The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-31
Simon's Money-Burning Talk with
Schwab Over the Long-Distance
Telephone of No Avail.
TALK WITH BAYvIEW MEN
TWO STRIKERS FROM MILWAUKEE,
CONFERRED WITH sHAFFER.
Outcome of the Meeting Unknown
Injunctions Against Steel Workers
at Canal Dover and Elsewhere.

PITTSBURG, Pa. Aug. S0-While there
is no actual change in the steel strike
situation, much transpired to-day calcu-
lated soon to produce results. The con-
ference between the Bayview committee
and the Amalgamated officials, the con-
tinued efforts of President Burns, of the
Window Glass Workers Association, to
bring about arbitration or Cancellation. the
scathing editorial in the Labor World.
calling for impeachment of President
Shaffer; the march of the strikers of Nc
Keesport to Duquesne, and the decided ef-
feet of the injunction proceedings at Canal
Dover, o., all indicate that the crisis is
approaching and that an important change
i'm affairs is not far distant. What the out
come will be no man can tell.
The details of the conference of the Bay
view committee and the Amalgamated Of
ficials has not yet been divulged by either
party, but the fact that the committee
is here at all would indicate that the
Bayview strikers uneasy. j. ID Hickey
and j. T. Cooper. of the committee, have
been here since Monday. but their presence
has not been generally known. The gen
eral belief is that the main object of the
committees visit was for the purpose of
arranging some compromise by which the
Bayview plant may resume President
Shaffer. on the contrary. says the two men
did not come here as representatives of the
Bayview lodge They were simply here as
individual members of the Amalgamated
Association to explain in person the rea-
son for their action in regard to the gen
eral strike order and the reversal of that
decision after Tighe's visit - Milwaukee.
THE lodge did not send them nor did 1t
send to me any request TO be allowed TO go
to work" said President Shaffer.
The two men left for home tonight and
IL is said a meeting of their lodge will be
held upon their return to take action on
their report What that report will be
cannot be learned here.
BURNS NOT DISHEARTENED.
Notwithstanding the report from New
York. that no conference has been held or
arranged for between G.. NJ. Schwab and
Simon Burns looking to arbitration. the lat
ter has not relaxed his efforts I'm this direc-
tion and seems determined TO bring about
some sort of a compromise. II am inter-
ested In this matter" said President Burns
tonight. las the big strike is affecting all
lines of business. including the window
glass trade. My purpose is TO get the two
sides together and start the mills. If Pres
ident Schwab is still opposed to my plan
of arbitration l will request him to suggest
whatever notifications he desires. Any
thing will be acceptable If the United States
Steel Corporation can be induced to arbi-
trate and get the mills started. II is fool
ishness TO say there is nothing to arbi-
trate. / feel confident that something can
be done TO bring about settlement that
will not be dshonorabe TO either side and
result i'm the starting of the mills
The march OF the McKeesport strikers to
Duquesne this afternoon was disappoint-
ment to the strikers. partly because OF
heavy rain during the parade and the
meeting in an open lot and partly because
of the lack of enthusiasm. II was expected
that at least 5000 of the 1900 strikers
would participate in the march. but by
actual count. there were only 553 in line.
The rain fell in torrents from the time the
parade started until the column returned
TO McKeesport. The men marched without
any cheering noisy demonstration. and
no trouble of any kind developed. 1t was
expected halt would be made at the
Duquesne mill gate, but no stop was made.
Several mill men came out of the plant
with their dinner buckets on their arms,
but were not interviewed. There was no
the mill men did not manifest the interest
expected
The injunction granted the American
Sheet Steel Company at Canal Dover O..
against the strikers has had the effect of
doing away with all pcketing about the
mill. The withdrawal of the pickets was
on the advice of the local counsel who ad-
vised this course until after the coun-
sci of the association at Pittsburg should
make known what course TO pursue in the
future. United States marshals have served
almost all of the nine hundred strikers with
the order.
President Shaffer to-day sent circulars to
all lodges of the association reviewing
the strike situation. which. he says is i'm
good shape. He cautions all members
against the South Chicago men who re-
fused to obey the strike order denorainates
them nonunion and declares their cards
void.
Great preparations have been made here
for Labor day Monday next. A grand rally
of all allied trades and labor unions of
western Pennsylvania is TO be held AT
Rosss grove at which Shaffer. Dolan.
Burns and Churchill are advertised TO tell
the story of the strike. The rallv will he
under the auspices of the Amalgamated
Association. and is expected to be produce
tive OF much encouragement to the strikers
A parade OF immense proportions is sched-
uled for this city on that day the big ma
jority OF the trades unions having arranged
10 participate.
Concerning the report that James Mutt
secretary OF the Labor Bureau of the Re-
public Iron Company. had come TO Pitts
burg to-day TO secure the signature of the
Amalgamated Association officials TO the
years scale President Shaffer said tonight
that the report was misleading and errone-
He said the Republic scale was
signed, sealed and delivered at the time
the other scales were arranged. and that
Mr. Nuts visit to-day was merely for the