The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-14
SPARRING FOR TIME
rms SEEMS TO BE THE POLICY OF
BOTH SIDES.
NO CHANGE IN SITUATION.
STRIKERS CONFIDENT AND SO ARE
OPERATORS.

striking Boys Materially Aided
,,Igomated AssOcintion-GOod
order Has So Far Prevailed, Al
.,,ou.rb 1t Is Asserted That Intimi-
dotiom Has Been ResOrted to ut
Several Places.
pittsburg. Aug. 13.-Neither side
moved decisively to-day in the great
industrial conflict between employers
and employees in the steel trade, and
the the result is still in the balance.
The strikers made gains at Pittsburg,
McKeesport, Wheeling and Bellaire, In
the last twenty-four hours, but in the
main the advantage is still with the
mill owners. Both sides claim to be
preparing moves that will bring con-
fusion to opponents, but neither side
has shown it's hand. The general sit
uation tonight can be briefly sum-
married. as follows: Ten men, five of
them skilled, quit at the lower union
mill of the Carnegie Company
in Pittsburg to-day and joined
the strikers. Their detection
represented the first break in
the Carnegie forces of more than 15,-
OOO men. The strikers were jubilant
over the incident, but the company
claims to have filled their places at
once and that there will be no more
desertions at any of the plants. The
Bellaire plant, atzwhich the men struck
on Sunday, was finally closed down to-
day after working short handed unfit
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start will be made is probematicaI.
Several hundred boys, employed at the
National Tube Works at McKeesporr.
went out during the night and day
and their action materially aided the
effort of the strikers to finally tie the
plant up. The works are going ahead
shorthanded, but the ranks of
the workers are thinning and
the supply of material is
it limited. The strikers made gains at
Wheeling and the steel officials admit
ted to-day that Benwood would be
closed down. Clark's mill here is NOV
ing along full handed. Lindsay & Nc
Cutcheen mill is operating with small
crew and the managers are planning
TO open Painters and increase the force
at Lindsay & McCutcheon's. A break
in the ranks of the men who struck at
Painters is expected. but the strike
managers deny that one will occur.
Good order Prevails.
So far, good order has prevailed, al
though the steel officials assert that
there has been intimidation at Wheel
ing, McKeesport and Pittsburg. Both
sides express their confidence in ulti-
mate victory and are actively carrying
forward their respective campaigns.
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated
Association leaves tomorrow for
Wheeling, where he is to address the
strikers. The number of men out as a
result of the general order is now
roughly estimated at $4,000 and on the
three orders at $4,000 Many strikers
have found work in Independent mills
or at other occupations, and many are
idle merely because the skilled men are
out.
According to an authoritative an
nouncement made to-day to a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press by
officials of the American Sheet Steel
Company the destruction of another
plant has been ordered by the steel
corporation as result of the refusal of
the men to operate it. This time it
is the CHARTERS plant at Carnegie that
is to be dismantled. 1t is owned by the
American Sheet Steel Company and
the orders to tear it down went out
this afternoon. 1t will be removed TO
Leechburg in the Kiskiminetas valley.
Corporation Holds Its Ground.
The steel corporation held its ground
at Chicago, Joliet. Bay View. Youngs-
town, Columbus, the Kiskiminetas Val
icy and the Carnegie group with the
exception of the instance named. The
strikers are considering plans for
breaking the decision of Chi
cago, Joliet and Bay View to
stand with the steel companies,
put what they plan to do has not yet
o"en made clear. They are charging
soine OF the Western men with both
ulshonesty and disloyalty and there is
d general desire among members of
tne Amalgamated here for some form
OF inquiry.
There was no trouble at any of the
sulke centers to-day although it was
anticipated at the points where
pants are being partially operated
ana the men are wavering on the
question of going out. Crowds sur
round the Carnegie plants here to-day
ana the officials finally called on the
ponce to clear them away. The officials
say that the loss of ten men at the
uHlOu Ifllll can De directly ITdCeu
10 the threats of the strikers who in
tercept the men on the way to and
rom work
Mayor Blacks Statement.
Mayor r. ]. Black of McKeesport to-
msht gave out the following statement
70 representative of the Associated
Iress In reply to the numerous criti-
.lSins of his course in not dispensing
we crowds of strikers at different
",nes during the strike:
AT time like this in McKeesport,
Nhnere SO many men are idle. they are
"ound to come out on the streets and
eloWd them more than usual, and like
Try other crowd, will gather where
'IeIe is an excitement. But so far there
.nS been little or no disorder and in
eu cases the police have handled the
eH uatlon admirably There is no more
=. 4erly set of men in this country than
cav 80 ''
IN the Instance in which the tube COM
pany requested me to send men to dis
peIse the crowds, the chief of police
Is on the ground at the time, and
uported that there was no disorder.
we cannot order a man to go home
%ul stay there, when he is doing no
III and only standing on the street.
lar as the tube company is con-
Hed' II has taken and appropriated
lts own use a street of this city,
~ Wnlch 1t has no legal right whatever.
anu this ic toJ,