The sun., 1901-09-01

t.na tt<h 8<4xxtAln ~ ~ WV nA9tsy
cf them are willing 20 return TO work under
the same conditions n when they quit.
/ No Tar the reports have bceu eminently
satisfactory, a. very few OF the men are
deslfous 81 containing tins strike any longer.
This move on the part OF the forcmen
II bclieved To indicate that the mills will
, lie opened soon for those de~,irous Of re-
turning To work to do 30. such action.
= u IN believed, would result In the strike
being completely broken In this city and
would he the deathblow 10 the struggle
all over the country.
The foreigners are giving tho strike
leaders great deal OF anxiety they
are practically unanimous for going back
la work and were opposed To the strike
from the first. They refused 10 be or.
ganized into the Federation OF labor and
not more than 100 Of the 200 or more
foreign laborers joinei that organization.
An immense amount of biuer ieehnS
II growing up between tbe Amalgama'ed
men and the FEDERATION tube workers.
The tube workers allege that the Amalga-
mated mcu ro, them TO Join In sympathy
strike without the sanction OF Their nailonai
ohicer- and now leave them To rlrugge
out Of the mirc a. brst they can. Tn the
other hand ths Anna lgarnatcd men think
Samuel Gompers played fal-o with President
Shaffcr when hc failed To call out all Fed
Grafton men IN a sympathy strike. Al
sides. and the good feeling which existed
I previously h rapidly waning,
The CITY schools viii start ON Monday
anal this j. expected To have All Important
bearing ON the strike. several hundrcd
boys who work in the butt welding de
partment tied up that plant completely
by striking on Monday. They viii get their
choice between returning Ia work or going
to school. and u is believed that this VIII
| have an important bearing on hurrylng me
| end Of the trouble among the butt ~eldsrs'
| Three hundred men crowded into narrow
| vacant lot In Duquesne this evening ana
B listened to arguments "a To- why they should
/ forsake the mils where they have bccn
| getting better wages than other steel
! workers along the valley for a nunier OF
! yean- and have had no trouble, Not NOR"
! than half oi this number wei" from Du-
! quesne.
The Mckeesport strikers organized
! parade this evening and l2S OF them marched
D over 10 Duquesnc and helpcd 10 swell the
crowd about the speaker stand. Speech"-
were made in English and Polish, a. a large
/ proportion 81 thu audience was made up
! Of foreign laborrrS. The audience was
/ noisy and cheerad th" -Jrskers, hut most
| Of the cheering was done 10y the Nchoe-l'oft
! visitors
| Sp.snche. were nnad,. by William pierN'.
| President Of the International Association
Of Electricians; Andrew Adams. Polish
| aRitator, Stewart q. Sharp. the locsl or
| ganizer 81 the Federation Of labor, Pol"
| named Horrocks and Steven Madden,
4 former Secretary Of tn. Analgauiai"i
Association. The gathering was prr-ide'i
over by George Holloway. President ot
Enterprise Lodge Of the Anialgama'ci,
I composed of men from the mills Of 10"
! W b Woods Company. sharp was tho
man most loudly cheered. He intrduo"d
| himself To the audience aS preacher who
I loved his fellow msn 80 well that h" was
! doing a little extra preaching on their ac.
! count aud told how he had b-rn supported
by contributions from the business n'"n 81
/ MckceSport for a year
The following extract from hr sp"ech
| illustrates, his manner OF spcech ana the I'M"
| II argument he used
! sBTrthren, the United States Steel Cor
! poration has attempted To strange our
. liberties at it's birth la eighteen hundred
and forty ..omethng my odd father wen, Teni
on the battlefield. He returned home
| and renumerat..d from hlS wounds and
| when the tungSin OF war so,ind'd agaln'
| no went fourth IA SECOND tim" and giN"
Z himself n sacrifice on the altar Of hts coun-
try Now when I hook W into his facr,
4 which il 81 years old. think "" are engaged
In a mighticr struggle for our hbrrties
I than ever lIe was engaged ~
! The United states steel torIsration
! n trying TO strangle w at our birth and ""
I must organis- and shut down the-e mill-.
/ iill II Is willing "a give M the wages what
4 l. due US and tn admit that We are a. g"oi
a man as II i-. even II We do have to work
I for our hvings
! This sr.-,Sh seemed ,o hit the crowd
| In its happy place, FOR u Chcered and
| cheer,-d again Then, rolling his eyes
! heavenward, this brcvetted reverend said
! he would ask a word Of prayer for the peo-
/ nj. ~ D,loue-na, aud while tho crowd kept
/ uuiet lac invoked the Divine blessing ON
! III. work of leading men away from their
employment and asked that \" the men ot
\ puuuesns light be given To -" whittier
they were drifting
The meeting wa- s,lcc'-~s as Tar a. noi-',
4 wen, The Mckee<port contingent Iookest
after the enthusiasm, Tut II II doubtful
J what effect IL really had on the crowd
One thing u certain there were not more
I than $50 Of the Duque-ne steel workers
there. counting in the Polish lsborers,
Every man met ON the streets ni bh-
| oue~ne has a different story Ia tell con-
| cerning tho steel works. The leaders of
| the alleged strike claim that l2S men walk'-d
out OF the opcn hearth department to-day
and left IL completely crppled The offcial.
| Of the company deny tins absolutely and
say that the dozen men who we're dlSc charg'n
| for work this morning. The leaders IA
I the movement say that the mil viii be
| tied up completely Tomorrow.
The plant will start up between and
| O'Clock Tomorrow afternoon. The .iuf-
| uacee will IT, charged AZ Ia the morning
bu, this IL done largely by machinery and
! few men are needed. The r.sdents OF
| puaue-ne and the officials Of the mills
| say they do not fear tie-up. but u II certain
| that many are anxious and there viii Il" an
easier feeling after starting time to-mof-
| row, II " IL shown that enough men can
h. got into the big mills TO keep them IA
Til, strikers feel tina, this is a last
| desperate effort and everything depends
upon it, ~ucce-s. II IL not 10 b. wondered
| at therefore. that they arr making strenu-
ous efforts TO close this mill,