The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-22
UNION MEN ON THE WATCA,>.
New Employees Expected to Reach
McE(eesPort Tonight.

NA' IA l-L-Nt iis l. I'd. aug = nc num-
her Of strike FIckets about the DemmIer
steel Mil was greatly reduced this morn
ing and shortly before noon they were Wis
iole In groups Of only five or six men.
where last night and earlier today they
were To De seen In groups Of "a dozen OF
more AIoSt of them carried arms. A few
had pieces Of rubber hose the length of a
man. arm and. when questioned. they
promised 10 use their weapons If the need
came. Many more men were concealed
within calling distance and the mill was
iu state OF siege.
From the top OF the cliff that overIooks
the mill. yard watchmen, carrying brand
new baseball bats. could BE- seen patrol
ling the yards and keeping a sharp look
out about the entrances where the pick
cts would gather in groups now and then
as they met on their beats There were
more pickets on the river side Of the mill
than on the land side today because the
strikers fear that new men when they
are brought here. VIII come up the stream
on barEes.
a few groups Of pickets have been sta
toned ON the top Of a nigh hill on a bend
Of the river below the mill. where a view
of lock No can be had They are pro-
vided with means Tor signaling each other
by day or night in event OF any susupi-
cious boats being sighted
The cliff overlooking the DemmIcr mill
commands an uninterrupted view OF the
mill yards and offers an excellent point of
vantage for the strikers in the event Of a
battle The knowledge of this caused the
idboTers employed IN the mill to keep uu-
der cover today The stacks Of the six
furnaces in which fires were built last
night emitted smoke today at regular in
tervals as they are feG with coal. and
coal hoists on the river banks were busy
taking in coal from lot Of barges con-
tanning several thousand tons. The men
at work on the barges had to submit to
a good deal Of chaiiing from the pickets.
but they continued at their work without
interruption. IL looked this morning as il
the nOn-uppeaTanCe OF the new men had
been disappointment 10 mill managers
II is believed that the mill is being kept IN
readiness for these men, who may appear
at any time.
The mill men merely wanted to start
a riot 10 get the State troops I'm here"
said strike leader, "and II they DO that
they know that they can start I'D their
mills and We will not have half "A chance
10 stop thcm."
Mayor Blacks secretary today issued
Der manufacture had written to the
mayor in regard 10 establishing a rubber
mill here in the place Of the Devices Wood
Iron Mil.
The several hundred men who watched
over the tin-plate mill at DemnnIer an last
! night failed to discover any attempt TO
get non-uniOn men into the plant. II is
believed that 10 attempt TO take men in
would be made before tonight Knowing
/ the temper Of the strikers as they - il
is improbable that the managers Of the
mill will try TO rush men through the lines
IN daylight As the place IS piCketed now.
IL would be impossible 10 get a man in
without being detected except by under
ground passage.
IL was announced at Pittsburg last night
that men would be rushed into the
Demmler MOnessen mills. It was expect-
ed that they would be brought from
Pittsburg on the MonongaheIa branch Of
the Pennsylvania RaiIrt u and taken
across the river IN boats AT both points.
Upon learning this. the strikers hired ev-
cry boat that could be got upon this side
Of the river and several hundred Of them
watched all night on shore. more than
100 strikers watched the fence about the
mill. but not sign Of new man ap-
peared.
During the night the local strike lead
ers received TeassI-ilg messages from the
| strike leaders in P.ttsburg and from time
to time those here were apprised Of what
I the PittsbUrg men undoubtedly thought
I 10 De the fact. that the. non-union men
would be rushed in last night. At day
light the force Of pickets about the mill
l began 70 De augmented by men from the
hills and later the men vino had been up
all night went home and new shift was
on duty
II was evident last night that the strik-
ers were too alert to justify a further
move then, so only the fires in SIX Of the
working furnaces in the rolling sheds
Were started and then banked but not a
roll was turned except by the labOrers
( engaged in cleaning them II is expected
| that steam Will be turned on in the roll
sheds today so that the machinery may
7 be tried before any attempt is made TO
run the mill regularly.
The closing OF small stores as the re-
] suit Of the strike has begun. Three sa-
looms, two grocery stores. and butcher
! shop have closed and the prospects are
Z that more viii follow their example with
/ in a few DAYS. Yesterday the proprietor
/ OF one saloon drove all his patrons out of
, his barroom and locked his door He said
I that Ee did IT 20 keep the sheriff away.
/ The groeers and the butchers said they
could not collect the debts tn,y had on
I their books and that further credit meant
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