The sun., 1901-08-17

Prr1ppvno. Pa. Aug. is-The Anal
Ramated Association has made no gains
10 pubiir sympathy in the e~i sirik" ana
the ordinarily large share of approval
that labor unions in this district Obtain
In a strike for wages is lacking Al this nms,
Tho Steel Trust itself despite the abu-e
by President slsfer and his fellow onicer~. !.
h not only pronting 10y th" ab-enc" OF
sympathy for the Amalgamated As-och-
ton, but also by tho feeling that any be-
stowal OF sympathy might better te di-
rectcd Co the steel manufacturers rnd-
denly halted In a campaign that IN year
or two would have r,~ultei In the capture
OF the worlds markets for American steel
workers
The declarations 10y th" Amalgamated
officers Of surprises in store for the manu-
facturers followed hy tho non-arrival oil
the predicted astonishing events. the claims
Of the strikers prpmptly disproved by the
mill manager. and Developments in the
mills themselv,s -ecm 10 b" the extent
Of happeuings II IN" present.
The success ~ Shafer In dragooning
the Joliet mill workers. into breaking their
contracts With the manufacturers wa
surprise nj frs bat nos that there - tank
and some probability that th" Milwaukee
and Chicago steel workers may also v"
frightened into reluctant acceptance
of Shancrs strike order. men who have
followed with interest tho course OF other
strikss are already disCuuntihg IN" rns-lbl"
effect Of the reversal by tho>e men Of tncir
former stand IN voting 20 stand 10y their
contracts.
The pullic l. well aware ~ the reasons
given hy the employees of the Illinois steel
Company for voting 10 remain AT work.
namely. that they were working under
contract and that for years they ha'i ie"n
well treated 10y their employers II they
should stultiiy Themselves. as the Ioiiei
mon did, and walk OF, of the mlll>. u VIII
he we'll understood that they were forced
20 adopt that alternative, Tor the reasons
ttey gave last sunday stu -Ni~'. ihF up
rislnxsiof union men for higher wages ana
better conditirrs. II must hr admitted.
have usually hecn met with public Svm-
pathy or ~ least tolerance I'm this indus
trial c..n,re. but with this justification Tor
public approval lacllng m the present
situq,ion, disapproval and Indifference
possess the mind uf The people here.
The public has seen N" Amalgnms,ed
Associai ion forcing Thousands oi it's men
against their wish into a -irik" In order
tsS effect some kind If showing against
the manufacturers. Therefore, although
the Milwaukee and Chicago men may IT,
forced into the fight to save their standing
as union men. they will lie reluctant ~.
cr,iita ready "a rcturn TO work with good
excu-s and eager to di-credit Shaher and
the Others " no drove them To throw aside
their work.
, "A the strike h believed to be redoomed
10 failure speculation l. rife n Ia the cour-e
,hat NAV h. pursued 10y the Republic Iron
and Steel Company next spring, when the
time comes for discussing a new scale OF
waRes Probably every one of its steel mills
IA a union plant. and having learned how
httle regard the Amalgamated Association
now has for the contracts which u forces
manufacturers TO sign under threat oi
sfrike, II 10 believed that company may
decline 10 recognize the association. Ger
tainly IL the United States Steel Corpora
tion drives the union out of its mills. the
Republic company will have every INDUCE
ment TO do the same
In the local mills there waS little change
I'm conditions to-day A. the Painter,
Clark and Ilndsa v Nc Cu,cheon Hoop Mills
the company IL gradually gaining new
men TO man tn. rolls. and az the Carnegie
Company's Upper and Lower I nion Mills
the men are still at work despite the STRIKERS
persistent effort to form - lodge and induce
the workmen 10 strike. From the Wells.
vile, Ohio, Sheet plant Cotns-- tie word
that tho mill l. running nearly full and thar
the strikers have given up the job oi trying
20 stop operations.
. The journal of the twenty sixth annual
convention of the Amalganat-d As-ocia-
tion, held IN Milwaukee. has heen taken
from hcadduari ,rS, and Shane- ir wonder
Ing who th, '.ai;or In camp u. Tie says
the ah~,racted copies arc OF no importance