The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-27

corporation.
IN the meantime both sides to the
controversy make claims of victory
The steel people point 10 the gains they
have made all along the line in the way
OF securing men and starting plants
while the Amalgamated otlcials say
that instead of losing ground the asso-
citation is gaining every day, ana tliat
while the combine has succeeded IN
starting a few plants. they are not
turning out merchantable material aLd
are losing money and breaking ValuaDie
machinery, and in the end VIII nave 10
ask their old men to come to the res
cue.
Claims Are RidiCuled-
The steel people ridicule the claims
Of the association, and point TO the
failure to induce the South Chicago
and Duquesne men to go on strike as an
evidence that the strength Of the Anal
gamated association has departed The
officials say the only plants at which
they expect difficulty are at star ana
the Lindsay and McCutcheon, buJ
they expect to overcome all troubles
there and have the mills running bull
at an early date.
The surprise of the day was the
Painter plant, with six mills-the same
mills that were running when the strike
began not a striker CDulu be -ott--e
anywhere near the mill.
we stared this morning with six
mills running full" said Supeuntend-
ent Harper. Week before last we be-
gan with two mills. and we kept run
ming all that week on day turn Last
week we added two more mills, also
keeping them running on day turns
This morning we ADDED two more mills
making six in all. About 80 per cent
In n
are old men, quite a lot Of them strik-
ers
A report from Wheeling today is that
the manager Of the Aetna Standard
sheet plate mill Of the American Sheet
Steel company has received orders from
the general officers To dismantle sheet
mill No. and ship the machinery TO
Vandergrist. Pa. The work Of dis
mantling win be commenced at once
The strikers at Wellsville are jubilant
tonight over the official news. coming
to them from Irondale. These reports
say that all Of the men who have been
working in the mill. except Ira ana
Harry Householder. refused 10 go back
to work. and were reinstated in the
Amalgamated lodge. These two men,
with the addition Of James and Harry
Hindman. constituted the entire Work
ing force of the mill today. Those four
men make one-half Of one crew, re-
curing eight men to man "a tin mill.
one mill was working today with this
partial crew, the remainder Of the plant
being idle.
Mayors Peculiar Act.
Mayor Black of AIcKeesport today
fined John Sheridan, a workman in
the Devices Wood mill, $25 and costs.
and Sheridan viii have TO serve thirty
DAYS in the work house in default of
bail. Sheridan has been spotted for
some time by the strikers because ne
said the strike would not succeed and
that he wanted to return TO work lie
was drinking hard Saturday night and
was locked up. Today a the hearing
no information appeared against him,
but Mayor Black fined him because he
heard ne had called him names. He
then refused bond for the fine. and
refused to let reporters inspect the
docket or transcript of the case unless
they would guarantee the fine and
costs When asked his reasons for such
treatment of a prisoner, he said;
Just sent him up for his health
SUPERINTENDENT D. N. PitcOck Of the
Demmler tin plate mills said tonight the
mill would be started this week with
the old men. Ten city police and srrlk-
ers are guarding the plant tonight
The officials of the various plants
that have been started during the pass
week in Pittsburg say they have made
gains in all Of them. More men have
come to work. and the output IS III
every case increased
The Painter plant of the hoop COM
bine started two additional mills TO-DAY
and the officials say that before the emf
of the week these mills VIII be working
double turn The Star mills are being
0perated By non-union tin workers. and
two double mills are turning out salts
factory black sheets
Manager Arthur Piper claims that
the mills VIII be operated three turns
before the end of the week. The Lind
v-ATcCutcheon mills in Allegheny
have two mills running, and it is eG-
uected they viii be put on double turn
Iate- in the week The Clark hoop
mills in IawrenceVille are operated I'm
f1IU for a single turn. but the officials
saw every one Of the six mills viii be
on double turn before the week ends.
Are Operating Mills.
officials Of the upper and lower union
mills Of the Carnegie works today
claimed that there was no difficulty in
operating their mills. They denied that
the refusal of some OF their men to re-
turn to work had affected the plants IN
any way. To all outward appearances
tn lower mills were running as usual
today. though the company has issued
strict injunctions against entrance 30
the mills or the Offices by any one not
employed there.
At AmaIgamated headquarters t0dsy
there was little of interest tTanspirinE-
The mail fer the officials was heavy.
ar Secretary Williams received q
number Of checks representing contri-
buttons from Amalgamated lodges n