Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-07-04

| year, said I'VE have strong
lodges organi3n several non union
plants. The lbine imagines it has
absolute conf We are in better
snape for stj than we ever were
beiure. Our hbership among the
shop workers stronger than il haH
besn in yearsh our treasury has
larger defencdld than we ever had
10 our historye question of signing
for all mills il be settled this year.
Next year or 1year following would
be too ate.N
The mem blot the malgamated
Association a|dorse the stand taken
by President Her, and predict that,
unless the oAny signs the scale,
the' mill cd be started. The
analgamatedple say new men are
Joining the rbnization every day.
The solericIe in all the
mills OF thapublio Iron and Steel
Co., located youngstown, o., and
az other pol in the Mahoning and
Shenang Val. in accordance with
orders isspe& the officials, began
taking stock by, This will consume
at least two KS, and after that the
mills will bhrted in full operation
under the netale. The mills OF the
American 81 Hoop 20. at Youngs-
town, closed hrday. and will remain
shut down urhn amicable settlement
is reached on scale question. The
mill of the lArican Sheet Steel Co.,
at Struthers, has also shut down,
on count of Eident Shaffer's strike.
During the pension, the company
will make sxfye repairs and.install
much new 1hinery. At Mckees
port. 500 nen affected by the strike
afithe Dewee4od plant of the Ameri-
can Sheet Stpo. The works closed
down last VI George Hal oway,
president Of Mokeesport lodge of
the Amalgama Association, says the
strikers, will nb no demonstration un-
der any oire} ignces, and that the
same good orI which prevailed dur
ing ths striket spring would charao-
tefize the prdt struggle.
Pittshurg, D July 2.-The Second
day OF the striof the sheet steel and
steel noop .wo1s of the A malgamated
Association ded without interest
ing or excititfeatures. 1t was evil
dent that neittsIde anticipated early
developments, there was no unusual
activity aboutle combine offices, and
the utmost gu prevailed at the head.
quarters Of thiorkers. As President
Shaffer remarf, the conditions of
the present ske are peculiar, and
no decided rdts are expected fer 10
days or two bks. BY that time,
the n1Hnufact4s, having all neces.
Hary repR}rs aheir mills completed,
will be anxioulo resume operations.
The struggle vi wrhen begin In earnest.
The belief ls Rlral, however, that the
real test will 4 come until the close
of the hot wSher and the general
resumption ofhsiness, in the early
fall; mud, In thk keantime, it is thought
that this conf5ing Interests will see
their way clelTeR reoede from the
present positiotsFEb M
President Sharof the Amalgamated
association. is EenariEg for the rainy
day, whioh patone If the strike is
pfosonged indestely, is'eyident from
the circular mad to the association
lodges today. 10 oitoular directs the
lodges tosleyys kessr1ents upon their
the 41ey to be used for the
relief OF such embers of the associa.
tion as might out of work. The
money fcolectedt these assessments OF
the lodges will \, forwarded to Pitts
burg. whore Twill be placed 10 the
general fund Of he association. The
latter has for lsars been creating a
strike fund scientifically and meth
This knd is said now to
amount to betwA 500, Goo and $500,
900.
The cumbine &ciais do mot appear
to be worrying DIR the situation, and
say they do notleioanizs condition
nf a striisa az ye.l some of tho officers
that th4e nay We a renewal
Of negotiatipns 4 any lime, and a
settlement effected In outside circles,
the belIaf 10 gSdPing tik5 the STRIKE
will he called off besore 4 gets fairly
we'll under way. outside lhe combine
plants, there is litts apprehension over
the situation. Anbne the Anderendsnt
companies in lallbsburg lhich have
closed down, but ito ale r3dy to sign.