The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-06
THE DZMMLFR MILL STARTED.
Trust Managers steal "A March on
the strikers.

| DemmIer Tin Plate Mill was started this
] morning and the strikers made no at
! tempt Co interfere. one hundred work
| ingmeu got into the mill i'm an hour and
= only twenty strikers were there 20 see
/ them enter Instead of three. eight mills
We're started today and the managers won
/ "A complete victory
In order to avoid demonstration.
/ strategy was resorted to by the managers.
/ The early morning at Demmler was cold
| and foggy. There were hardly a dozen
pickets in sight They were sitting on
( the railroad tracks and walking around to
/ keep warm In the shadow of the mill
/ fence the deputies walked up and down
] mutfied in OvercOaTs- There was mo- sign
! of life I'm the mill until 5.2O o'clock when
/ the electric light plant was started and
/ the laborers and firemeu inside Of the en-
! closure began TO feed the fires I'm the
| heating furnaces From the railroad
/ tracks the pickots watched the operations
| and laughed. saying that the bluff was
| "a good one. and that they knew that tie
mill could not start today.
! At o'clock the mill engineer blew the
| whistle. indicating that the hour for the
| shift TO change had come No one was
| at the mill gates TO get in and the pickets
/ jeered at the deputies. BY that time the
! NtdNN ltE lllAN NAllb over llif llNtA A't-
gan 10 life little There was enough
| light for the pickets on the railroad 20
see an old river steamboat moored to the
/ levee at Duquesne. just across the river.
] but they thought nothing OF that Then
| came $50 o'clock and with il n long
/ freight train on the Pittsburg and Nc
! KeespOrt Railroad that runs between the
| mill and the river. The train stopped Op-
| posite the mill and then the old river
1 steamboat with twenty-one mill men
! bound for pemmler cut loose from the
/ Duquesue shore and started across the
| river.
! The fog was impeuetrable and the pick
| cts on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks
| could not see the steamboat. The pilot
| steered TO a point on the Demmler shore
where a six-foot culvert opens from the
mill yard making a big round hole in the
river bank. It was Just $50 o'clock when
the boat toVched there, and still the pick
cts were unconscious Of 10 all They were
I watching a thin stream Of men that kept
coming out Of the fog To the main gate Of
the mill with dinner pals and disappear
ing behind the gate. The gangplanks of
the steamboat were run out and the
tweuty-oue men made a run up the slope
OF the shore into the culvert and then in
TO the mill yard. In the meantime thirty
/ three ether men had come into the mill
I at the three gates.
/ George Crawford had been in charge Of
the boat. and the general superintendent.
! AIr- Lauck. who had received the men,
/ walked I'm and rounded up the men and
found that they numbered dfty-four. OF
enough 20 start eight furnaces. The num-
Der was all that they needed, so al :
O'Clock the mill gates We're thrown open
1 and the whistle sounded that the mill was
I'm operation. The fog began to lift Just
then. and for the first time the pickets
saw the stacks Of the steamboat. The
freight train. which had been stopped as
a part Of the general plan. had gone on.
and the strike r. knew that they had been
| fooled. They were angry. but an they did
was 70 jeer the deputies and retreat past
the dead line"
II was not until S O'Clock that the men
manned the furnaces The fires could not
be got hot enough until then. BY that
time twenty-five more men had come in
and the steamboat had crossed 10 Du-
I Quesne for another load Of men. She
I returned at O'Clock with fifteen men
/ from Duquesne and then six men had
walked in. swelling the number 20 100. All
I Of these men were old hands and a good
many Of them told the bosses that they
had come 70 the mill today in the face Of
threats.
| Air. Lauck said that he expected just as
many men 20 report for the night trick
and that ne thought that all twelve heat
I ing mills would be going by tomorrow.
! In explaining the failure OF the mill 10
] open yesterday, he said that he had re-
ccived orders not 10 attempt a start
The order that was ISSUED by Mr.
( Schwab last night 70 start all Of the
mills al once was discussed here eSsith
much interest this morning. Il wsJs tax
. en- 10 mean that the National TuJe Mid
would attempt 20 resume, but it Is not
! thought that more than 100 men can get
! employment in the mlu before three
weeks. as ii viii take that long 10 rebuild
the furnaces.
Mr.. LauCk posted a notice in the mill
at noon today. stating that an vacancies
! in the force would be held open for the
men until Monday night Afterwards ne
| said that those who failed TO report for
duty then would be considered discharged
and their places would be filled with new
men.
All the morning crowd Of one hundred
men and boys Ioitered about the mills
shouting Black sheep, bah BAH at the
I deputy sherins. Chief Morrissey and four
policemen went to the mill this morning
and stood bg for two hours. Finally. the
y
! and ordered the chief to dispersc the
crowd. The latter replied that ne saw
nothing wrong in what was going on The
deputy sheriff told the chief that if ne did
not preserve order about the mill the
sheriff would come and take charge Of the
entire city. Chief MOrrissey sent a crowd
Of dozen boys away and then went
| away himself
1t was learned later that Sheriff NlcKin-
ley Is seriously considering putting
large force Of men here and relieving
Chief MorriSscy Of his command unless
ne aids in preserving order. CHIEF Nor
rissey is furious at Sheriff Mckinley and
| a clash between the chief and Deputy
| Lowry this morning was narrowly avert
ed. Unless Mr.. MOrrissey takes prompt
action this afternoon. there will 5s --y.i-
BILE, and tho deputy sheriff says that he
/ means business
TO REPRESENT YALE.