New-York tribune., 1901-08-15
NO STRIKE IN CHICAGO.
STEEL WORKERS AGAIN RE-
FT-SE TO OBEY SHAFFER.
LAUGH AND CHEER WHEN DECLARED
OFT OF AMALGAMATED ASsoCL-
ov-OvERwHEI.MING VOTE TO
STAND BY CONTRACTS


,er,ybeIminS vote, refused to reconsider
-. action of sunday, when they declined
"a striI1e in violation of their contrncts'
-, IauEhed and cheered when Assistant
secretary TfEhe declared them out OF the
.malgamated AssOciatfOn
Roth sides made gains in the steel strike
..terday. The strikers succeeded in closing
n. National Tube Works at Mcheesport,
bur the steel corporation reopened the
,.tnter mill in PittsburE and the Crescent
-,ont of the American Tin Plate Company I'm
Cleveland
President Shaher went tn Wheeling. w. Fn.
d smoke at a big labor demOnstration He
IA thar If the Western lodges still refused
a. strike. they would be expelled from the
.malgamated Association.
RBmors that n settlement wns near at hand
mere ahoat in Pittsburg. but no confirmation
NJ Them could he obtained
The number of men idle is estimated
=, about sixty-ive thousand
ro1 Street brokers say that the strike has
..o.e5 10 influence stocks. officials here as
rre their friends that the situation is salts
factory. An officer of the corporation said;
81, the mills cannot be operated at par
scuIar place. we shall find a place where
they can be operated and we shall remove
she mills there"
chicago Aug l4-There will be no strike OF
che eroployes al the steel mills in South Chicago
This was settled tonight. when the men re-
fused 10 reconsider the action taken on Sun
dav. when they decided TO stand by their con-
tracts with the mills. and refused TO join the
strikers
After they had declined 10 reconsider tonight
Assistant Secretary H. F. Tighe OF the Amalga-
mated Association, who came TO Chicago with
the intention Of securing revocation Of the ac-
ton Of Sunday night if possible, declared that
he revoked the charters of both lodges of the
Aralgamated Association in the South Chicago
mills and declared the men outside of the
organization The men greeted his announce
rnent with laughter and cheers.
Mr.. Tighe arrived in the city yesterday and
spent to-day arranging for a secret meeting Of
the two lodges Of the Amalgamated Association
10 be held this evening. The men gathered at
the appointed time but there were so few Of
them in the han that the result was foregone
conclusion. BY far the greater number of the
members of the two lodges had gone TO work IN
stead Of coming to the meeting, and only a
handful was present Mr.. Tighe made q long
address TO the men, giving them the story of the
strike from the point Of view of the Amalga-
mated Association. and asking them to help the
men in the East by quitting the mills in South
Chicago.
Several speeches were made by the local mem
bers Of the association in reply TO Mr.. Tghe, the
general trend Of their remarks being that the
men considered themselves bound by contracts
with their employers and did not think II was
their duty 70 turn their backs on these contracts
al the bidding Of the officers Of the association.
At II O'Clock a vote was taken on the question
Of reconsidering, and by overwhelming vote
the mon refused 10 reopen the question Mr
Tighe then announced that the charters Of both
lodges were revoked, and the meeting dis
solved After leaving the meeting Mr.. Tighe
expressed himself as greatly disappointed the
action taken this evening. and said that to-
morrow he would go to the Bayview Mills, at
Milwaukee, and also to those at Joliet He viii
repeat the programme of tonight at these
places explaining to the men the cause of the
strike, and if they decline 70 reconsider their
action in refusing 10 JOIN the ranks Of the
strikers ne viii declare the charters of all
their lodges forfeited and rule the men out OF
the association.