Evening star., 1901-08-29

the court shall appoint them. If two MEM
bers of the board request 1t the president
thereof shall cause to be present for con-
sideration by the board any books or pa
pers. He has the power TO enforce the
appearance of witnesses and require them
to testify. If witnesses refuse to appear
or testify after appearing the person or
persons so refusing shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and liable to a fine not ex-
ceedng $500 and imprisonment not exceed
ing thirty days, either or both at the dis
cretion of the court, Each party shall be
allowed a full and impartial hearing and
may examine experts and may Introduce
any proper matter bearing on the case.
When the board is organized the variants
may appear with their attorneys and coun-
sci and open the case. in which proceed
ings the applicant shall stand as plaintiff.
When application is jointly made the en-
ployes shall be considered plaintiffs.
The decision of the board shall be final
and conclusive.
Shaffer has avoided taking advantage of
this law, for reasons best known to him
self N. o. M.
STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
Men at Rankin Decide to Return to
Work.
BY ASS s>ciated Press.
PITTSBI- re, Pa, August 23.-The strik-
ers at the plant of the McClintcck-Marshall
Company at Rankin, Pa, met this morning
ana declared the strike off. The men go
back at the terms offered by the company.
Three hundred men returned to work today
and the full force of 100 employees will be
working tomorrow
A New Philadelphia Ohio, dispatch re-
ports that Attorneys Bower and Buchanan,
for the American Sheet Steel Company,
have served an injunction, through the
United States court, against the Amalga
mated Association at Canal Dover for in
timidating and keeping workmen from en-
tering the rolling mill; also in holding and
stopping pedestrians upon the highway.
Sch.ab Refuses ArbitratioE.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind, August 29.-Simon
Burns. who arrived here today. announced
that his plan for settling the steel strike by
arbitration has been rejected by President
Schwab of the United States steel corpora
tion.
Burns. who is president of L. A. 5000, Ma
tional Organization of Window Glass Work.
ers, and also the head of the knights of
Labor, declared that another proposition
would be submitted tomorrow to President
Schwab. He explained that his first plan
of arbitration, which was made public last
night. was submitted to President SchWab
on August 81, but that he received no re-
ply to it until yesterday, when MIR.
Schwab's secretary teephoned him from
New York that his chief would not con-
slider the proposition.
Il submitted my plan to Mr.. Schwab
merely a suggestion said Mr.. Burns,
land if there is anything in it that is OBJ
jectionable to the trust officials it can he
modified.
Will Try Again.
when l return to Pittsburg tomorrow /
shall take the matter up again with Mr.
Schwab in the hope of making some kind
of an arrangement whereby the strike ques-
tions be submitted to arbitration. |
think a start toward a settlement of the
strike should be made somewhere at once
as it is hurting business.
IF it is true. as Mr. Schwab says that
there is nothing to arbitrate I cannot see
where his size will be injured by submitting
to arbitration. 1T might be different, of
course if the matter were submitted to in
terested parties, but that is not the aues-
ton.
Il think President Shaffer of the Amalga-
mated Association has acted fairly in
agreeing to submit his side of the trouble
to arbitration
MIR. Burns further expressed the belief
that the entire matter, as far as the steel
corporation is concerned, has been left in
the hands of President Schwab, and that it
will depend on him whether or not the
strike shall be settled by arbitration.