Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

ftoop Go. to Sign the New Schedule.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 1.-As a resul,
the refusal OF ihe representatives oil
be American Steal Sheet Co. and the
merican Steel Hoop Co., subsidiary
pmpanies of the great United States
Iteel Corporation, to sign the workers
lew scale at Saturdays conference,
trculars were sent out from the national
eAdqusIters of the Amalgamated AS
3iation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
esterday and today declaring a strike
Y allYthe Ilants OF the two combines
he great strike Is now on, but 1t
Ill be several days before its actual
ktent ia known. At the outset, how
Per, over $1,000 men will be involved,
! follows:
Union sheet mills-Etna- STANDARD
feel mills, Bridgeport, O., $500;
fidland steel mills, Munoie, Ind. !,
1000; Old Meadow Rolling mills,
Icottdale, 400; Salisbury rolling mills.
ialtsburg, 300; w. Deweas Wood mills,
qckeesport. 1000; Cambridge iron
hd steel mills, Cambridge, O., 4O0;
Ianton rolling mills, Canton, O., $50 /;
shartieiH iron and steel mills, Gar
egie. 300; Denpison rolling mills,
lennison, o., $50; Dresden iron and
keel mills, Dresdsn, o., 900; Faloor,
ION and nail mills, Niles, o., 450;
New Philadelphia mills, New Phiiadel.
hia, o., 700; piqua rolling mills,
Hqua, o., 600; Reeves iron mills,
&nal Dover, o., 750; Struthers iron
ullls, Struthers, o., 400; Corning steel
aills, Hammond, Ind, 300; Lautfman
teel mills, Paulton, 200; Hyde Park
rqn and steel mills, Hyde Park, $50;
otAl, 11,650.
Non union sheet mills-Apolln iron
Iud steel mills, Vandegriit, 5000;
Airkpatrick mills, Leechburg, $50;
Mellsville plate and sheet iron mills,
Welisville, O., 400; Scottdale iron and
Fteoi mills, Soottdale, $50; total, 5, 100.
Amerlcan Stee. Hoop Co., $4,000;
lna4pendent plants, 27 in number,
4otal number OF men involved in
Hfike, 35, 750.
THe American Steel Hoop 20. "a main
9lhees are in this CITY. The company
raRfhree non-union plants in this city.
fhey are Painters mills, on the South
5kaA and Lindsay & McCutoheon q and
ulfke's, located in Allegheny. The
84pany has also non-union plant at
M esssn, and one at Duncanyille,
Hpgh the employees Of the latter are
10y for organization "a .aoon as tha,
kt lgamated people will take them in.
w other plants oil. the company are
med by the amalgamated people
pnion. There are swo MT feunqa-, :,
n, and one each at Sharon n 33farc.
3enville, Pomeroy, O.,and WxSren, o. =
hat the strike Just inaugurated
NY eventually lead to is problemati.
Three months ago, whom a strike
purred In the Wood plant of the
nerican Sheet Steel Co., at McKees
Ft, because the company refused to
lew its men to become men,befs Of
"a Amalgamated Association, pfesi-
hs Shatfer threatened, if the Nc \
fesport strikers could not win with
sir own strength. he would order
~ 9 in every plant OF the company.
latter would not yield, he would
X en call out the union men In every
~ INT of the United States Steel Cor
cation. Such course would now
in the biggest strike the country
e ever seen, involving several hun.
ed thousand men. For the first lew
q Feks, the situation will not show the
ength of the association. Almost all
III the plants OF the company, union
non union, will be compelled to
Ht down during the early part of July
give the men rest. They have been
fixing steadily since the first of the
r, many of them without weeks
Fation. Unions and non union alike
demanding short vacation, and
II a. "a mn fhat tL
hies will be unable to keep anyone
N work for two or three weeks after
borrow. The heat is IN tense. aad
men, one vice president said today,
almost in state of revolt. 1t will
Natter, perhaps, the first of August.
len the combine makes serious at
hpt to start up 10 full, that the real
ttle will begin. ii no settlement has
bn reached at that time. The com
py cannot we'll delay operating
iger than that, ON account Of ira
fsent floods of orders. in fact, the
gent orders now ON the books can
Freely wait through July. Thus, the
pciatIon mas almost a month more
Prepare for the common struggle. 1t
the boasts OF the Amalgamared AS
iation officials that by that time
aoity of the combines plants.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 1.-Gradually
plans OF President Il. j. Shaffer OF
Amalgamated Association are being
Ppvered. Since the trouble in the
Dewees Wood mills, In McKeesport,
Few months ago, the Amalgamatsd
fooiation has been actively engaged |
breaking up the present arrange
at OF the combine in operating parts
ne plants with non-union men anti
othera with union men. Mr.. Shaffer |
thHt, " this is not checked, the |
Noi the Amalgamated Association is !
Eatened, for the combine will always |
X The union mills last. and the |
~ men will be sufferers by this |
rimiration. The strike against the |
Frican Sheet Steel Co. has been |
freq because this portion of the |
ted States Steel Corporation has
Iar stoou out against the increase |
Union mills. The American SteeI |
n 20. stands in the same position.
4s is arrayed against the union the |
branches of the United States |
bl Corporation. The scale for the |
erican Tin Plate Co., also mart Of
greater corporation, has been signed. |
position that the greater combine
psoed in practically frees the in- \
erdent plants from completely in |
Abattle. The fight is not for wages, |
for organization.
R.nbers of the advisory board of the
lgamated Association declare that
ssociation has surprise in store /
pe combine. 1--WE have not been
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