The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-01
Organized Labor 1naugurates Its
Fight Against the Sheet
Mill Owners.
MAY INVOLVE OTHER LINES.
United States Steel Corporation, a
Billion-Dollar Concern, May
Be Affected Next-Will
Fight to a Finish.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Pittsburg, Pa, June 30.-Despite the union
oeciaration against Sunday work, officials
OF the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
steel and Tin Workers spent to-day at the
general headquarters of the order in the
bissel block planning the proposed man.
moth strike against the United States Steel
Corporation.
Letters were sent to more than sixty
Thousand members Of the union throughout
the Middle West officially notifying them
OF the strike against the American Sheet
steer Company, which goes into effect with
the expiration of the present scale at mid
night.
Inc Advisory Board of the association
composed Of vice presidents and national
omcers, has been called to meet tomorrow
On It's action will depend whether the
United States Steel Corporation shall be
attacked now or later The plan of the
union officials to carry on the fight against
the United States Steel combination is to
notify all union men working in other mills
not to handle any of the product OF nom
union mills.
FOR the present only the employees of the
American Sheet Steel Company have been
oroered out. Should the combine succeed In
getting new men to operate its plants.
"hich Is not likely. as most of the mills are
working short-handed now. the union will
issue orders to Its men In other plants not
TO handle any Of the nonunion made sheets
OF olner material. II the men are dis.
charged for doing this, the order for a
strike VIII be thrown on the employers. This
matter Will be discussed at the meeting of
the Advisory Board tomorrow.
PRESIDENT Shaner is former Methodist
minister and Is a church goer but he had
ntele time Tor religious duties to-day.
Anstrncted by National Convention.
me sheet combine officials profanity
realize by this time that we are in earnest y,
ne said, while directing the work of mai,;,,y
circulars and giving orders about the str,xe
Ahe last convention in Milwaukae directed
us that where combine signed the scale n
must do 30 for all the mills controlled nv i,
Az cur nrst conference, Thursday, VIC said
11ss was tho only basis OF settlement tbat
cetld be made. General Manager p F..
smith OF the combine declared he would NOT
agree to 1t, and the conference was of.
Mf. Smith said he would present the com.
pany's rltimatum Saturday. and yesterday
ma called US together. When We met him
ne stated that our scale would be signed
without question, with the exception If the
,Oewees Wood Mills. the old Meadow min
IN scottdale and the plant at wellsville. o.
which Mr.. Smith always operated with non.
union men. and all other plants the asso.
citation does not now control.
Well, there was not any use talking over
proposition Of that kind. and we left Rim
Then ordered all sheet-miil workers on a
strtke after midnight. expect that 20 ono
men that the combination EMPLOYS win
quit. Some Of them are not members of the
union. but they are in sympathy with as.
do not care to state now what we will do
after We get the sheet men out We take
the ground that all sheet mills must be
union or all must be nonunion., and this hot
weather. when men do not want to work
y good time to test It. The Advisory
board has approved my course In calIing
out the sheet men, :
/ LEAVE IHEIR POSTS AT MIDNIGHT.
;Pittsburg, Pa. July 1.-Reports received
aeftsr mldnight from Scottdals, shesetown,
Cambridge, Canton, Niles. Bfidgeport..
Mellsvi1le, o., and Muncie,. Ind, are thaf
the men employed in the plants Of ne
american Sheet Steel Contrary In fhoee
places quit work at nlidnighta There WEI
/ no disorder n any OF the towns "a