The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-08
STEEL STRIKE H0NORS EASY.
Both the Trust Magnates and the Strikers
Scored Point Yesterday.

pittsburg Pa, August lin the big
steel strike honors are easy In this section
tonight The Amalgamated association sue
Ceeded in closing down the big steel plant
at Newcastle and the manufacturers par
TALLY broke the strike at the Clark mill
in this city
The United States Steel corporation, it
was learned today from an Official source.
viii at once proceed in a systematic man
ner to start it's closed sheet mills, making
the nonunlon plants Of the hisklmenetas
Valley lhe cradle where strike breakers
will be trained and then sent out to the
mills that are closed,
So far rs President Schwab Is concerned,
no oyertures will be made BY the trust
10 the workers. In a talk with Pitts
burg man in New York yesterday he said:
1--WE have made our last proposition 60 the
Amalgamated association and will now pro.
coed TO start our works"
President Shaffer makes this counter
statement: "The next proposition must
come from the United States Steel corpo
ration.
The trust officials have decided to 20
ahead slowly in the matter Of starting
mills and TO do SO with as little pub.
sheet company are the mills ut Wander
grIft, Elchberg, Apollo and scottinle. 1t
has been decided to tnke as many skilled
men away from these places as possible
without retardlng operations there and
start the mills where there is the least
danger of nm outbreak
Places left vacant at the mills mentioned
will be filed with men deserving of pro.
motion, and they will be given better 20.
sitlons. This movement will be undertaken
slowly and with caution. The plan fur.
Their contemplates that after a time many
of the strikers will return when they SEQ
one after another of the closed mills re.
Stunning.
The officials of the Amaigamated assoela-
tlon say that this move Will In measure
play Into their hands. AT McHeesport,
president Shaffer said that he himself
would lead the men from Nandergrlft into
the Wood mill. The officials feel that IL
they can get the Nandergrlft men away
from their environments there little
trouble will be found In bringing them into
In discussing the move, Assistant secre-
taiy righe said: "Thai effort viii not
extend very far, because there ale only a
lew skilled men ayai'lble, ard before
enough can be trained to operate mills
now will 1y pretty thick.
A mota of that Kind might be attempt
ed Ia Bessemer or open hearth steel mills
but In sheet mill. where the skill re-
quired is Of the highest order, the plan
can not do anything but ultimately fail.
The action Of the structural iron work.
ers in the present strike was tersey out
lined by j. W. Pyale, secretary Of the
lhidge and Structural lfon Workers, who
said today: There are No union mills
making structural steel or iron, and our
men have been working the material fur
nisbed them and will continue DOING 50.
"A canvass Of Pittsburg joobers de.
yeloped that the supply of botn sheet ana
tin plate Is rapidly running behind the dc
mand, especially IN fin plate. The Amen,
Its quotation OF $4.25 per box, but CON
sumers have paid this week as high ~
So 30 for boxes for immediate delivery. The
combine price for sheets Is $50 per ton, but
SO and so have been paid for sheet avail
The Independent mills are reaplng
harvest They are taldng contracts al
prices as high In some cases 9s $40 a ton
FOR future delivery.
THE sales department Of the American
sheet steel company has given notice 70
some time. as the capacity 81 the operating
mills has been contracted for
With the issue q The general strike o..
theory that ccnfronts the public, but 9n
actual condition. me result Is that the
tension which kept everybody ia suspense
last week as 10 what wOnid be the outcome
II the dily dallying conferences aud meet
ings has nov been lifgfd, he suspense ig
over aud although while the immediate ef-
fect Is deplorable, tnose directly interested
rre not 30 much affected as the grereuesa
~ the situation would warrant.
It Is generally accepted as fact that
the struggle viii not be terminated until
one or the other OF the cOntendlng parties
Is defeated There are some Who express
the opinion that the order OF President
S;haffer will mot 80 into edeetthat n con-
promise win be MADE before the week u
ont. Az far Is IHttspurg Is concerned. all
though Il is the headquarters Of the Anal
ganated association. lew men are inm,s-
diately involved In the strike Ia coiEpah
fhroushouf the country being almost 100
CO men,
There n NO Question that the yaliops com
panies Fl fss DATED States Steel corpsra-