Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-07-01
THE Big STRIKE
{ HAS BEGUN
Fully $4,000 Iron Workers in the
Vicinity Of Pittsburg Are
Ordered Out.
LIFE And DEATH STRUGGLE
The Great Steel Trust is Endsavoring to
Crush Out Unionism in the Works Of
Two Of Its Sub-0orpor-
ations.

Pittsburg, July las the result of
the refusal of the representatives of
the American Steel Sheet company
and the American Steel Hoop COM
pany, subsidiary companies of the
great United States steel corporation
to sign the workers new scale at Sat
urday's conference, circulars were sent
from the national headquarters of the
Amalgamated association of iron steel
and tin workers today declaring q
strike at all plants Of the two COM
bines. The great strike is now on. At
the outset over $4,000 men are involved.
Since the trouble at the Devices wood
mills at McKeesport, a few months
ago, the Amalgamated association has
been actively engaged breaking up the
present arrangement Of the combine in
operating parts of their plants with
non-union men, and others with union
men. President Shaffer says that if
this is not checked, the life of the
Amalgamated association is threaten
ed for the combine will always work
their union mills last and the union
men will be sufferers by this discrimi
nation.
The strike against the American
Sheet Steel company has been ordered
because this portion of the United
States Steel corporation has thus far
fstood against an increase in the union
mills. The American Steel Hoop COM
e,&o ,Ie,i \, II,
are arrayed against the union organiz-
alton two branches of the United
States Steel corporation.
The scale for the American Tin Plate
company, also a part Of the greater
corporation, has been signed. 1t is
said, however, that in case the struggle
continues the Amalgamated officials
have power to call out the tine plate
workers as a means of defense against
the parent corporation, which they
hold responsible for all disagreemerts.
The clerical department In all the
company, located at Youngstown, o.,
and other points in the Mahoning and
Shenango valleys, began taking stock
today. This will consume at least two
weeks and after that the mills will
be started in full operation under the
new scale. The mills of the American
Steel Hoop company at Youngstown,
closed on Saturday night and will re-
main shut down until an amicable set
tlement is reached on the scale ques-
ton. The mills Of the American Sheet
Steel company at Struthers, o., also
shut down on account Of President
Shaffers strike order. During the sus-
pension the company will make extern
sive improvements and repairs and in
stall new machinery. At McKeesport
500 men are affected by the strike at
the Devices wood plant Of the Ameri-
can Sheet Steel company, which closed
down last week.
In accordance with President Shaf-
fer's orders, the crews Of sixteen Of
the furnaces of the Lindsay and Nc
Cutcheon mills, Allegheny, are on
strike and four other crews are expec-
ted to quit today. The signatures to
the Amalgamated scale by the follow
ing companies were received today:
Lockhart Iron and Steel Co., Nc
Keesport, Pa; Sharon Tin Plate Co.,
South Sharon, Pa; Stewart Iron Co.,
Limited, Sharon, Pa; N. and q. Taylor
Tin Plate Co., Cumberland, Md; Am
erican Rolling Mill Co., Muskegon.
Mich; Southern Car and Foundry Co..
Anderson, Ala; Bessemer Rolling Mill
Co., Bessemer, Ala.
The strike now threatened in the bar
mills, following SO closely upon that Of
the sheet mills, has most serious as
pect and may spread to enormous pro-
portions. Indeed, in some circles it Is
predicted that the gigantic struggle
that has been talked Of since the or
ganization of the United States Steel
corporation was formed, is on the eve
of breaking.
The position the greater combine is
placed in practically frees the inde-
pendent plants from completely in the
battle. The fight is not for wages but
for organization. Either the Amalga-
mated association must bow to the
will Of the greater combine, or else the
greater combine will have to give up
its non-union mills. The members of
the advisory board declared that the
association has surprise in store for
the combine.
- ave have not been idle" said one,
I'VE have strong lodges organized in
several non-union plants in which the
combine imagines 1t has absolute con-
troll. We are in better shape for a
strike than we ever were before. Our
membership is stronger and our treas
ury has larger defense fund than we
ever had in our history. The question
of signing for all the mills must be
settled this year."
Pound Dead In Bed.
Detroit, Mich, July George w
Partridge, for eight years private secre-
tary to Zachariah Chandler, was found
dead in bed today Of heart failure. He
was about 70.years of age. He held