New-York tribune., 1901-08-20
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Pittsburg. Aug. 19-The efforts of the steel
corporation did not extend to the attempt TO
operate all the plants idle since the beginning
of the strike. Nothing done attempted
at the larger mills. but at the Lower Union
mill. of the Carnegie Company. the Clark. Lind
say & McCutcheOn and Painter hooa plants. and
at Monessen, the result of the corporations
activity is easily seen Four mills at the Painter
plant are running single turn. and the Lindsay
& McCutcheOn plant is operating almost in full.
while the Clark and Lower Union mills
ported running full time.
This seems to be the total accomplished to
day, although there are preparations at all the
otLer plants. those at McKeesport in particu-
Il r. which indicate energetic efforts to run the
mills soon When beds and provisions are taken
into buildings connected with iron and steel
plants. there is no need foe guessing. Every
understands what that is for. and that there is
little time between the placing of provisions
and the operation of the mills. This is what
has been done at all the mills not mentioned
operating either wholly in part to-day.
The strikers unusually alert and have been
for the last forty-eight hours. but have been
outwitted at Monessen and Demmler. Both
these big tinplate works will oe running this
week, but the tinpate plants will not be so easy
to man as some of the others. and 1t is likely
that they will be permitted to go slow until some
of the hoop and sheet mills are running The
strike leaders pretend TO make light Of the
starting of the hoop plants and the preparations
at the mills in McKeespOrt and the big tinplate
works at Demmler and Monessen. but the strik-
ers in the ranks have extended their picket lines
and increased the force of watchers in all direc-
tons, especially at night
The storm centre now. however is the Du-
quesne plant. of the Carnegie Steel Company.
Guards are all about the works, inside and out,
and the borough authorities have been reouested
to furnish force of to aid the company
when the trouble comes.
1t is asserted that the of the plant are
well organized. and ready to strike. but there is
attempt to hold off the strike until Saturday.
That will be the semi-monthly pay day. and
will allow the men another weeks earnings
with which to begin their idleness. Another
statement is that the blast furnace hands at
Duquesne will also join the strike. although
nothing definite that point can be secured
from either the AmaIgamated Association lead
ers or the Carnegie company. The general opin-
ion. however is that the furnace hands will not
strike. 1t is at Duquesne that the phenomenal
100 ton blast furnaces are located, which have
been the wonder of the pig iron world. The
idIeness of the Duquesne plant, especially If it
included the blast furnaces, would cripple the
other Carnegie mills. the Duquesne works
supply the others with billets to a great extent.
The other product of the plant is steel bars. and
as ii acts as feeder for the other big plants
a strike there would have the effect of forcing
many Of the men in other mills into the idle
ranks without their actually becoming strikers.
Homestead relies on DuqueSne for a large ton
mage of Bessemer and open hearth billetS, while
the bars go the smaller finishing mills. The
AmaIgamated Association leaders decline to say
when the strike will begin at DUqueSne, but
assert that the men are ready 10 come out on
call. They say that the order will be issued
shortly. and many believe it will in time
to stop work tomorrow.