Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-09-19
FIGHT TO THE END.
viii Not Stop Short Of a Vio-&
tory.
President ShaRer Denies that thu
Executive Board Had Instruct-
ed Him TO Settle the
Strike Any
Terms.

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when three workmen were set upon
by strikers or strike sympathisers,
and badly beaten. Henry Weir d
water tender at the tube works, when
he came from the mill last night was
warned not to return in the morning.
He started to run, followed by a
crowd of Hungarians. He was caught
and beaten so bodily that his condition
is looked upon as serious. Charles
Meyers, labor boss at Demmler, was
also badly beaten by a crowd when
he returned TO McKeesport, and John
Isenberg, furnace builder at
the National Rolling mill, part
ed with the greater part Of
his clothing before he could escape
from the strikers who endeavored to-
prevent his entering the mill.
Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 12.-While
stories of peaceful settlement of the
strike of the Amalgamated associa-
tion were heard yesterday with much
force and persistency, President
Shaffer contipued to deny them em-
phatically and said that the battle of
the steel workers would go on until
they won. He denied that the eXecu-
tive board had instructed him to set
tie the strike on any terms, and said
that he could not go to New York or
make any further peaceful move for
the present. While the president of
the Amalgamated association was
standing in this position, the officials
of the United States Steel corporation
were putting forth active efforts to
start their plants.
President Shaffer discussed the
trouble of yesterday on the South
Side and said he deplored it sincerely.
He further said that any member of
the Amalgamated association who
was guilty of such actions again
would be dropped from the rolls, as
such actions only in jured the cause
and aided the combine in its purpose.
The Hungarian strikers at McKees-
port held an Indignation meeting last
night and decided that if they could
not draw benefits sure and quick they
would draw out of the strike. Fires
in the Monongahela steel works,
which were scheduled to start yester-
day have been drawn. All repairs are
suspended and the men sent home.
Fires are still on in the National Tube
mill and the report of indefinite shut
down cannot be confirmed. DENIM
Ter mill is working smoothly, one
sixth capacity and small increase
each day in number of employees.
Pittsburg, Sept. 13.-The air was
again full of rumors yesterday that
the strike had been settled. The ab-
sence of President Shaffer from
Amalgamated headquarters all day up
to p. IN. lent color to the report. BY
many Mr.. Shaffer was supposed to be
in New York in conference with
President Schwab, and others were
convinced that he was in conference
with the American tin plate officials
discussing proposition to call the
strike off as far as that company
was concerned. When President
Shaffer finally appeared at headquar-
ters he dispelled all hopes by saying
there was no change in the situa-
ton.
A reporter captured the president
as he was about to board a car for
home. In reply to questions Mr..
Shaffer said: 'There has been no
conference with the steel people to-
day | have not been to New York
and I am not going there, nor am L
going to Youngstown This latter
was said in answer to the report that
the Youngstown strikers had held a
meeting and had telegraphed Presi-
dent Shaffer asking him to attend an
adjourned meeting last night.
1t was said at Amalgamated head
quarters that the steel combine has
refused to entertain any further
terms of settlement from the Anal
gamated association. This would seem
to strengthen the report from New
York that the situation is now in just
the shape that it was before the first
conference at Cleveland, in the hands
of the constituent companies for set
tlement.
With drawn revolvers Two officers,
one a coal and iron policeman, the
other said to be a regular officer on
the South Side police force, sat on the
top seat of cab and guarded six nom
union workmen into the Monongahela
tin plate plant on the South Side
Thursday \ great crowd of strik-
ers and sympathizers pursued the
cab to and from the mill, and when
the return trip was begun both Off
GERS once more drew their guns, and
at Fourteenth and Carson streets one
shot was fired from the cab. Fortu-
nately no one was hit.
Alderman Walsh announced yes
terday that he had held up the first
three of the so eviction cases and the
families of striking mill employees liv-
ing in the houses of the American
Steel Hoop Co. in "Painter's Row."
pending the receipt of an opinion
from his attorney on the legality OF
the clauses in the lease under which
the company seeks to evict.
None of the three who were served
with eviction notices were more than
three months in arrears with their
rent, and when the constable served
the notices all rendered their rent to
date, but on instructions from the
company, the constable refused to ac-
cept the money.
A Big Traction Deal
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