The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-05

gram received D. MI. SnaILeE TO-DAY
from President GOmpers OF the Ameri-S
can Federation, denying that there was
a meeting in Buffalo to consider the
charges made by Mr.. Hickey, would in
dicate that the charges have fallen hat
Steel ohcials ceRhdent.
The steel officials are in a very con- t.
/ fident mood tonight and appeaN 70
think the strike is broken eftectualls3,
and that only few days more VIII b
{ required to make it a thing Of the past =
The return of the 400 tube workers a
] McKeesport and the report that $50 o..
more went in at the Pennsylvania tubs
works. and the protection Of Sheriff s
! Mckinley and his seventy-five depu-
/ ties at Demmlers, where a start win be
made tomorrow, give much weight to
/ this belief.
In addition to these breaks the steel
| officials claim increased numbers at the
| Star, the Lindsay and AIcCutcheOn, the
Painter and the Clark mills. and say
other plants viii now be put into ser
vice rapidly.
Organizer Schwartz OF the American
Federation, who organized the Penn
sylvania tube workers, called a meet
ing Of his men this afternoon. at which
it was decided that none Of the men
would return until President Shaffer
gave the word President Shaffer says
that not man OF the organized work
ers at this plant had gone to work. and
the report that $50 had gone IN today
was false. A few iaborers ana repair
order for work, but aside from these no
other Workmen are in the mill.
Trouble at mKeesport.
McKeespOrt was thrown into a stats
Of CONSERVATION this afternoon BY the
arrival of the force Of deputies de-
lmanded of Sheriff Mckinley by the Of
hctalS of the American Tin Plate com
Pany. At the first intimation that such
a course would be pursued, Mayor
Black held a conference over the tel
/ 6nhOnn with he Fsa
/ to Pittsburg and on his return ne was
boiling over with Indignation. He de-
nounced the action OF Sheriff McKin-
ley in the bitterest terms. Chief Of Pc
lice Patrick J. Morrissey volunteered
to land every deputy at the police sta
p ton II the mayor would only give the
word, but the mayor cautioned him
InaC Sucn action would transcend his
powers. The mayor gave out a signed
: statement shortly after the arrival OF
, the deputies, in which he says.
In view of the fact that Sheriff VIII
. liam e Mckinley, who under the
statutes Of the commonwealth Of Penn
p lsylvania, is the paramount peace off,
+ Ger OF Allegheny county, has seen it,
, in the discharge Of what he mistakenly
cOnceives to be his duty. to send dep
: uty sheriffs in that portion Of the city
OF MckeeSpOrt occupied by the DENIM
Ter TIN mills, it becomes incumbent on
10 me to protest against such action
: Probably there is no more peaceful
spot on earth than that inclOsed within
our corporation limits. There is no dis
order here There is no menace Of dis
: at was at such time and rounding
i out Of so highly creditable a. record as
[ this that Sheriff Mckinley gathered to-
e getheF some half-hundred Of hungry
e and unemployed heelers, many of them
n men Of bad records and more question
o able character, and hurled them INTO
j the city. This little handful Of men.
armed with brief authority and legal
e weapons, constitute a vastly greater
e menace to the peace and good order OF
- McKeesport than the more than twelve
T full regiments Of law abiding citizens
- who are now on strike here.
j Insult to the City.
: ''The insult to the city Of NcKeesport
T. is as wanton and impolitic as it was III
! advised I know personally nearly az
| Of the men who are here on strike.
r know them to be good citizens indus !
= tr1Ous, sober, peaceful and la(-r-s.sl.>-rfs =
Il was not consulted by the sheriff
OF Allegheny county . this matter OF
= encamping deputies x cin our NUM-
v cipaI boundaries Sheriff Mckinley
deemed II WiseSt to commit the discOur-
: tesy of ignoring the high Official IL the
4 city, and excuses his course upon the
, ground that he had been informed by
certain trust officials that the destruc-
i ton of the Demmler tin mills was I'M
; minent and the property in dire dan
ger every moment the presence Of sgcls
= deputies was delayed This informa-
LlOlAs WnGEAG4 us a4LLOL may nave
o been, is absolutely false and as ma
= liciOus as il is untrue
It Il reiterate my ability unaided BY
l. the county authorities to prevent deeds
of lawlessness, whether affecting the
lie property of individuals or the United
II States Steel corporation I have sworn
h in special officers of the law from
r among the business men Of the city,
II not from the ranks Of the strikers.
If have taken every reasonable precau-
;, ton against outbreak, though violence
,e was never imminent.
lie Advice to Strikers.
"a "I now call upon the string work
ingmen Of AIcKeesport TO 1--WE the lie
to the alleged necessity for the presence
of these deputies. Stay away from the
5. Demmier mills and let the officers fight
their battle for resumption with in
i competent assistance. Ignore their
e stealthy operations and remain quiet
" at your homes You viii lose moth
ing. and at the same time you VIII
u emphasize the falsity Of vicious criti-
$ cfsm directed at both yourself and
$ me-
n George Crawford manager Of the
: Demmler mill, accompanied by James
- Evans, president Of the First National
- bank, called on Mayor Black at his
- residence in McKeesport tonight and
y officially notified him that the mill
would start Thursday morning, and
n that he would be expected to furnish
r police for the men going to and from
their homes
Mayor Black paid little attention to
, the request, but told the gentlemen
, kindly that he regarded their bringing
ll deputies IN a breach Of official cour-
L tesy and good judgment Strikers are
on the streets in large numbers, but
le are quietly and orderly. It has been
ne planned to have a large crowd at the
H. mill at a. m
e. Mayor Blacks attitude is praised by
y the strikers. but is condemned by many
Ac business men,
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