The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-08
Biz STEEL PLANT At
NEWCASTLE CLOSED
The Clark Mill at Pittsburg
Started Up.
HONORS ARE ABOUT EVEN
Steel Trustc First TTnrt =; C4A
Steel Trusts First Effort is to Start
Sheet Mills.
THE WORK IS TO BE DONE VERY QUIETLY
Skilled Men to be Taken From Mills Now in
Operation and Placed in Plants Where
There is Least Danger Of
an Outbreak.
(By the Associated Press,

Pittsburg, Pa, August I'm the big
steel strike honors are easy in this Soc
tion tonight. The Amalgamated Assoc
citation succeeded in closing down the
big steel plant at Newcastle and the
manufacturers partially broke the strike
at the Clark mill in this city Neither
side is exulting, nor is there any express
sion Of encouragement. Victory or de-
feat of either at this early stage Of the
warfare can have but little effect beyond
indicating the probable line of battle TO
be pursued by each.
Up to this hour not the slightest trou-
Die has occurred at any point in this
immediate territory, and Amalgamated
men are correspondingly happy because
this condition would seem to be the car
rylng out of the associations new depar-
turc in the handling of strikes. The ouiet
waiting of the strikers may be one of
the surprises limited at by the national
officers. From one or two opints the
strikers are reported as restless and
eager for action, but so far have kept
faith with their leaders and refrained
from committing any breach of the peace
that there will be any disorder in Pitts
burg on account of the steel strike. IL
there should be disorder, he says it VIII
be the duty of the police to suppress it.
and arrest all who are concerned in ii.
Recorder Brown incidentally remarked
that there would be no discrimination be-
tween strikers and employers and that
all are equal under the law and will
be SO treated.
The United States Steel Corporation, it
was learned today from an official source.
will at once proceed in a systematic man
ner to start its closed sheet mills, maxi
ing the non union plants of the Kiski-
minotas Valley the cradle where strike
breakers will be trained and then sent
out to the mills that are closed.
So far as President G. NJ. Schwab is
concerned no overtures will be made by
the trust to he workers. In a talk with
a Pittsburg man in New York yesterday,
he said
I'VE have made our last proposition to
the Amalgamated Association and will
now proceed to start our works.
President Shaffer makes this counter
statement:
The next proposition must come from
the United States Steel Corporation Off
cials."
Thus the two executives stand. 1t
seems as if only outside efforts can bring
them together. The trust officials have
decided to go ahead slowly in the matter
of starting mills and to do SO with as
little publicity as possible. The strong
holds of the sheet company are the mills
at Vandergrift, the largest in the cOun-
try, Lcechburg, Apollo and Scottdale. 1t
has been decided to take as many skilled
men away from these places as possible
without retarding operations and start
the mills where there is the least dan
ger of an outbreak. This move will be
undertaken slowly and with caution. The
plan further contemplates that after
time many of the strikers VIII return
when they see one after another of the
closed mills resuming. This plan was
tested the first few days Of this week 7nd
found to be feasible SO far as the mills
at Hyde Park and Wellsville go, and IL
has been decided to adopt it so far as the
sheet and hoop mills are concerned. Plans
for starting the closed tin plate mills
have not been completed. In this branch
the situation is different The tin plate
company have only six of their 232 roll
trains going, while the sheet company
have few less than half
The officials of the Amalgamated AS
sociation say that this move will in a
measure play into their hands. At Nc
Keesport, President Shaffer said that he
himself would lead men from Vandergrift
into the Wood Mill. The officials feel
that if they can get the Vandergrift men
away from their environments there little
trouble will be found in bringing them
into the association.