The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-27
ConciIiatory Committee of the Civic
Federation Prepared TO Carry
ON Negotiations.
MILL MANAGERS ARE PLEASED
SAY THEY ARE INCREASING THE
OUTPUT AT SEVERAL PLANTS.
More Men Put to work-Lukewarm
Unfonist Fined Heavily by
McKeesport Mayor.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug. 26.-Eeported
peace negotiations for the settlement OF the
strike through the mediation of disinter-
ested parties-oficials and members of the
National Civic Federation-received jolt
when President Theodore j. Shaffer. of the
Amagamated Association of Iron. Steel
and Tin Workers. tonight declared abso-
lutely that he had no official knowledge of
such proceedings and that If such move
had been started ii did not have the official
sanction of the organization. Nevertheless
the subject will not down, and tonight it
Is said the conciliatory committee of the
Civic Federation. already prominent I'm the
matter. is fully prepared to carry on nego-
tiations and will. If necessary. endeavor
to secure the good offices of Archbishop
Ireland. Bishop Potter, D. Hanna and Seth
Low, co-members Of their organization. 10
give such prominence to the committee that
the proposal will be received by the Steel
Corpora ton.
During tn day Mr.. Shaffer declared that
his association had given no authority
10 any one TO make a settlement, and that
any effort that might be made in that di-
rection is being done by outside parties on
their own responsibility He announced
that so far the officials OF the organi-
zation are concerned. they are satisfied that
1.-The attempts of the officials of the trust to
|erate the plants I'm Pittsburg have been
lille. and that. while there is apparently
lot OF men at work and machinery is in
opera ton. practically no product is being
turned out.
BOTH CLAIM VICTORY.
In the meantime both sides to the con-
troversy make claims to a victory. The
steel people point to the gains they have
made all along the line in the way of Sc
curing and starting plants, while the
Amalgamated officials say that instead of
losing ground, the association is gaining
every day, and that while the combine has
succeeded in starting few plants they are
not turning out merchantable material. and
losing money and breaking valuable ma
chinery. and i'm the end will have to ask
their old men to come to the rescue. The
steel people ridicule the claims of the as
sociation and point to the failure to induce
the South Chicago and the Duquesne men
TO go on strike an evidence that the
strength of the Amalgamated has departed.
The officials say the only plants at which
they experience difficulty are the Star and
Lindsay and McCutcheon. but they expect
TO overcome all troubles there and have the
mills running full at early date.
The surprise Of the day was the running
of the Painter plant with six .nills-the
same mills that were running when the
strike began. Not striker could be found
anywhere near the mill. I'VE started this
morning with six mills running full" said
Superintendent +. L. Harper. week be-
fore last we began with two mills, which
we kept running all that week on day turn
Last week we added two more mills, also
keeping them running on day turn. This
morning we added two more mills making
six in all. About 90 per cent of the men
now working in the plant are old men. quite
lot of them strikers"
The officials or the various plants that
have been started during the past week i'm
Pittsburg say they have made gains in all
OF them. More men have come TO work.
and the output is I'm every case increased
The Star mills here are being operated
by nonunion tin workers. and two double
mills turning out satisfactory black
sheets. Manager Arthur Piper claims that
the mills will be operated three turns be-
fore the end of the week. The Lindsay
McCutcheon rlills. in Allegheny. have two
mills running. and it is expected they will
be put on double turn later in the week.
The Clark hoop mills. in LawrencevilIe, are
operated in full for a single turn but the
officials say every one of the six mills will
be on double turn before the week ends
RUNNING AS USUAL
Officials of the upper and lower Union
mills OF the Carnegie company to-day
claimed there was no difficulty in operating
their mills. They denied that the refusal
OF some of their men 10 work had affected
the plants in any way. To all outward
appearances the lower mills were running
as usual. though the company has issued
strict injunctions against entrance TO the
mills the offices by any one not en-
ployed there.
At Amalsamated headquarters to-day
there was little of interest transpiring.
The mail for the officials was heavy. and
Secretary Williams received nuInDer of
checks representing contributions from the
Arnalga mated lodges in independent mills
for the strike fund. Trustee John Pierce
and Vice President William Gibson OF the
association, mace tour OF the plants
supposed To be operating. and reported
that there was n. truth in the report that
SO much was being accomplished by the
plants The p.eksIa pS,i-ei SsJgt the s,ar nils
all told from the plants since the men
were taken there Ii was claimed that of
the total number In the mill nearly fifth
are made VI OF managers and IOremcn of
other plants. Regarding the Painter plant
IL was said that the strikers were keeping
away from the mills entirely. and paid no
attention 10 the reports OF the new men
that have been secured. Many OF the
strikers had obtained WORK elsewhere.
The report from Wheeling tonight is
that the manager OF the Aetna Standard
sheet plant OF the American Sheet Steel
COMPANY received orders from the general
Offices To dismantle sheet mill No. and
ship the machinery 90 Nandergrift PA.
The work OF dismantliug will be COM
menced at once.
The strikers at Wellsyille are jubiant
tonight over the official news coming to