Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-12
THE DAY PASSED WITHOUT
ANY EXCITING FEATURES.
The Men at Milwaukee and South Chicago Decline
to Quit Work,
President Shaffer Passed a Quiet Day, Having Con-
scientious Scruples Against Sunday Work. If 1t Can
Possibly Be Averted--Both Sides Lining Up For the
Big Conflict Yet to Come.

PFTTSBURG, August 1.-THE iron
masters are tonight claiming victory in
the great steel strike. They base their
claim upon the refusal of the Amalga-
mated men at Chicago, Joliet and Bay
View to obey the general strike order
of President Shaffer and their success
In maintaining operations in other
plants where it was anticipated that
there would be serious trouble. The
hrike leaders meet the claims of vie
tory with the assertion that their cause
is making satisfactory progress and that
h viii show themselves masters OF
the situation before the contest has
progressed much farther. They do not
conceal their disappointment at the re-
fusal of their western brethren to join
the leaders would discuss the detection.
the leaders would discuss the DETECTION.
President Shaffer refused to meet the
newspaper men who sought hsm and
kept within the seclusion of his home.
The other leaders who were seen init
ments tomorrow and throughout the
ments tomorrow and throughout tn
week that would materially change the
situation. They would not say, how
ever, what they had in mind, or how
their cause was to gain in strength. 1t
was said that they were counting upon
strong aid from the American Fedora
ton of Labor and other organizations
OF union labor, but those bodies have
not yet given any public indication of
what they will do.
The Amalgamated Association has de-
veloped great strength in the Wheeling
district. and have made gains in some
of the Pennsylvania districts, but 1t
will be tomorrow before the lines OF
cleavage will be marked with suffi-
Gent clearness for a count of the men.
The strike headquarters were closed
to-day and tonight, and it was claimed
that no reports were being received
from the outlying districts as to the
progress of the strike except in a gen
eral a The steel officials were in
communication with their superintend-
ents and district managers and at IL
o'clock made public the result OF their
reports. The latter showed that South
Chicago, Joliet and Bay View at Mil
waukee had voted to stay in, that the
Ohio works Of the National Steel Com
pany at Youngstown, and the King, Gil
bert and Warner plant of the National
Steel Company at Columbus had re-
sumed without trouble; that the Home
stead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Up
per and Lower Union. and Howard Axle
works OF the Carnegie group, employing
more than Is, 900 men, had resumed
without trouble; that the converting
and blooming mills Of the National
Tube Company at McKeesport had start
ed without difficulty, and that Bellaire
had been only partially crippled. They
were also advised that the men of the
Boston rolling mills at McKeesport had
notified the National Tube Company
that they would go out tomorrow, and
that, while the National Tube plant at
McKeesport would be started in the
morning, it was certain that many men
would go out. They were also notified
that their Wheeling plants were Grip
pied, and that it was uncertain what
would be done there. Their advices
also said that the Clark mill here, which
has been running non-union for several
Gays would be started up as usual to-
morrow morning, and that there was
no doubt about its successful operation.
The steel officials were elated over their
showing at the Carnegie plants and in
Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin, and ex-
pressed confidence in speedy victory
over the Amalgamated Association.
Secretary Williams tonight said:
we agreed to arbitration be-
cause the business men and citizens OF
Pittsburg urged us to do so. We were
willing to risk the interests Of our or
SANITATION in the hands of others in
this dispute, if there was any prospect
for peace. 1t is practically the first
tme in the history of our organization
that we have gone this far. The effect
upon the future would be fa~r-reaching,
as it would enable manufacturers to
ask the same concession from us and
this we have in the past declined to
grant because we feared the results.
fh1s arbitration being turned down
nat n Internationally, those who
nave been urging us to submit to it will
nave a chance to prove their interest
and friendship for Us in our inevitable