The Monticellonian., 1901-08-09
THE SUSPENSE IS END[D.
The Steel Workers Now Know lust What They Are Face to
 Face With.
ALL EYES ARE NOW WATCHING SKATER,
The President of the AmalG lGnmsted A-sociatiom VIII not Act Precipi- tnteiy-steei Corporation Birec- tors said to He Dissatisfied With Mir. MorGnn's stand.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Aug. 6.-Now that the suspense induced by the uncer- taintV of the outcome i'll the strike negotiations is over, there is less ex- citement here than there was last week and the people are looking mat ters squarely ill the face.
 Watching President shnffer.
 Everybody is watching President 1 Shatfer. as it is recognized that from him will emanate the next move in this great struggle. Speculation is now rife when he will issue the order for a general strike of all the Amal- gamated men employed in the mills of the United States Steel corpora tion'S plants.
 Although President Shaffer did not say 50. he explained not long ago that before III order for a strike was is- sued. circular letter would be sent out from the general offices to all lodges of the organization explaining the situation, giving complete re port of all that had occurred between the members of the executive board and the officials of the trust; of the earnest attempts made by the asso- ciation to bring aboet an honorable settlement and their failure.
 Win he Read at Lodge Meetings.
 This circular will be read in lodge meetings in order that the men in the mills can have a clear and compre- hensive insight of the entire matter and act intrllieently. With this in- formation in their haads.t the men will be able to see that the officers have acted carefully and with an earnest desire to avoid an open rupture The strike order will then follow and will bc taken up without the least msun- derotanding on the part of the mem bers.
 The Strike hny Not Spread.
 Doubt k expressed in some quarters that the strike will spread further. IL k suggested that the employees of the Federal steel Co. National Steel Go and National Tube Co. are at the pres ent time tle strikers main source of revenue, ana to call them out would weaken the association in its fight bY dcpl'iyiuo I of the funds necessary to ] son given was that the Amalgamated aseoeiation having signed contracts with all these companies for one wear. beginning with July i. 1901, would. by violating these contracts. give Mir Morgan and his associates trump cards theN would not hesitate to use to the best effect
 Being Felt in Pttfsburph
 The steri strike, though but begun is already heing felt in PittSburgh Many leading business houses haze found business dropping off so as to make the removal of clerks impera- tive. One department store last Sun day laid of - girls. and at the same time 5aYe potiee that if the strike were not settled by next Saturday it would likely be necessary to lay off more. Finances also suffered On two days lasf week the clearinghouse re ports showed decrease compared with last year. These were the only two days of the year whose clearines did not exceed figures of the eorre- spending days last year.
 Their Fight Is ours"
 President Shaffer arrived Tt the Ana igamated association headqua1.- terS al ll:4i q. m. and h minutes later called the newspaper men To his private office When asked if settle ment coull have been reached in New York Saturday, had they waived their rights at the Painter. Lindsay X Me Cucheon and the Wellsville plants, he said: ''fhc Amalgamated association could have settled in New York if they had given us these mills, but we could not do that Just as long as We can fight We are going 10 fight for them They are as much of us now as any of the other lodges. Their fight is ours and our fight is theirs"
 A SLIGHT GLEAM OF HOPE.