Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-08-15
1ss,"t r CLAIM A VICTORY.
fronmasters Are Highly EInted
Over the Strike situation.

Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. Is. The iron
masters are claiming victory in the
great steel strike. They base their
claim upon the refusal of the Anal
gamated men at South Chicago, Joliet
and Bay View to obey the general
strike order of President Shaffer and
their success in maintaining operations
In other plants where 1t was antici-
pated that there would be serious
trouble. The strike leaders meet the
claims of victory with the assertion
that their cause is making satisfactory
progress and that they will show them
selves masters of the situation before
the contest has progressed much fur
ther. They do not conceal their disap-
pointment at the refusal OF their West
ern brethren to join with them in the
strike, but none of the leaders would
discuss the defections. President
Shaffer refused to meet the newspaper
men who sought him, and kept within
the seclusion Of his home. The other
leaders who We're seen intimated that
there would be developments to-day
and throughout the week that would
materially change the situation. They
would not say, however, what they
had in mind or what their cause was
To Gain i'm Strength.
1T vas said they were continuing upon
strong aid from the American Fedora
ton of Labor and other organizations
of union labor, but those bodies have
not yet given n public intimation of
what they will do. The Amalgamated
association has developed great
strength throughout the Wheeling dis
trict and has made gains in some
Pennsylvania districts. The strike
headquarters were closed yesterday
end 1t was claimed that no reports
were being received from the outlying
districts as to the progress of the
strike except in a general way. The
steel managers were in communication
with their superintendent and district
managers and at IL o'clock made pub
lie h result of their reports. The lat
ter showed that South Chicago, Joliet
and Bay View, Milwaukee, had voted
to stay in; that the Ohio works of the
National Steel company at Youngstown
and the King, Gilbert & Warner plant
Of the National Steel at
Columbus had
without TroubIe,
that h Homestead, Edgar Thompson.
Duquesne, Upper and Lower Union.
Howard and Werkle works of the Car
negie group, employing more than 49,
600 men, had resumed without rouble.
that the converging and blooming mills
OF the National Tube company at Me-
keesport had started without difficulty
and that Bellaire had been only mar
tally crippled. They were also advised
that the men of the Boston rolling
plant IT McKeesport had notified the
company they would go out TODAY
ana while the National Tube plant ut
McISeesport would be started in the
morning, II was certain MANY men
would go put. They were also notified
that their Wheeling plant was cripnled
and 1t was uncertain what would he
done there. Their advices also saw that
Clark mill here, which has been
running non-union for several days
would be started up as usual this
morning and there was no doubt of lis
successful operation. The steel OF.
fcials were elated over their showing
at the Carnegie plants and in Illinois
Ohio and Wisconsin, and expressed
confidence In speedy victory over the
strikers.