Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-29
WORKERS HAPPY.
Pittsburg People Delighted to
 Think Settlement Near.
OFFICIALS ANXIOUS TO SETTLE

Shaffer and Williams Look for a
 Speedy Settlement-Terms Are Care
 fully Guarded By the Men Having
 Them In Charge-The Union Elk
 poets to Win In at Least Six Plants.
 Pittsburg, July -Pittsburgers gen- orally express the greatest delight in anticipation of the settlement of the steel strike and no one seems to have the slightest doubt that the negotia- tions will have any other result.
 So far neither of the contending forces has suffered greatly. The weather has been exceedingly hot and the men look upon the last month as vacation. Working under the severe strain of the oppressive heat lately would have been an unusual hardship at best, and the men think that on this account, perhaps, many lives have been saved by the strike.
 So far as the companies are concern ed they are also in a better position for work now than they were before the strike. Many of their mills have
  an increased output are greatly im- proved.
 President Shaffer and Secretary Williams were both early at the Amal- gamated headquarters this morning, and in good humor. They still main- l tained their position of secrecy, how | ever, and beyond admitting that call ] had been sent out last night to all the | members of the executive board for a l meeting to be held in this city Tues l day morning refused to give any infor- nation as to the probable settlement ! of the strike. To all questions Presi- dent Shaffer replied that he had noth- 1 ing to say, but in friendly talk he conveyed the idea that newspaper men would but little longer be following him and watching his movements. l From this it is believed that MT Shaf- 1 fer is satisfied that the executive board will agree to the proposition he will | present.
 i There is little doubt that officials of I the United States Steel corporation are as anxious to have the strike settled as | are the strikers. During last week q number of contracts intended for and l practically let to mills of the combi- nation, were shifted to Independent mills, with rush clauses attached. In many cases from $4 to $8 per ton above l the prevailing market rates was of fered. Under these conditions the inde- 1 pendent mills are now running 24 | hours day with as many men as can | be crowded about the furnaces and rolls.
 The terms of the proposed settlement | are being carefully guarded by all parties concerned, but from a source believed to be reliable it is stated that MT Morgan proposes to permit the Amalgamated association to continue 1 it's union lodges in the mills that were non-union prior to the strike, but which went out on President Shaffer's strike order. In addition, it is said the Leechburg, Duncansville and Monessen plants are permitted to be unionized.
 The United States Steel corporation is to be permitted to operate all of the mills of the Carnegie Steel company as they are now operated, as well as the big sheet mills at Apollo, Vandergrift and Saltsburg, provided the wages paid shall be on the same basis as in the mills where the union scale is signed. This would mean a gain for the workers union of the following plants: Lindsay & McCutcheon in Alle- gheny; Clarl1's Solar Iron works and Painters, in Pittsburg; Wellsville, O.;
 w. De Wees Wood, at McKeesport; Leechburg; Duncansville and Mingo Junction.