Show i QUIET M AT riY nl i c IKS py Strikers Retire to o Their Homes to Await Decision of National Advisory Board May be General Strike 1 IJ April 17 QuIet t prevails about W Dew DWi u Wood W oo i plant Qt of the Sheet SU company at Ut atM t M th lb striker having to their hom to await the decision lon lont ot tt t the national advisory lio In sot eo advisability her today a III as to tho I of out the employ of the other mills i Th strikers had bid AH Rn exciting n night ht It was r port l that the company would woul men melt mento 1 in nn attempt to bring to MUtt and that thet a II Icora or men lIeli were wert un tin burg I the an tilt opportunity to bo be 0 I smuggled Into th work Patrols w welo io It thrown out and end every avenue ot of ap approach nJ jimmied hut ut the exported move 1100 i mint mElt did not develop delop I The rho hammer house in I 1 the only onty depart department U ment In IR operation and unions the tho sheet I mills work noon lOon tho the men ron In thin p department d will vIII have no material to 10 work on un arter after Friday of or this thie week Manager Cooper pouted an order notify noury notifying ing all 1111 In n the run out force bar mill mitt and mill to report for tor fort tori work Thursday April 18 7 it ft m tn or con t i 1 discharged Thoy They wire fre ore requested In tho the latter laller cuso cuse to 10 toi I i call at nt thi tho and ane jet get their money S 1 A hoard board fence tence hits hilS been hllen built Mound No 2 i mill and It IH IN reported I that an en attempt will HOOD be Je made to toI multi start starl It II The plant hat has sixteen I There Thero was a n full Cull attendance of ot the national officers and ani trustee who wile mako 0 I up the advisory oty board Ioard at the tho meeting thin tile held hek at nt the tho national headquarters morning No o one wan as 1114 admitted but tho the members of ot the board boan and onti tho tit vice vico presidents Manager end and Becy f cy John Jolin Jarett of ot the Sheet Steel company were Invited to bo ho o but Mr JIll Smith lid did n t attend Jarrett wan wa on hand before the mimed some time In placing before the till of the Amalgamated IS III ted ton the tho position his hIM company haN In the light now on Shaffer horrer stated that ho hoI r would If It possible RO to o to 10 McKeesport I the tho meeting to advise nd the tho moan men mennow now JID on strike and ml counsel them Ilten to bo be Jo JoI mild In their acts No o action had been bean taken by I the board up UI to 12 30 p in m It stated that tiny thy erl cre walling on I one ulle of ot o the vice ice rl presidents PIl who had hed not nut but Jut was wac expected Ihl after aCter I I noon I It was Waft the Ue lon lonU U M a it would be 1111 ordered order l but that Hat th derision would not lIot bu be until IlI Ie thin Title miles une mado on un both bolh Mr Idl ithe Tho combine It Is le I mid will tio he asked to the th It has hils In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Matter or elue the Itte will ili lo be e do tile the Amalgamated tell a n general air of ut expert pr lre M Men Ien of or till all crafts crotty were In at ill all Urn and eagerly Inquiring an tie to what the prospects fur for furi forIr Ut Ir II i ViN re They rhy fhe seem to realize that tOM If it tilL the struggle IH is II precipitated Its It of or necessity be IJ b far reach reaching ing In COUCH them all 1111 1 J to the tho meeting Mr Ir Shaffer he lie would ask ak for Cor power to lo call out al lit his hla the employed of the tho American Sheet Sh et leech S el company nail and then than It If ho lie deems l It necessary Karr ax as u II htML t to extend tho the strike order to nil all the plants of tho the United State 1 corporation Salt Said he ho heI hoI heI I could riot not yield tho the point demand demanded ed od of ot me toe at und and I would lathar I dl lighting than lie down The rho Issue has ban hn been drawn dran there can be ho no Ln bucking kluJ down bavil now Wo base liau la V received telegrams front from our members In different sections of oC tho the country Indorsing tho the stand we have hao taken and find saying Haying they will wilt stand standby by ue If It It comei to a 11 general strike A of or tIle tho th members mum bel developed n a strong Individual disposition Il to grunt grant President Shaffer the power to call out oat tho the employee of or tho the other othet mills President w irod President of ot tIm thu American Federation of Labor bOI tho the situation at nt and asking for or any assistance tho could ouId Ivo If It the con collie came Fifty thousand men mon IH Is II con coti considered by labor authorities to tu be tie n a fair estimate of ot o tho the membership of or tha The fhe nesO elation Is to tho the statement of ot Secy John Johll Wills In III a 0 more pros iros prosperous condition financially than ever everIn everIn In Its history Of Ot tho the total member membership ship RhIll are ne employed by 1 the Ho Ito public lIb bile Iron Steel company which Is not a n member of ot tho the Morgan combine and by the Independent mill plants hero Itero and elsewhere el Of tho American Sheet Hied plants plant 65 per percent cent cant of ot the tho total capacity CIt Is In or organized mills mill Tho The company comp ny operates operated IS ii large Ing plants and n a number of ot small II ones Rome Home six of nC tho the thirty plants owned by the combine com hiM being shut down and partially dismantled Twelve of ot tho the plants plante are aro union mills |