Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-08-14
No Change IN THE STRIKE
Situation in the Big Steel Strike Re-
mains Practically Unchanged
In General Aspect.
Combine Officials Making Prepara-
tious to Resume Work at Several
Large Mills.
Strikers Make Slight Gains at Several
Places and are Confident of
Success.


Success.
Pittsburg, Aug. 14.-Complete re-
turns from all the strike centers have
not been received but as far as they
go they indicate that there has been
but slight change in conditions since
the previous day. During the night
the. strikers made slight gains from
one National Tube company at Nc
Keesport and seem to have somewhat
strengthened their position at Wheel
ing.
The Bellaire plant is closed, but a
determined attempt will be made to
reopen it. The strikers are watching
the plant and boast they have it tied
up and are in a position to keep it so.
Preparations are being made here to
increase the number Of men in the
Lindsay & McCutcheon mills, which
have been operating with one non
union crew since last week and also
to start the big Painter mill which has
been idle since the first order to
strike went out. The police here have
shown that they will make a determin-
ed attempt to prevent violence or dis
order and the steel manufacturers con-
slider this a favorable point to break
into the strike with non-union men.
It is apparent no attempts have been
formed for resumption at McKeesport
or Wheeling ard 1t is believed the
companies whose plants are either
partly or completely crippled will wait
until the excitement at those two
points have subsidized. The American
Tin Plate company is
Moving for Resumption
of it's plants and the officials have felt
sure they would succeed. Mayor E. l..
Boynton of Niles has issued a state
ment in which he says that the stor-
les of attempts upon the lives of Lis
bon workers were exaggerated. Man
ufacturers here express their complete
satisfaction at the progress they are
making. They say if they could get
protection for their men and property
at McKeesport and Wheeling the
strike would be quickly ended. They
deny the Amalgamated association has
gained any ground at the Carnegie
plants at Pittsburg and insist that the
group of great plants shown to be
with them on the general call are
still firm. Assistant Secretary Tighe
was missi&g from the staff at head
quarters 81 the Amalgamated and ru-
mors sent him to half dozen different
places. President Shaffer would not
say where he had gone. One story
said he was in Chicago, another that
he was at Newcastle, from whence
came reports of serious break in the
Amalgamated forces. President Shat
fer said:
II am satisfied with the situation.
have received no reports from Chicago
and the West. I will leave in the
morning for Wheeling and Rev. Fitz.
william and Ben Davis are to go
there with me. I do not know when I
will return from Wheeling"
Over 10000 Men Out.
The best estimates of the number of
men who went out on the three strike
orders place the figure at 10000.
That number is not idle now, however,
as thousands of the men have gone to
Independent mills or found work in
other places. No accurate figures on
the number now idle are possible.
The number that obeyed the final call
of President Shaffer is roughly placed
at $4,000, but all the figures conflict
and are unreliable where mills we're
only partly crippled Or the men still
waver in their allegiance to their en-
p1oyers. = .s'
The American Tin Plate and Nation
al Tube are the heaviest losers by the
strike and strangely enough they were
in no way concerned in the original
dispute. The strikers have made
their heaviest gains at McKeesport,
Newcastle and Wheeling, while the
manufacturers have the advantage in
Chicago, Detroit, Joliet, Columbus,
Youngstown and the Carnegie and
Kiskiminetas valley groups in Penn
sylYania. a small number Of men
who went out are members of the
ANAL lgamated association, which IN.
cludes only the tonnage or skilled
men. but each skilled man carried sew
l5eral mechanics and laborers with
him. Many Of the latter went out IN
Willingly, while others strongly sup
ported the strike. s <S> Il
TO SEEK "A SETTLEMENT. n
lgdiiWaukee Man VIII Represent Die.
satisfied Steel Men. ssEsss
| Jeremlans n. lcRey or AIlHauKee, q
former vice presid lent of the Fourth
district of the ANAL lgamated Associa-
tion of IRON. Steel and Tin Workers,