The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-15

ed they were turning out 100000 boxes
Of tin per month. within small fra"-
ton of as much now with the 80 mills
as they did with the II mills iInIle-
diately preceding the strike. We saw
with our own eyes that tbs was an eN-
tremcIy busy plant working with the
highest efficiency.
At YOUNGSTOWN. we visited the Re-
public Iron and Steel Co. the I"unES-
town Sheet and Tube and the Er!cr Hill
steel Co, the three his; concerns Of that
city. or these. the K"publjc was hard
est hit by the strike. three bridges run
ming through their plants upon witch
strikers stood urging the men t" quit
work On the llth thrr" were between
. 800 and 200 men working in the Re-
public plant out Of a normal prc-str!Ec
force OF 800. There were in operation
three blast furnaces, six open hearth
furnaces, one bar mill, one furnace in
the tube works. one plate mill and the
coke plant. This plant has been opera
ting three weeks and is ready TO put on
ten of its fourteen furnaces. Clearly
the Repuhlica was hardest hit by the
strike but IL now working a. above
stated. The only pickets we saw dur
ing the entire trip were stationed on ono
Of the bridges crossing this property OF
this company.
Tho Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
! in Fast Youngstown is operating all OF
it's four blast furnaces, producing ZOO
tons Of steel per day. Ten OF their
twelve open hearth furnaces are going.
Of their two blowing mills one was or"r-
ating and the other goes on to-day. the
normal cupola capacity is in operation.
seven Of the fifteen Shrct mills arc on
az are three Of the ten tube mills. Both
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twelve Of the sixteen furnaces in normal
use and their, converting mills, as we'll
as othor parts OF the plant. are all in
operation. Six thousand Of the 1900
men normally employed hero are now
back at work and this plant is operating
in every department. Many mer sleep
in this plant. though not all. and many
men are also fed in this plant.
The Brirr Hill Steel Co. has 2.2S@ mon
now working in their plant Of normal
5000 mon in rrc-strikc period. All Is
quiet In this n"ighborhOod. Two OF the
three blast furnaces are In operation.
the third now being refined. Seventy OF
ono hundred and ton coke ovens. tn" rest
bcini; idle for lack of Conl. and eight out
uf ten open hearth furnaces are in opera
tIun. Both the rolling mill and the plate
mill Are in double turn. While the vol
umC Of operation in the Youngstown dis
trict is below that IN the Pittsburgh ais
trICt yet Il lArg" tonnage Is being turned
out there and ia" situation from tho
manufacturers viewpoint * improving
daily. Tn" strike committee has opened
IL commISSary and is furnishing food FOR
the strikers who have not yet returned
To work.
rhrrv ar" no evidences" OF n strike at
Canton. tn" barber. tho taxi driver. the
rbJlTp in iht all thp
strike il over. We went through the
plant OF the United .\lloy Steel Co. Of
Canton. and 1t was Il busy place. Tw"n-
iy-S'Ncn hundrcd nIrn arc working there
now out Of three thousand, three humid
red formerly employed. Eleven of tho
tw"lvc furnaces never was closed down
twclv" furnaces operating before tho
$trik" ar" now operating. the blast fur
mace never was closed down and aside
from the finishing mill. operation is nor
nal. In most of these plants we saw the
steel being loaded in cars ready for ship
mcnt and the steel mcn OF the party
pronounced the steel to be OF the usual
mcrchantable quality.
III addition to the above conditions
which "" personally inspected from the
inside, we also saw and heard evidences
or like conditions ut Bradduck. Niles.
Schucn. tn" tarrl" furnaces, the Howard
Axle works. the MCkccSport steel and
in fact throughout the whole Pittsburgh
district as we'll as At tho. Struthcrs FUR
nae. Thumns works. Warrcn plant. Ohio
plant If the Carnegie Steel. Mcdonald
mail and Sharon Steel and Hoop. most Of
which plants are located in Ohio The /,
Canton Sheet and Steel company voted !
not to strike and the Stark Rolling Co.. /
on whose property we stood. was oprrat- |
InE seventeen Of the twCniy sheet mills |
which they operated before tho strike |
Smoke and flame were pouring from !
mills in Alliance. MassiIon and Canal !
Dover. it being reserved for this section |
to show tho only dark plants OF the
whole trip.
This. ten. is our report. It Is now up