Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-15
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS Likely.
The Homestead Advisory Board In s~erss
Conference.

Conference.
HoMEsrEAp, Pa, Aug. l5.-At midnight the
advisory board Of the locked-out Carnegie work
men held q secret meeting at headsuArsers.
The session lasted for nearly sn hour. The
members of the committee refused i'm the most
positive terms to make public the object Of the
extraordinary meeting. Chairman Tom Cfa~-
ford said that there had only been informal
talk between the members Of the board, but
from another source IL learned thai the
strikers received tap late last night that 900
men now IN the mill desired 90 quit work IN 9
body and come out early in the morning. The
special meeting was TO perfect arrangements for
the reception OF the expected guests.
Just how much truth there is IN the story n
Is impossible TO say. but this much 10 certain
the members OF the advisory board conferred
with three or four strangers at their nocturnal
session. and when il was all over appeared ~ be
in the best Of spirits.
committee man. after stipulating thas his
name should not be used. said: Il won't tell
you what we did at our little informal tall Inst
night, but 1 say this: There will be important
Developments within the next forty-eight h0urs,
and II things turn out we confidently e1tect
they will, the public will be treated 10 ssms
news OF startling nature. tell you that the
events and incidents Of the last ten hours have
entirely changed the aspect Of affairs. don't
mean by thi1 that We have discovered anv large
amount OF disease in the mills OF ANYTHING Of .
kindred nature. but mean that the outlook st
present is decidedly roseate for u.s."
Superintendent Potter could not be found
last night, but one OF the clerks Of the comIany
snid that there was rumor that the govern
ment inspectors had refused TO accept the plates
recently turned out by the new men. There
was still another story on Homestead streets IL
was TO the effect that the advisory board had
succeeded in communicating a deal with 6Oo OF
700 Of the non-union men. and that barring ac-
eidapfs uaull ant k.sITo
Wednesday night The midnight session Of the
advisory board gave q coloring Of truth 20 Tins
story, and it is believed by majority Of the
strikers
INSISTING UPON A BOYCOTT.
PIrrsBURa, Pa, Aug. l5-while the MANI
festo published by the Federation Of Labor,
with which the Amalgamated Association is
affiliated. does not declare a compulsory boy
cott against Carnegie steel. IL is claimed that .
boycott will be insisted upon wherever IL
be made effective. This was fully demon-nated
BY the action OF the committees representing the
Amalgamated Association that have called upon
the manufacturers for the purpose Of closing mp
sale agreements. IL IL chained by firms that In
. almost every case the men argue that ID he
stipulated in the agreements that Carnegie
steel should be used. This demand IL knsvn
TO have been made upon J. Painter a sons,
the Repablic iron works. The men were kihdly
but firmly told that the boycott feature would
have 70 be left out or the firm would be com
PEELED TO operate the mills non-union bere-
after. After brief consultation the committes
agreed 10 withdraw the boycott demand.
member OF the Carnegie firm said today
that IL any Of the manufacturers agreed 10 the
demands being made for boycott such sotion
would immediately bring the matter into ths
courts. where suits for conspiracy would be
entered. He said. however, that they did noe
believe they would meet with any trouble on
this account. "The Federation OF Labor, said