New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
OWNERS CLAIM VICTORY.
OFFICIALS MAKE PUBLIC REPORTg
FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS.


night claiming victory in the great steel strike.-
They base their claim the refusal OF the
AmaIgamated men at South Chicago. Joliet and
Bay View to obey the general strike order OF
President Shaffer and their success in main-
tanning operations in other plants where it was
anticipated 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
themselves masters of the situation before the
contest has gone much further. They do not.i
conceal their disappointment at the refusal OF
their Western brethren to join with them in the
strike but none Of the leaders would discuss thss
detection.
President shaner refused TO meet the news
paper men who sought him. and kept within the
secIusion Of his home. The other leaders who
were seen intimated that there would be de-
veIopments tomorrow and through the week
that would materially change the situation-
They would not say. however. what they had in
mind or how their cause was to gain in strength
II was said that they were counting upon strong
aid from the American Federation of Labor and
other organizations Of organized labor, but those
bodies have not yet given any public indication
of what they will do The Amalgamated Asso-
citation has developed great strength in ths
wheeling district, and has made gains in some
of the PENNSYLVANIA districts. hut it will be to-
morrow before the lines Of cleavage Will be
marked with sufficient clearness for count Of
the men
The strike headquarters were closed to-day
and tonight. and il said that no reports
were being received from the outlying districts
as to the progress Of the strike. except in a.
general way.
REPORTS FROM VARIOUS TOWNS
The steel officials were in communication with
their superintendents and district managers,
and at IL o'clock made public the result Of their
reports. These showed that South Chicago.
Joliet and Bay View. at Milwaukee, had voted
to stay in: that the Ohio works of the National
steel Company. at Youngstown. and the King.
Gilbert and Warner plant Of the National Steel
Company at Columbus. had resumed work with
out trouble; that the Homestead. Edgar Thom-
son, Duquesne, Upper and Lower Union, and
/ Howard Axle Works. of the Carnegie group. en-
/ pIoying more than $1,000 men. had also again
/ begun operations; that the converting and
/ blooming mills of the National Tube Company.
+ at McKeespOrt, had started without difficulty
/ and that BeIlaire had been only partially
I crippled Their advices from ylingo Junction
/ were that the men in the Mingo plant had joined
! the strikers and that the works We're closed.
+ There will be developments at Monessen to-
night for the turn in the big plant of the Ameri-
can Tin Plate Company does not begin until 0
/ o'clock tomorrow morning There are reports
: of prospective trouble there.
The United States Steel officials reticenE
about the big Riverside tube plant at BenwOod-
/ w Va. which partly proves that it has been.
/ crippled by the strikers Summing UP the sttu~-
/ alton at midnight it looks as if the Steel Cor
poration will be able 10 NIL its contracts for steel
/ plates structural material billets. slabs. rails
heavy and light merchant steel bars. railroad
/ track supplies axIes bridges and structural
| work 1t can supply all wire nails. wire goods
and steel rods. about $4,000 boxes week of tim
pIate a limited supply of hoops and bars and a.
fair supply of sheets. made exclusively in ths
Kiskeminetas Valley
They were also advised that the men OF the
Boston rolling mills at McKeespOrt had notified
N the National Tube Company that they would
! go ont tomorrow, and that while the National,
Tube plant at McKeespOrt would be started in
the morning il certain that many men
would go out. They also informed that
their Wheeling plants were crippled. and that It
was uncertain what would be done there. Their
advtces also said that the Clark mill here which
has been running non-uniOn for several days.
would be started up usual tomorrow morn
ing and that there was no doubt about its sue
cessfuI operation. The steel officials were elated
over their showing at the Carnegie plants. and
in Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin. and expressed
confidence in speedy victory the Amalga-
mated Association
Fifty more men have been added to the force
al work dismantling the Devices Wood mills at
McKeesport and fifty cars Of coal ordered for
the mills have been sent back TO the coal con-
tractors The steel officials report that the sit
uatiOn at Leechburg. Salisbury. NandersrlIts
Hyde Park and Apollo continues TO be satis-
factory them
Fires were lighted in the Canal Dover (Ohio)
plant tonight. and ii is reported that it will be
started by non-union men tomorrow morning
II is understood that the Elba rolling mills here
will be tied up II was announced to-day that
John Stevenson, chief engineer Of the Sharon
Steel Company suggested and aided in
planning the proposal for arbitration which
failed Just before the strike began The Anal
Ninety suburban towns described in No q -Four