The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-23
RUMORS OF 4 SETTLEMENT.
Vague Reports That the Steel
Strike May Be Adjusted.
No Surface Indications That the
Trust or the Union Is Ready for
PeaCe-EarIy Morning Excitement
Among Labor Men at WeIISyiIie-

Among Labor Men at weIISviITe
| PITTsBURG. July 23.-WhHe all the
! open moves Of both the Amalgamated
Association and the United States Steel
! Company seem to Indicate that prepara-
! tions are being made for a long struggle.
vague -rumors Of the possibility Of an
| early settlement are heard today. The
reports cannot be traced to either Of the
/ principals in the present strife and the
| frequency with which reports are being
| repeated in confidential tones furnishes
the only excuse for attaching any i'm
portance 20 them.
On the. surface there is not the slight
/ est evidence that the trust and the un-
ion are nearer settlement than they
were ten days ago. At WeIIsvHIe, Ne
! Keesport. NIonessen. and the three trust
mills in this city the manufacturers are
preparing 10 start at a moments notice
and the strikers. as determined as ever.
| are on guard. watching for the arrival Of
Eon-union men and any other move the
mills may make. Still. one Of the predic-
tions Of early peace came today from a
man who is close to the officials Of the
United Mine Workers. y similar report
came later from a man prominent in the
local Wan Street
1t is 50 by men who believe that there
is no possibility Of peace at present that
the hot ave accounts for the failure Of
The trust to make an attempt to start the
Painter Clarke, Lindsey -McCutcheOn,
and McKeesport plants yesterday. and
the explanation is plausible one II
there were no trouble between men and
mills it would be difficult matter TO
keep the plants in operation while the
temperature is nearing the 100 mark, and
more especially since times have beer
prosperous so long and a majority Of the
skilled workmen can AFFORD to take brief
vacations-
During the hot wave last month before
the strike began, none of the mills
were working up to their fun capacity.
There was no change this morning at the
closed mills in this city
Samuel Hannah was sent to jail yes
terday for a hearing on a charge Of as
saint and battery preferred by William
Williams, watchmsu. seventy-oieHt
years of age. The case is one of the first
connected with the steel and tin work
ers' strike that has thus far come up IN
the courts Hannah attempted to enter
the Monongahela plant Of the American
TirpIate Company, on South Fifteenth
Street, and when stopped by the watch
nan assaulted him. officials Of the Anal
gsmated Association say they do not
know Hannah. and that ne had no busi-
ROSS at Tia mill
VELLSVILLE, Ohio. July s3.-The
pirkets who were on duty here last night
were alarmed by a report tnat a train
loaded with non-unioE wsorlmen was an
preaching the town They passed the
word around and by o-cIock this morn
ing half Of the population Of the town
was out Of doors and almost the entire
delegation Of strikers went down to the
depot when the Cleveland express arrived
at a. m. The TumOr that a number of
men were aboard from ScottdaIe was gen
orally credited Not a mill worker de-
barNed from the train. however and the
crowd gradually dispersed
No attempt was made to operate the
mill last night. but word from the inside
this morning was to the effect that three
mills, I, > and + started shortly after
the strikers went home to sleep. It was
reported that these mills were operated
with the crews that were at work yes
terday-
Mr. Chnppeu, The president stands
ready to cah out the entire Eighth dis
trIct Of thf association and land them
here for missionary purposes if anything
ike that happens He says that his lodge
at New Castle. the largest in the country.
has talked over the question Of coming
here for day, hut the fear that some
enthusiast might 90 crazy at the sight
of strike breakers going 90 work with
their dinner buckets stopped the noye-
ment-