The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-22
SHAFFER SATISFIED
STRIKERS HAVE GAINED AT EV-
ERY POINT, HE SAYS.
THINGS COMING THEIR WAY.
AMALGAMATED MEN HAVE LOST
NO GROUND.

Strikers Organize the Tube Workers
at MckeespOrt-Expect to Take in
Enough skilled WOrkmen TO Close
Down Entire Plant, with Its 5000
EmpIOyes-An Attempt to Resume
Work at WeIIsviIle To-day May
Result in Trouble.
Pittsburg, July 21.-The important
event of the strike history of the day
is the organization of the tube workers
at McKeesport. The word from there
tonight is that after long and arduous
work Assistant Secretary Tighe of the
Amalgamated Association succeeded in
organizing 125 men of the National
Tube Works Company. At the meeting
% skilled men from each of the de-
partments were initiated into the mys-
teries of the Amalgamated Association
and Mr.. Tighe claims that within
forty-eight hours enough workmen
will be secured to keep the entire plant
closed down. affecting 5000 men.
From Wellsville nothing has been re-
ceived here except that the situation
is unchanged and the strikers say
everything is satisfactory to them. 1t
is believed. however, that an attempt
will be made tomorrow to put men to
work there from other points. the ten
men from Vandergrift who are said to
be at East Liverpool ready
to go in early in the day
being the principal men re-
lied upon for the purpose. While the
strikers say they will not commit any
overt act there is an uneasy feeling
manifest throughout the entire valley,
and no one is willing to anticipate the
result of the proposed attempt to put
these men at work.
ShaRer Is Satisfied.
When seen tonight President Shaffer
expressed himself as being more than
satisfied with the weeks results. He
said:
Things are very much better than
thought they would be. More mills
are shut down than we anticipated or
could expect. There is more deterIni-
nation on the part of the men to aid
US morally and financially, and from
other labor organizations and vastly
more support from the general public
than we were looking for. Late to-
night 1 received a telegram from one
of our men at DuncansYille, saying:
"Duncansville is out"
"At any time within the year we
could have formed a compact organiza-
tion of the mill there. They have sent
us dozens of letters and a number of
kilograms declaring their anxiety TO
ioin our cause
I'VE have lost no ground in the mills
thrown idle in Pittsburg. Our organ
izers at Wellsville report that after the
advent of a solitary worker there from
Vandergrift TO go into the mill on Sat
urday Wellsville and East Liverpool
were secured to find other men on a
similar mission and found not one.
can still repeat what 1 have said be-
fore in regard to the non-union men
taking our places. If the United
States Steel Corporation officials can
get non-union men I will help lead the
men into the mills"
Boston Tube Mill to Resume.
The twenty-two-inch mill at the
Boston Iron and Steel plant of the Ma
tional Tube Company at McKeesport
will resume operations in the morning.
after shut down lasting three weeks.
The plant was closed for repairs. A
great many men will be benefited by
the mill resuming operations, but they
were all glad to get the three week S
vacation. The situation as to the De-
Wees wood plant remains unchanged.
Various rumorS were in circulation
throughout the town during the after
noon and evening to the effect that the
mills would try to resume operations
tomorrow, but they could not be con-
frmed. The company officials persist