Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1901 — STATES AND CITIES MOST AFFECTED BY STEEL WORKERS’ STRIKE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STATES AND CITIES MOST AFFECTED BY STEEL WORKERS’ STRIKE.

Tlie great strike of iron, steel and tin workers sweeps over a stretch of Country from the western boundary of New Jersey to the Mississippi River and beyond. It takes in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with offshoots in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Maryland. Already the strike is on at plants iii thirty-nine towns, and all of the plants of the United States Steel Corporation in these various States will, it is believed, be seriously affected before the end of the trouble. The leaders of the Amalgamated Association are going slowly, but threaten to call a strike on every combination controlled by the United States Steel Corporation before they are done. The mass of the men and plants affected are in Pennsylvania and Ohio, ns the number of black dots on the map will indicate. The number of men out now in Pennsylvania is 21,000, in Ohio 23,000, in Indiana 10,000, and in Illinois 2,000. As many more may be involved Inter.