Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-07-25
The STEEL STRIKE.
Financial Assistance Offered the
: Amalgamated Association.
The STRIKE COSTLY TO BOTH SIDES


Pittsburg, Pa, July 1S.-"We have
not heard from the other side at any
time, in any way or on any subject
since we parted at the Lincoln hotel
last Saturday" This positive state.
ment made by President Shaffer, Of
the Amalgamated association, yester
day afternoon disposes of the rumol
from New York that the strike had
been settled. Mr.. Shaffer stated
further that no actual negotiations
were on between President Bishop
of the Ohio state arbitration board.
and himself tending toward arbitra.
ton. A letter received by Mr.
Shaffer from Mr.. Bishop asking il
he would consent to q reopening Of
the conference has not been an.
swered yet.
The principal events in the days
strike history was the failure of the
sheet steel people to reopen the
Wellsville plant with non-union men;
the offer of financial assistance made
to the Amalgamated association by
the 100000 members of the Amer.
can Federation of Labor and by the
American Window Glass Workers as.
sociation; the determination of the
association to organize the immense
sheet steel plant at Vandergrift and
the fact that several of the closed
plants are being patrolled by armed
watchmen and guards.
The Amalgamated officials flast
night professed great satisfaction
over the results accomplished since
the strike began, but officials of the
companies, as heretofore, will say
nothing.
The steel strike is daily costing
the three companies involved $4,000
and the workmen $156,00O. II is es
timated that in the daily loss of near
ly $4,000 boxes of tin plate day.
the American Tin Plate company is
daily losing over 100000, while the
loss to the canning companies unable
to secure their material is enormous
in addition.
A dispatch from New York says:
Capital, as represented by the $1,000
100000 steel corporation. has accepted
the opportunity for finish fight with
labor, the organization of mill en-
ploycs, and the present strike is to be
made the final test of strength. No
compromise and no conference with
the men until the Amalgamated asso
citation of iron, steel and tin workers
recedes from its position is the de-
cision of the United States Steel cor.
poration, according to statement
made by representative of the high.
est interests in the big combine,
While the declaration was not off.
cial, II was given out after consulta
tions between J. Pierpont Morgan
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
steel company and other officers OF
the combines Interested. In addi
ton to The agreement that no pro-
posal except absolute surrender by
the association will he listened to,
It is known that the heads Of the com
panies making up the steel corpora
tons are determined never to permit
the unionizing of the mills which up
to this time have employed union
men,
Pittsburg, Pa, July 1o.-The most
important news regarding the steel
workers strike that reached Pitts
burg yesterday was the action of the
men employed in the Duncansville
plant of the American Steel Hoop
company. A telegram was received
by President Shaffer from the men
in the morning asking if they should
strike. The message was surprise
for the Amalgamated people, as they
were not looking for this news SO
soon. President Shaffer answered,
telling the men not to come out un-
less they were organized. If organ
lied, they should strike, for they were
needed. In the afternoon telegram
was received from Duncansville ask
ing that an organizer be sent to them
at once. In compliance with this re-
quest Vice President John Poerce
started for Duncansville yesterday
evening to complete the organiaa-
ton. The Duncansville plant is the
last of the hoop plants to remain at
work and the Amalgamated associa-
ton officials say if they are success
full in closing this plant they will be
masters of the situation as far as the
Steel Hoop company is concerned at
least.
The storm center of the great strike
was yesterday moved from Pittsburg
to Wellsville, 0. News that the Wells
vile plant of the American Sheet
Steel company was now in shape to
run full and that men would be i'm
ported from Vandergrift, Pa, and
other points to work all mills caused
President L. j. Shaffer, of the Anal
gamated association, to rush there
from Pittsburg to give courage to
the striking mill men.
The Amalgamated officials, Trustee
John Morgan, Vice President John
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