Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-08-01
Of the Great Strike of the Anal.
gamated Against the
Steel Trust.
ALL THE MILLS ARE TO BE OPEN"
Association to Have the Right to
Uuiouize Them All.
additional Plants TO Come Under the
ScaIe-Matters Yet To Be Set
tIed-The Trouble at
- Minneapolis.

Pittsburg, July @0.-The following
lertms of settlement of the strike come
fro4n an authoritative source, and can
be felied upon, in all human probable
ity, as the outcome of the meeting Of
the conferrees;
The Amalgamated Association is to
drop the contention fog the signing OF
a scale for AL mills.
la mills are to be "open" mills in
the fullest sense of the term.
The company is to have the right to
place a pon-union man in any plant
and keep him there.
In addition to the plants covered by
the expired scale it is to be signed for
the following: I. Devices Wood, OF
McKeesport; Fainter, Lindsay * Nc
Cutcheon and Clark mills, of Pitts
burg, and Monessen plants, OF the
american Steel Hoop company,
The question of making the Wells
Vile sheet plant and the Monessen TIM
plate plant directly covered by the
scale is TO be settled by the conferrees.
The Amalgamated Association is TO
have the privilege of organizing the
men in any of the plants.
Pittsburg July 30.-Ewezybody is on
the qui vive in strike circles, and the
result of the conference of the leaders
. Of the two contending forces is looked
4 forward to with mingled hope and fear
s. pope, however, predeminates, and
u leace is confidently expected by the
Majority of those interested. "The ex-
kutive committee OF the Amalgamated
: association will meet in the headquar-
MEs of the organization st 10 o'clock
NH0rrow morning, or as soon there
sNWXer as possible, and take up the
NST position of the United States Steel
CWyporation for a settlement of the
eteNl workers strike" This statement
wafY made yesterday by Secretary Will
ianls, of the Amalgamate1 Association
Beyond this he declined 20 discuss the
strike in any form.
Parties Do Not Relax EatchfuIness.
There was no change in the position
OF the two contestants yesterday Both
sides held firmly to the plan of watch
.AiiS tdCA OiueI. he CtIlclalS OF the
Wood mill of the American Sheet Steel
company made no attempt to start the
plant. and indications pointed to their
remaining inactive until me strike ne
gotiatiOns are decided ore way or the
other. The first report of the day,
that the American TinplHte company
was making an effort to start the Dem
Ter plant with non-1Inion men, and that
one set of rolls wss being operated.
was afterward explained as being q
Tumor that started from the fact that
the company had some men at work
repairing the plant, with the expecta-
fion that the strike vill be settled
shortly.
Shafier Has q Busy Day.
Yesterday was n busy day for Presi-
dent Shaffer and the executive Off
Gals of the Amalgamated Association.
There was a steady stream of callers
from early in the morning. and in
- umerable conferences bearing on the
= proposed settlement OF the strike.
President Shaffer was firm in his de-
termination not to talk on the strike
situation.
Joseph Bishop. the secretary of the
Ohio board of arbitration. had a con-
9ference with President Shaffer His
visit was in connection with the strike
and rs probable settlement