The sun., 1901-09-01

gkhEstphls ia. aug "a u' Hutht
rott j. believed To have been passed In the
.suat,pn At the Duqussne works Of the
C,rrcric Steel Company. The attempt
,o.iamrede a. the men 20 n strike at midnight
l,t night proved n complete failure and
,ho,,t A dozen men lost their jobs for head
,ry the movement. The plant was running
,n fuu to-day, In spite Of contradictory
statements On IN. part Of the men who
v.re discharged and the mann cement
.s,. thai there h no further danger of any
dis'urtancc,
>iut D. T. Parks said this morning that
,berc are few. II any. Analgamated men
r.u 10 IN. mills and that no effort to organ
~, them can 10 successful. The alleged
.,,ser- sav that leS men in the open hearth
5erafiincnt Rfe ready 90 join an orgsniza-
,,r, ri, tho most remarkable part OF this
/, thai al. tho mon remained at work this
rsfning except the dorm who were dis-
charged last night by Supt. Parks.
ue'ruuble came shortly before midi gh
4 ,,lmmitie. ~ twelve went to Supt. Parks
ami iuform~d him that Il would be unneces-
.arv io charge the furnaces for the next
tprn y. tho men intended 20 quit AZ \
o'c'uck This morning. the hour when the
ugIf crew comes % and the day crew
go "a Supt. Parks Immediately began
Al Inv,,; ,;igatinn and few minutes later
,rirrcd the members sf the committee
g. tho Office aud discharged them. The
discharged men were not permitted To
speak 90 any other workm.n about the mill.
1ut each. escorted by a policeman, was
taken out ~ the company gnound-
n. discharged men gathered about tho
Il 81 "a a.,
have been dist harg,d Within the last two
weeks ~ help swell the crowd. In a short
time fhev Rad about ioU men gathered
at,u' the gates. Meantime they had tele-
phoucd 20 all the papers In Mckeesport
aul httsburg announcing that the Du-
que>nc mills had gone out And advising
that reporters be rushed to the scene. A.
a." same time the news was spread dill
gar'lv about tho town. and although IL
va, after midnight a crowd gathered. Ry
NJ. time the reporters reached tho place
there was a crowd of respectable propor-
iions about the mill gate and the leaders
IN tho movement were full to the hIim with
Information about the strike. They as
-e-'ed that the entire open hearth steel de-
par,mcu, had walked out at midnight and
therc we're enough men there declaring
iha, they had participated IN tho Walk-out
o. lend color 10 the story.
The mill officials had all been called from
their holmes To the mills and refused to be
seen or to answer any questions. Alto
gsther II wac ono ot tho most cieveriy
worked -rhems- 10 start a stampede IN the
Industrial history OF AHcShcny county.
livery fact secms,d To credit th, story that a
strike had really taken place. and even
the Pitt-blrg morning papcrs ana IN"
early editions 81 the evening papers cam"
out with big headlines announcing the
entering Of the wcdg. into the Carnegie
mills.
The strikers were jubilant over the pros
p-c,s and the McKeesport men felt psrti'1i-
lsrly elated. aS they attributed " all To the
parade held by the Mckeceport strikers
YESTERDAY afternoon They felt sure that
the moral influence Of that thin line Of idle
workingmen trailing through the rain had
resulted In tie-up OF the great mills
President George Holloway of the Wood
mill strikers went to Duguesne about
o'clock this morning and returned an hour
OF two later with his face wreathcd IN
smiles
IL was 10 O'Clock before the truth was
known definitely General Manager Albert
Hunt took a decfded method OF proving
To- the newspaper correspondents that the
mill WIS not shut down. He took the
r~porters through the mills and showed
them that every department was IN iull
operation except the open hearth, where
four furnaces are on for repairs.
Duquesna u entirely Carnegie town.
There Is no other industry In that town
except that Of the Carnegie Steel Company
The Duquesne Tube Company and the
Howard Plate Glass Company had exten-
sive works there, but the Carnegie people
needed the room and bought out the other
concerns Now every man. woman and
child In the town " either dircc,ly or IN
directly the beneficiary OF the Carnegie
steel Company The town " oOs Of the
most prosperous IN the valley Although
the mills are non-union the Duquesne
~orkmen have always received higher
wages than are paid In any of the union
mills and they are perfectly satisfied with
the present arrangements None OF them
wants 20 strike and y not the least back
ward In saying 20. Nearly all OF them own
their own homes or are paying Tor them,
ard they do not desire In be forced into
tdenes. 10 assist in n lost cause, a cause
that was los, before the fight started,
All the trouble that has occurred In the
Duque-ne mills during the last two weeks
and which has resulted In the dischaf ge OF
= number ~ the vorkmen. has been In the
open hearth department This department
las been in operation only about year
and th" Workfngu there arc mostly new
comer- in th" town. OF those vino have
been active in fom"nting the trouble the
majority have secured PLACES within the
past six or eight weeks with the avowed
intention, Il i believed, Of starting trouble.
The mill officials believe tie troublemakers
were planted In the mill by the Anlalga.
mated Association for that purpose II
they were the effort has proved futile
The leaders have all been picked out and
discharged and tho r,=t of the men say
they ais sati-f and win remain At work
Tho report that Dlquesnc had come out
carried great JOY 10 the hearts uf the sirlk-
"fs Who were not on the inSid" OF the game.
and huit them up wonderfully. " vas
cruel attempt. however. a. the spirits of
he m"u sank rapidly after the truth b"-
cams known ana tonight they are moro
dissatisfied than ever. The leaders OF tho
puqucsnc movement aver. howcvcr. that
IA" real criSis will not come until io-morrow
evening 1hl. NAV or may not ir true.
J. - certain that inorc 80 lrss troubled
NuuIItiun exists in the oI-n hearth steel
i.faf' n"ui. hut whether u y a. had as
De- l.aI'r~ would have th" gcn~ral public
b'',H"vr j. auothsT QUESTION.
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