Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15

II in these ~non-union mills the Anal
gamated Association has such a hold as
il claims. then. in my judgment, 1t is a
very Easy matter and-only right that Il
should show its strength. and IL the
majority of the employees are In favor
of organizing it would be in a better
position to go before a board OF arbi-
tration and ask control of such mill or
mills, but IL 1t has mo- such a majority
I cannot see any justice in its claim
There is but one phase of the matter
which l think can be left to arbitration
so long as the present principle is In
volved. and that is whether it is right
for the Steel Corporation to force its
men into an organization against their
will. / think the men are arbitrary IN
this matter"
In answer to a question, Mr.. King
said:
should the fight become very bitter
and be long drawn out, l can
See No Earthly Hope
of the w~orkingmen winning out. They
could cause much trouble, but | do not
think they could wei come out vic
torious. What effect the strike is go
ing to have upon the independent mills
l cannot say at this time. There is but
one way in which the strikers can
make trouble for them. and that Is 10
go into the mills and organize them
This will be a difficult matter, and in
consequence l think the independent
will not be drawn into the dispute for q
long time at least, II at all. 1 can sec
no possible chance of a sympathetic
strike on the part of the non-unionists."
President Shaffer late tonight said he
received on Saturday night from the
American Steel Hoop Company officials
a request for the Amalgamated scale
committee to meet them at the Hotel
Lincoln text week. The proposition
the company made was that they would
sign the scale for the pudding depart
ment of the Lindsay & McCutcheon
mill. MI. Shaffer said
The Invitation Was Refused
because the Association could sign only
for the entire plant. including the pud-
dlers, finishers and all other skilled
men alike.
President Shaffer also announced that
tomorrow he would prepare a circular
letter which will be mailed tomorrow
evening to reach every member OF the
Association employed by any mill OPP
Grating a constituent plant Of the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation. The letter
will state fully the present conditions
facing the workmen, the reasons for the
failure of the conference last week and
ordering every man to go on strike to
uphold the principle involved. He said
it would be probably a week before he
could hear from all lodges through the
official sources, but whether he hears
or not, he knows that in all regularly
organized mills the men will obey at
once In some Of the partially organiz-
ed lodges some correspondence may fol-
low the order, but within a week all
will be out
With the $4,000 men affected by the
original order calling out the sheet
steel, steel hoop and tin workers, this
general order will Increase the number
to more than 10000 and will involve
the Federal Steel Company, the Ma
tional Steel Company and the National
Tube Company.
mfr. Shaffer has received kilograms
from many persons asking him to avert
il possible the big strike and Its con-
sequent troubles. The president says
he does not want the strike to go on II
1t can be avoided. When asked about
arbitration, he said the ~Amalgamated
Association is afraid OF the word arbi-
t~ration, and he suggested mediation. He
thinks that while there is nothing to
arbitrate If the right people would take
up the subject in the right way he
would be willing to listen, and believes
that quite a number at least OF the
manufacturers would be glad of an OPP
portunity to put a stop to the troubles
II it could be done with honor to them
selves.
A report from New Castle, Pa, to-
night says:
Fully 1000 men will be affected in
this city by the Amalgamated strike.
OF these 1000 are employed in the She
mango plant and 1,400 in the Greer
plant of the American Tin Plate Com
pany and 600 at the steel plant OF the
National Steel Company. The men OF
the latter mill were not called out by
President Shaffer, but notices were
posted there to-day stating that the
plant will not be in operation to-mor-
row.
The hot mills departments OF both
the Greer and Shenango plants
VIII he Idle Ts-Morrow
affecting 600 men at the former and 500
the latter. These departments are
manned exclusively by Amalgamated
men. The balance Of the employees OF