The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-10
DLSMANTLING THE MILLS.
The steel Trust Preparing to Move
the Wood viii.

the Wood Will.
! NIcKEESTORT. Pa. Aug. l0-In ac-
| cordancc with the threat made by the
Steel Trust !ast night. ren began to dis
mantle the w. Devices Wood mills in this
. city at clock this morning, Five hun
. dTcd cars have been engaged To remove
the machinery 70 the kIski-uiuetas valley.
near Apollo. An officer of the Wood mill
said last night: Owing 10 the incom-
/ potency and the wild and unCaIIyd for
statements of the mayor Of the munich
pality OF NcIIeosport, the Wood Steel
Mills viii be removed at once" The order
received from trust HEADQUARTERS stated
I that the policy had been adopted because
/ Of the hostility of the people"
Twenty-siN hundred men were employed
al the Wood plant. The mills turned out
a product that IS manufactured at only
: one other place IN the country. II is call
I ed Russian iron ana is in thin plates that
viii not rust The mills cover fourteen
acres of ground On the river front and are
assessed at only SI5100Q0. although they
are valued at nearly S5,000,0o0.
The local newspapers are commenting
/ freely on tn removal and one Of them
announces that, in that event, an indie
pendent plant viii be started here on the
site of the Wood mills by popular sub
/ scription.
/ Mayor Black. if reports are true. in
/ tends TO sue many persons for vindication
/ Of his character. lie says
There is no better class Of men in the
I country than the employees OF Wood
( Mills. The same can be said or the DENIM
! Ter plant They are all ldw-abiding citi-
z ms and principally properly owners. The
dockets OF the police court will show that
there Is rarely an arrest made Of a man
/ connected with these works
Il do think. however that bringing in
armed deputies 10 guard the mill would
I inclte trouble II was the case at Home
! stead and at the other places ] might re-
call We are able TO taIzeCsre Of the situs-
/ tiUn in MCKeeSpOTt and the importation OF
deputies and outside wor<men might Gle
/ ate some disturbance. i think that the
officials Of the trust should recognize this.
! When our own police force Is unable to
cope with the situation-which ! do not
think Will be the case-theE my recourse
! is 10 the sheriff Of Allegheny county"
When the hour for the strike comes
there is not a doub, that every mil here
that is not already shut down viii close.
Those that Will be affected are the Ma
tionaI Rolling Mills. the Bouton Iron and
Steel Works, the United States Seamless
Tube Works, the National Galvanizing
] Works. and the MonouEaheia Furnaces,
all Of the National Tube Company. and
the United States Iron and Tin Plate
I Works, Of tho American Tin Plate Com
pauy. WhJre the Amalgamated AssOCia-
ti0n has not foothOid in these mills the
Federation Of Labor has. and by these
means the strike Will become effective
II is expected that notices OF discharge
for strikers Will be posted in the mills
here today.
The departure Of the men from the mills
VIII begin at $50 O'Clock this afternoon
Then some 8 900 men will end he weeks
work and If they obey Mr. SnaheF's or
der. viii not return 10 work. At inter
walls Of several hours, during the night,
other gangs viii leave OF work and at
O'Clock tomorrow morning all OF the mills
VIII have been closed until Monday at
any rate The great test viii come be
tween Midnight tomorrow and 10 O'Clock
Monday morning when work is usually
resumed.
Immediately following Tue news OF the
removal of the Wood mills came word
that at the Republic steel mills in Pitts
burg an order lad been posted 70 the ef-
feet that any cmploye or those mills who
tho regular hour would se discharged.
This news produced more excitement.
Then came the report thas the National
Tube mills here, which employ between
lI.CJJ and T. 100. were TO b. moved away.
The rumor came from F'ittsburg. but il
was lacking IN official confederation The
reports SAY that II is proposed 10 take one
plant TO Johnstown and that two big
mills viii be moved from Youngstown TO
PittsbLrg.
Organization stIH goes on here. Last
night Mr.. Flynn. Of the Federation OF la
bor, organized a new ledge If the Firth
Sterling Steel Company. The meeting was
a secret one and the leaders viii not dis
close the number Of members.
u is not certain that Samuel Gompcrs
viii speak here tonight. Air. Shaffer viii
make an address and there viii be half a
dozen meetings at different halls.
The police today are keeping crowds
from gathering IN the streets. They are
congratulaJiuE themselves that the Hun
gariaEs. the most dangerous element here
have not appeared in the streets as yet
They axe the active rioters