged could show that he did not
Interfere with the men who desired to
return to work during the strike his
Case would be clearly investigated,
and II the company was wrong in dis
charging the man he would be rein
Ersted
He said that the officials had, how
ever. made very close Investigations
before any Of the old employees were
Informed that they were no longer
wanted. He also informed the conf
mittee that it was useless for the COM
mittee to ask for the reinstatement of
any former employe who had inter-
fered with the return of men to work
during the strike.
The committee also visited Manager
J. f. I.auck, Of the United States tin
plate works ar Demmler. Mr.. Lauck
stated that he had given the men every
to return for weeks after
the strike was broken. He said the
places Of some men were filled nov.
but in case of vacancies he would
choose men who were qualified for the
positions
This subject will be taken up for
discussion at the Ama!gamated confer
ence to be held here in January. The
conditions spoken of exist at Canal
Canal Dover where may of the men
have been out of work for the same
cause.