The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-08-22
REFUSE TO OBEY
THE STRIKE ORDER
Chicago Steel Workers Refuse to
Quit and Are Expelled
From Order.
LODGE CHARTERS ARE REVOKED
They Decline to Quilt on Account of Con.
tracts with Conpany-Other West
ern Lodges Likely to Take
Similar Action.

Chicago. Aug. 16.-There will be no
Strike of the employees at the steel mill
in South Chicago. This point was set
tied last night when the men refused
to reconsider the action taken Sunday
last at which time they decided to
stand by their contracts with the mills
and refused to join the strikers.
After they had declined to reconsider
last night Assistant Secretary M. Il.
Tighe, of the Amalgamated associa-
ton, declared that he would revoke
the charters of both lodges Of the
Amalgamated association In the South
Chicago mills and declared the men
outside of the organization. The men
ter and cheers
BY far the greater number Of the
members of the two lodges had gone
to work instead of coming to the meet
ing and only a handful was present.
Mr.. Ilghe made Il long address to she
men, giving them the story Of the
strike from the standpoint Of the
Amalgamated association and asking
them to help the men in the east by
quitting the mills in South Chicago.
Several speeches We're made by the
local members, the trend being that
the men considered themselves bound
by contracts with their employers and
that they did not think that 1t was
their duty to turn their backs on these
contracts at the bidding of the officers
OF the association.
At IL o'clock a vote was taken on the
question Of reconsideration and by an
overwhelming majority the men re-
fused to reopen the question. Mr..
Tighe then announced that the char
tiers of both lodges We're revoked and
the meeting dissolved.
After leaving the meeting Mr.. Tighe
expressed himself as greatly disap-
pointed at the action taken last even
ing and said that tomorrow he will go
to the Bay View mills at Milwaukee
and also to those at Joliet. If these
men decline to reconsider their action
In refusing to join the ranks of the
strikers he will declare the charters
of all their lodges forfeited and rule
the men out Of the association.
Rumors of Settlement.
Pittsburg, Aug. 16-Rumors of a set
Element of the steel strike are again be-
ing revived but confirmation Of them at
any source is impossible. 1t is re-
lated circumstantially that the Anal
2amated knows 1t cannot win, that the
United States Steel corporation fears
the loss Of both skilled men and orders
to the independent mills and that they
are close to terms which will be salts
factory to both. The situation today
can be generally summarized as fol-
lows: I'm round numbers the last
strike order by President Shaffer has
been obcyed by 10000. The total mum
Der who have struck or have been rem
dered idle by all these orders is now
placed at $4,000 The manufacturers
continue to hold their ground at Chi
cago, Joliet, Bayview. Youngstown, Co.
lumbus, the lkickimintas valley and all
the Carnegie plants except the lower
Union mill at Pittsburg. In the latter
the strikers have made some gains.
The steel managers also count the re-
fusal Of the furnace men Of the Ma
honlng and Shenengo valleys to strike
victory. The steel corporation also
scored today in reopening two mills at
the Painters plant in Pittsburg and in
forcing the opening Of the Crescent
Tin Plate mill at Cleveland
The strikers scored heavily at Nc
Keesport today, when nearly 5000 men
and boys employed by the National
Tube company Joined the strike and
tied up the plant. They also expect to
completely close everything in the
Wheeling district and assert. that the
last man will go out after the mass
meeting to be addressed by President
Shaffer today. The strikers are in
complete control at Bellaire, and Mingo
junction. Good order rules.