The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-17
STRIKERS SATISFIED
PLEASED WITH THEIR SHOW OF
STRENGTH.
TRUST MEN WILL NOT TALK.
NO DISPOSITION SHOWN TOWARD
ARBITR

Surprising Strength Shovn-AII
Steel Hoop Plants Closed, but One
Small Mill, and Only One Tin Plate
Mil at WOrk-President ShafYer
Snys There VIII Be No Sympnthet-
ic strikes at Prescnt-SteeI Trust
OmciaIs Sny They VIII Make No
Effort for Peace.
Pittsburg, July 16.-The second strike
day closed with the Amalgamated OFF,
cials in a satisfied mood, and claiming
to have made good every promise as
to results. on the other hand the
manufacturers will not say a word con
cerning the strike. and will not be
quoted in any way.
The Amalgamated people say nothing
has been said to them of any plan for
mediation or arbitration, and they will
continue to carry out their programme
as originally announced.
The surprising strength of the Anal
gamated Association at points that
were considered the strongholds of the
non union element is one of the fea-
lures of the present steel strike. With
the closing of the Monessen Hoop Mill
and the Clark Mill to-day, they tied up
every plant of the American Steel Hoop
Company with the exception of the
small plant at DuncansVille Pa. These
accessions are looked upon as very
| important. Only one tin plate mill,
| that at Monessen, remains at work.
To-day word was received at Anal
gamated headquarters stating that the
| men of the DuncansVille plant were
| ready to close when ordered.
President Shaffer said he had demon
strated that all the mills that he had
demanded a scale for were under con-
| troll of the organization.
No sympathy strike Now.
In regard to the threat of President
! Shaffer to call out all the workmen i'm
the other union plants of the United
| States Steel Corporation made on Sat
urday, a significant statement from
him to-day that just now he was not in
| the sympathetic strike business, is
looked upon as meaning that for the
present the men will be allowed to con-
tinue at work President Shaffer an
nounced that strike benefits will go to
the idle men from the time of the
actual Inauguration of the strike yes
| terday. The association has a substan-
tial fund, he says, and the men remain
ing at work in plants outside of the big
steel combine will pay literally to sup
port the strike. Moreover, many of
| the idle men are anxious for a vaca-
ton. He is preparing circular of in
| formation on the strike. He said of 1t:
"1t will be a circular letter to the
| general membership of our order, stat
ing our position, arguments and expec-
| tations."
| VIII Not Call on Coal Miners.
When asked about President Mitch
ellis statement last night, President
Shaffer said:
II shall not ask the miners to go on
such a strike. God help the poor coal
miner He is the best union man in
the world and the poorest paid of them
all. He has troubles enough of his
own, and we have no desire to involve
him. But while / shall not invite nor
solicit a sympathetic strike, the ANAL
gamated Association stands ready at
any time to effect an alliance with the
United Mines Workers or any other
| kindred organization, many of whose
! members are employed by the United
States Steel Corporation"
Vice President Rees reported to head
quarters that he had organized the men
in the William Clark's Sons mill. TAX
ing i'm the lodge 100 men out of 500 en-
ployed and as a result the plant was
closed to-day. This mill was the only
hoop plant in the city that worked yes
terday and has been non-union since
1899. The Scottdale and Old Meadow
| plants are still at work, but nothing
was heard from Salisbury.
The Number of Men on Strike.
A revised list of the plants of the
three combinations affected by the
strike was prepared this morning, to-
gether with the number of skilled work
ers. In the mills of the American Tin
! Plate Company, twenty-five men are
employed in three turns i'm each mill.
The tin plate combination employs at
its 270 mills 1890 skilled workers. OF
this number 6,966 are on strike and 324
are working at the National Works at
| Monessen.
The Amalgamated men employed on
| each turn in a sheet mill number fif-
teen. Each mill employs As skilled
men. The American Sheet Steel Com
pany employs 1910 skilled men in its
1G6 mills. OF this number 2,250 skilled
men are at work at so mills that have
not been closed by the strike. The
number Of skilled men on strike is g.,
220.
In the American Steel Hoop Company
there are 1000 skilled workmen and all
but 250 at the Duncansville plant, are
idle.
This makes 10000 skilled worknen
out at present. IL is estimated that the
unskilled labor affected will run the
total close to the claim OF $4,000 idle
men made by the Amalgamated Asso-
clation. The best of order prevailed
| day.
President Smiths Merry Statement.
The following telegram was received
! tonight:
"Wellsville, July 16.-The Wellsvilie
Rolling Mill Will be run, and It will be
run non-union. IL Will start to-mor-
row. II Il could not be run non-union
IL never would be run at all"
The statement was made public to-
day by President Smith OF Pittsburg
| district manager for the American
Sheet Steel Company. The announce
ment that the mill will be started to-
| morrow and started non union has
given rise 10 no little speculation and
uneasinegg among the citizens. No
new men have been brought in,. ana
how Manager Smith expects 10 start to-
| morrow ia u matter for conjecture. To-
day. as yesterday. only a few laborers
were working.
The above ls the first indication given
by the manufacturers that they we're
other than passive participants in the
big strike.
Wellnvile ls looked upon by both
sides aa an important point and de-
yel0pmenta are anKioufiy awaited by
90.
Position ~ fbs Tis workers.