New-York tribune., 1901-09-07
STRIKE STILL UNSETTLED.
NEGOTIATIONS NOT RESUMED ALL
IDLE PLANTS TO BE STARTED
AT ONCE.

Pittsburg, Sept. 6.-In spite of the fact that the
terms offered by the United States Steel CORPORA
tion for settlement of the steel workers strike
were limited 10 o'clock last night, the executive
board of the Amalgamated Association. after re-
naming in session all of to-day. adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning without reaching de-
cfson- The peace movement is regarded prac-
tically dead In the offices of the Carnegie Build
ing 1t stated that the situation to-day was
simple. The Amalgamated Association had reject
ed the terms offered by Presid ent Schwab and ne
gotatons haG terminated The officials of the
constituent companies had been instructed to start
up all of the plants just as socn as possible and
with non-union men,
Just what the proposition was that Mr.. Schwab
made to the Amalgamated Association could not be
learned The Amalgama ted men who knew its de-
tails declined to say anything about IT, 1t
stated the other side however that President
schwab practically reiterated the offer made by
Mr. Morgan. that the corporation would sign the
scale for all mills that it had signed for before the
strike and that union wages would be paid in all
non-unfon mills affected in the controversy.
Every move made by mill officials to-day indi-
Gated that the peace negotiations were all off.
In stee! corporation circles in Pittsburg to-day it
was positively announced that the last offer made
by the big steel combination had been rejected by
the Amalgamated Board and that all negotiations
are ended Orders have been given TO start all idle
plants Immediately and the superintendents of the
various works in this district at once began to
make preparations for resumlng Immediately with
who O e.
turn 10 their former places
1t is strongly intmated that number of men
nave agreed to return to work in the event of
failure 10 settle by the peace committee of the Ma
tional Civic Federation.
The local officers of the steel corporation were
declined to discuss the plans except to say that
and t5a na ARE TO Re ggd IN operation % "a
oy the United States Steel Corporation.
p pa5s MRr 1bs n oahhs sSS
nmpio rS out Of fifteen were started With many old
ms III were on duty but there was nothing for them
ises., Thirty-six men were taken into the works
y py boat from Duquesne and thirty-three went
the strikers pickets. who lined the river banks
anded Ole to see the boat until the men had been
=, Five hundred men were at work at the Ma
morning. making thousand men now in the plant
they were turned back bscsta b Tor & TUTs @ a 01t
IN IN shape to take on any more men. There
they went in and the management claims that by
next week the entire establishment viii bs in eper-
ton at the plants in Pttsburg W vas not pc sTeay
the TuSs Works n snd oveT TWO 70
hundred men were at work. A meeting of the
ranged for Tomorrow afternoon at Moorhead's
HaIL when Manager Latshaw will have con-
Al noon notice was posted at the Demmler
tne the m dact thar the plant had resumed and request
duty not later than next MONDAY morni1e op tbai G
places would be filled by other workmen The notice
was signed by the American Tin Plate Company.
Later adviCes from McKeesport Indicate that the
statement this morning that thousand men were
at work az the Ma tional Tube Works.
aggerated Between three hundred and four hun
dred men have been making repairs at this plant
for several days, and this number was more than
doubled this morning As result the plant is said
70 nave been operated in part II stated in
Mckeesport that the strikers seemed TO feel that
their hcht was lost though they would continue
their picket duty and endeavOr 10 induce the men
not to return to the mill
At the Painter works. in this city. the manage
ment announced to-day that II had enough men to
run double turn. and five mills would be put on at
night next week.
Rumors current on the South Side to-day
that the Monongahela Tin Plate Works would be
started in few days. wagOnlOad of cots was
said 70 have been taken into the works last night
and sleeping and eating quarters being erected
in the mill for the use OF the imported men 10 be,
brought here to break the strike.