The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-16
THE STEEL TRUST FIG 1T.
HOnorS Even Between the strikers
and The Combine
PITTsBURG.- JuIy Is.-From LIZ

PITTSBURG- July Is--From surface
Indications today it seems that houors
are even in the battle between the three
branches Of the United States SteeI. Com
pany and The Amalgamated Association
Of Iron, Steel and Tin PIats Workers at
the close of the first tweuty-four hours
OF fighting
Each army received q severe shock yes
terday- The workmen made the first sue
cessfuI move when they closed the non
union mills of J. Painter & Sons OF this
city. the Lindsey-McCutcheon Company
of Allegheny, the NonougaheIa Tin Plate.
and the Star Tin-Plate Companies. Their
/ success in this line was surprise 10 we'll
posted men here. but while the associa-
ton WIS receiving congratulations news
came from McKeesport that the employees
Of the National Tube Company had been
granted the advance in wages they had
demanded thus forestaIling strike in
! that cOmpany'S works The increase was
not stated, but II was figured as varying
/ from 10 to Is per cent.
Later came the report from Monessen
! that the one thousand employees of the
1 New Union Tin Plate Mil had received
| notice of an advance The Amalgamated
/ Association was counting upon getting
/ these men out. f forced to order a general
/ strike The action Of the steel company
/ caused CONSERVATION at headquarters as it
/ was realized that the men who are earn
/ ing increased wages will not want TO quit
/ work The next move came from the as
| SOCiatiOH. which succeeded last night in
/ closing the nOn-union mill Of William
/ Clark & Sons. IN Thirty-fifth Street. the
I night turn having refused tc go to work.
I This was followed by news from MOnes-
/ sen that the plant of the American Steel
| Hoop Company there was shut down. The
/ organizers Of the association. It is said to-
! day. did not reach Monessen until yester-
/ day AT noon.
With the Mouessen plant closed the only
mill Of the American Steel Hoop Company
/ in operation IS at Duncansvilie- No at
/ tempt was made at Painters mill to re-
sumo operations this morning A small
gang Of boys and Hungarians was busy
( cleaning up, but the manager Of the plant
would not say whether or not an at
tempt would be made to get men. Not a
/ striker was IN sight ali morning Many
( of the men found work in the bar mill
/ Of the Singer & Nimick Company two
/ blocks below the Painter mills.
/ Theodore J, Shafer. President Of the
AInalgamated Association. said this morn
/ ing that the strike is progressing in a
manner that is encoura ging to himself
and the men under him Despite the pub
/ Hshed reports to the contrary the organ
/ lied men employed in the wash houses of
/ the American Tin Plate Company are
with the ANA Igamated members he SAYS
| and are willing to render any and all aid
! in their power to make the strike a sue
cess
/ It IS even thought that the washhouse
] men VIII refuse to handle what plate is
/ already made and accumulated in stock
! The tin mills in Indiana are tied up COM
/ plerely- There is on hand at these places
I d large stock of unsheared plates and the
/ managers and bosses Of the mills have
/ been pressed into service as shearsmen
! and they are at work today sheariug to
/ size what plates are IN stock The reg
: ulaT shearSmen are members Of the Anal
/ gaTnated Association and they went on
/ strike the same time as did the hot mill
men The men employed in the wash
/ houses are organized and their associa-
tion is known as the Tin Plate Workers
International Association Their old wage
! scale expired yesterday and = new one
was placed in effect This latter scale
I gives the workers a 10 per cent advance
! and it was this fact that led 10 the re
port that the timers and dip7ers had
/ signified ih.ir intention Of remaining
neutral during the strike.
/ There was 10 disturbance at the Lind
! say K McCutcheon plant this morning.
/ Two furnaces were running, but the strik-
Z ers were not botheTing about them. They
are keeping away from the mill and no
/ police are required 10 guard the place Ev-
| eTything was very quiet about the Mon
/ ongahela plant Of the American Tin Plate
/ Company on the South Side A few la
/ borers and fnishers are working and viii
! be for several days until the unfinished
! product IS made ready for the market.
! The hot roll department Is closed up tight
That the men believe the strike viii
/ continue for some time was made evi-
J dent this morning when many Of them
/ left the city. a majority OF the skilled
/ worknen OF this plant live in eastern
! Pennsylvania, western New York, Ohio.
/ and West Virginia, and groups Of them
! could be seen at the different dep0ts
/ leaving for their homes Quite a number
/ were seen on the streets of the South
/ Side this morning, but they were very
/ orderly
! United States Lodge OF the AmaIga-
! mated Association viii meet this after
/ noon in Allegheny and receive into the
/ lodge sixty-hve members Of other lodges.
/ who have been working in the Lindsay &
J McCutcheon plant Of the Steel Hoop
/ Corporation The intention is to com
] biue all -woTkmeE in the plant in one
/ lodge operating III that district