Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-29
burns P[AN| REJECTED
President Schwsb Refuses 10
Submit the Dispute With La.
bor TO Arbitration.
Simon Burns Plan to Settle the
Strike Fall, Thru-.New
Proposition. II
The Corporation TRAINING New
Men to Take Places Of
Skilled Strikers.

Indianapolis, Aug. 29.-Simon Burns,
who is here today, announces his plan
for settling the steel strike by arbitra-
4lon has been rejected by President
schwab Of the steel corporation. An
other proposition win be submitted to-
Schwab by Burns tomorrow at Pitts
burg. Burns said his plan Of arbitra-
tion was submitted to Schwab Aug. 81,
but he received no reply to 1t until yes
terday, when schwab,s secretary tele>
phoned him from New York that his
chief would not consider the PROPOSE
zion.
Pittsburg, Aug. ga New Philadel-
torneys for the American Steel Compa-
United States court against the Anal
intimidating and keeping workmen from
entering the rolling mill, and also for
holding and stopping pedestrians upon
the highway.
Pittsburg,. Aug. .29.-The strike situa-
tion continues quiet and devoid Of inter-
esting features. While the strikers still
express satisfaction With the prevailing
conditions. 7 he tseel corporation is slow
ly. but steadily, increasing it's forces at
the plants already In operation, and pre-
pairing to open more mills. With thisin
view and because Of ample police pro-
lection the American Tin Plate Com.
fs a
in this city, school OF instruction.
Skilled men In charge are instructing
other men in the mysteries OF tin plate
making. When the novices show suffi-
cient degrees of proficiency they are to
be sent to other plants. The manage
ment of the works say 250 men are at
work there now, but this is denied by
sAmalgamateds officials. President Shaf-
ed in the papers today. He said there
araa no truth ip, the irspnrt that the
Amais samated Association is making ef-
forts to effect a settlement Of the strike
by trying to force the United States
Steel Corporation into arbitration thru
the courts, and that John r. Byrne, a
small stockholder and former labor lead
er had been requested to Join ina petit
tion asking for appointment OF board.
This statement fs also denied by Byrne,
in dispatch to the Associated Press
this morning. The report that the ANAL
gamated lodges are voting on peace
proposition was also denied by shaffer,
who said:
There has been no vote of any kind
taken by us. The lodges may have ta-
ken votes on their own account. but
none have been ordered since the strike
yves Started and no vote has been taken
by the executive board"
After next Monday the Amalgamated
Association will begin the disbursement
OF strike benefits to such as are still out
Of employment. The rate is 81 a week.
The sheet and hoop workers will have
Z been out nine weeks by the end of Aug
ust, the tin workers seven weeks and
Federal and National steel employees
and tube workers three weeks. Secre-
tary Williams received check from the
flint glass workers today for $1,000. be-
sldes several other large donations Ad-
vices from Lisbon, o., say the strikers
have erected seven large tents at diff
!, ferent points outside the tin mill en-
closure. Pickets have increased their
vigilance and will endeavor to keep all
ron-union men from entering the plant.
One Strike Declared OF.