| Show STRIKERS STRIKERS WANT 1111 fiNANCIAL AID Issue a Call Cull to Organized Labor Claim lim to tobe t tobe be Making aking Gains Men in One or Two Works Go Out Pittsburg Aug U strikers n tidE amide ade gains today at ut and nd lid Hel anti anil at regard rl the situation at as more mor favorable to them thol than thun on yesterday At the lie minor place ilce they won the Ule Na National National rolling mill 11 of ot tie this National Tube company This The m men n of or the Hoston Hoton roll rollIng roi Ing lug mill hag hM ha already Joined the his strike Inn hut hit the ho Impression had been lel created that the National would not go 0 out omit This The he tuba tiPs works work at wore started as its n usual today tola but hut It Is ig not clear olear oies how howlong howlong howlong long they the can Cl be 10 kept hopt going Icle I hart ort has hn developed Into Inlo n II 1 stronghold of if the time Amalgamated association anti and anI the strike leaders leader leadeM na assert ert that they nr com corn completely In iii 11 control of oC the this situation At 1010 men of 0 the lie National Steel company cast their fortunes with wih the strikers and It I was van admitted hy by steel It 1 that thiat the this mill mi would probably ably ubly Ibl be his closed clOel down 1011 temporarily The strikers claim they thoy will wi completely tie te teUl up Ul Riverside and other othier plants In the Wheeling district 11 TIme Thy plate tutu mill of the this National Tube Tub company cOpany was wal prel for work this thin morning but hut none 1011 of the men nien tIl at It the when the lie time titus for tur starting the turn tUI cammie care Organizers of or this Amalgamated association J at lt work among the tho thomen lie men In itt the tile steel stel departments anti have plans for fin forming an un Amalgamated lodge lod e tonight The rime trouble anticipated at this morning did not come conic and the this large plant of the thie American Plate company rom there Is In full tul operation today tOda pl Iloth Hoth sides calm control The strike leaders leader planned to call coli time the men maca out this morn morning morl lug ing but at hit lt the tho ho lot lart moment refrained from rain doing so BO They say 8 the this will wi act later Inter while the lie of tho the company my say Iny that their lr position Is i quite secure and that the i hint will wi not be lie affected by b time the Present The Tho Farm I mill 11 at time the Lindsay ann ano I plant which was ivan w operated last week with a nonunion crew mad made madea mada I a II wavering start this morning and IB is I In operation although short handed I The fhe lie Republic Iron Irn works Is III tied ted up Ui Slid ana alc the this liros roN started this morning In antici anticipation I pation of resumption ore are lre banked mill closed colt on 01 time the first call cAl I Is still smokeless The Tue steel teel have hae planned Its Is reopening for tor several sevenum i itIn days tIn but as ns tar fur as ns outward appear a annees aJ faces show have hao done Th b men of or this the th Elba or pud pad tiling ting amid rolling roiling mills have all au joined this the strikers and UH the lie works aw RN com corn complete crippled All 1 of the t Carnegie cnn can SI and amid thin pili ot Amerl AI grift grif Apollo nr and are aro In operation today and the this manufacturers insert that there will wi not twit be the this al I ite tet t trouble at any al of nf them from rum nil all tho time strike centers In ini that hint perfect order orle prevails nl hilt but It I Is II believed here that lint clashes are nr In Inevitable Int I evitable t at tile tho more mol turbulent place when attempt are made to nut non nonunion 1101 nonUnion union men where the tile strikers striker have quit I work work President Shaffer Secy Se William end and Ice le President TIgh National Trusts Trustee an I John Pierre and emil John Johl Davis were at It strike headquarters headquarter today tOA Mr r Shaffer haffer was wa In his Imis hil private and refused to tt see s any fl callers caller S Seey rv Williams said nimbi Ihl Wo se W ore are a In the fight until an honor honorable honorAble honorable able settlement can 81 be rescued reached We an art Issuing a it 1 call coll all to the general public foi financial aid ald It I will wi go out today tOil Williams gave out copies of the call which reads as an al follows cl To 10 0 the time Members of or Organized O tabor lAbor I Brethren A As you y ou are a undoubtedly aware the th United Unite States State Steel con corpora ora oration ton ion tion is now waging a I war against or organized labor wagn by Ir l the Amalga Amalgamated AmRI mated association the tbt subject on an to oln At I our ou last iUt It loll eon ai mUon It was wal unanimously decided to o ask the Tinted States State eS I tn tIn with IM when whon the Win their anul crP ni cIe wih tie o that they sign or Ir recognise rent the Male aegis of ut the I Amalgamated association in Ia ill all allt al their mills When the ma t w wa broached the mutter was peremptorily refused r fUIt d After Aitt the thi th holding of oC several conferences the tle of or 11 our pur organ orias or was wa modified 1 so o as to t take II In only tho thi mills mill of three thre of their oat ent campaniles vii 1 The American Steel company the American Till Plate company and tho the American ml n Sl teel l Hoop company whets where local lodges had bad been n formed and where wh the th men wele ba very tery d desirous of being union own men tel said awl lon lonn we I are ar now nOI out nut on strike for fo In n the conferences which were held by Ly the thc representatives of nr the United Stet Steel corporation and slid the te Ama Amal Amalgamated Am association the of oC thy the the United tates Bt Stel Leel el corpor corporations 0 only arguments argument were that they tlc did not desire d 0 the Amalgamated asia asso association clation to become too to powerful I and ami 0 that they I he should hould hold the te balance of oi lK lAter Uter conferences were hihI l o It with wih time the th heads of ot tho the United Steel company who submitted a pro pr that we WI sign Alin only for this mills mie In Saltsburg anti and an which were went wen signed fur for the year ear previously Their proposition was WA rejected tJ ted as A it meant ment that list t the thie Amalgamated association would merely mere hate hat ha to remain In lii a n quiescent state tate while they were er ex e and anti adding add In to their nonunion l They The are arc waging a fight for lor th the 0 extermination of the Amalgamated as its association and the working to 10 combine 0 a principle they hey hive hio demon domon to the tIl lit people leople of o the United States Staten desire themselves and sail they so 11 II refuse to grant Irant u us Thili hl blow hlo I is II not alone aloM directed at the Amal Ama al but at I labor In general and azid should they the sue suc succeed In iti II defeating the lie Amalgamated as association l It I will wi affect every organized hotly body in the this United States State To io 10 succeed slI I In iii this struggle It will 1 bo be l necessary n to seek lk the aid atti of ot every etry organized body b boil as an well w 1 ac as I the g genral public nubile sympathies we know are AN with wih us u In the present struggle To T tills this end sail we ask ali that you YU give us tie u your ur urto more to then than financial aid ald a liberal l re financially will materially at 1 sl nicE t us u In conducting a cam campaign em for tor a R principle which Is I the tie lie in inalienable alienable right of every free tre man mn If I you ou desire to aid eld 11 th the Amalgam Amalgamated e association Illation In time the present struggle 0 all ll money mon should be b for forwarded warded to John Williams secretary treasurer tra t block P 0 t Fraternally yours T P J U TF n JOHN S Racy i t F TI T t treasurer bl t R ft I I TaIni l n 0 Eer 0 I 1 ha a Aus Aug ug nt Shatter Shaffer made a brief statement at noon non He lie lt said Aid We Ve have hav ha no mw 10 h about abut the situation siu ton In the Went Vest We t I do donot 10 not hint believe Vice Ic Iee President Davis D L of or Chicago hiss has accepted a R superintend ency eney from the this trust as a reported My Iy 0 only regret rrt Is that list the men Inen working g In Inthe Inthe the th slave i en of the trust had h not riot spirit enough to 10 come out and azul ml Join the strikers I will I not nt take any ny part In calling out omit the American merican Federation elt n of I Lhor f bor It Ia Its action ctol must I J be voluntarily The Amalgamated lisa baa h not lost any anything anything anything thing but bil has hu made islam gains Secy f Williams WIlam said MId MIdI saidI I 1 think the greatest surprise of or the he strike will wi come rm to the steel when they lint we Wt have invaded the Carnegie Carnele t l nt We WE have reliable re ro reports ports to 11 the effect that hat the lower city mill mi I II tied te up UI and end that but hut one 01 mill millIn mi millIn In the upper tipper Ip r plant Is I on We W have ha not made known our plans and still sti have some ore surprises for the I he manufacturers I |
