The sun., 1901-07-30
ORGANIZED LABOR
WINS BIG VICTORY
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gamated's president seems to have So
cured from MIR. Morgan, thus becomes OF
large worth.
.lr. james X. Keene expressed the gen
rral re,ognition of this when he saiu ~
his statement to the Journal yesterday:
.sIhe men are not very fully organized.
hut so far as they are, they have been
treated with. In the course OF u year o.
no. il the men i'll the non-union work
have ioinpd the union, they Will o'
treated with
That Mr.. Shaffer has thus far been
able to hold in check the enormous mum
her Of resentful and desperately earnest
men who constitute his army, ana tha'
unon hearing of the settlement tlrey pro.
claimed, without halting to learn th'
terms, that they would he s;ltlsilea WIN
whatever conditions Shaiier hau hii'n',
indicates the strength of his tenure a'''
foretells HAT his fight is planned u
continue long after the present truce,
n is with this sort of long struggle "
view that he has effected an ORGANIZATION
of the men of sort such as mas perh"PF
not been known before in labor Wari"tt
.,rbe Amal.umated Association, 4o,oW
stron.. scattered over all the StateS
wbereyer iron or steel industries are
CARRIED ON. is constituted like Il military
orruuizntion. And from his modest otiic'
in the Risserl Block, III littsburg, he con
trolls the movements OF the VAST io'''
MS completely ms amy general nnes th'
units of his command. Ihe sllSh'cS'
move Of the enemy anywhere along M
..... "A q
lines. hy day or night, is report"n U
headquarters forthwith.
In the development of such machln
cry as this il is the personal of Smaller
that is paramount. These men are MOI
enlisted on II basis of compenSalloh' NJ
solely for the immediate material bchett'
which the leader may he able to wreS
for them from the trust. They are hlo"'
of his blood.
lie has labored with his hands ut tn
same toll they sweat under. lie IS t
graduate of the rolling mill. VINO has IL"
sought post graduate degrees MS the Serv
ant Of the trust and the opprcSsor of h
kind. For his lieutenants he has choSel
men like himself.
He has risen out of the rolling mill $,
far as his head is concerned. but III
heart is there yet. To the humblest han'
in the furnace of Western Pennsylvania
he is still "Dorry" Shaffrr. He rea,
books between heats in Xug'S mill.
He got licensed as preacher ant
wore himself ont walking thiriy-fiv,
miles every week over the iron noun
tnins to preach to hard handed mel
whose needs he knew.
Twice he left The quiet of the pulp
to get back into the clamor of the mills
but he took with him into labor's war III,
spirit Of the religion he preached.
This mission outlined itself to hin
clearly. ANA he conl,ln't get away From
it. and three wears ago he took th'
position h. now holds. lie is now srrv
ing the fourth term in it, but he ha
never ceased to h. 'Dorry Shaffrr
QUIET AND UNASSt'AIING.
He speaks plainly, dresses plainly
thinks highly ami clearly. III is void .
pretenSe. He carries WITH him the coul
tesy Of the cloth. His thought alway
travels ahead of his speech.
The lahors Of his life have told on hin,
He is just started in his fortics. but Iii
face shows The hard marks of hard mcu
tai work aud stupcndous nervous stlar
He is the embodiment of concrntrntnr
Warner NJ. Leeds. one of the trl>
representatives. after day Of ncgoti,
ton with Shaifcr week ago, SAID
THAT man viii get whatever he SETS HI
heart ou getting"
II may b. that the Judgment of NJ
Leeds is tie best commentary on III
present situation