The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-08
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GOMPBRS MEETS SHAFFRR.
A Labor Conference in Progress at
Pittsburg Today.
The Federation of Labor President
Promises the steel strikers Coon
Grafton in Every Way-The Trust
Opens Two Additional Mills.


Promises the steel strikers Coop
GRAFTON in Every Way-The Trust
Opens Two Additional Mills
PITTSBURG. Aug ST. J. shaner.
President OF the Amaigamated Assoeia-
tiOn Of steel Workers, Samuel Gompers.
President OF the American Federation OF
Labor, ard Mr.. Garland. ex-President OF
the Amalgamated Association. are con-
ferring today here on the strike situation.
The conference is being held at the strik-
ers' headquarters
Previous 10 going into the conference
Air. GOmDers declared that the Federation
would help the Amalgamated Association
in iss strike in any way that Mr. Shaffer
suggested and that the Federation would
even cooperate actively II Mr.. ShaGer
thought it necessary
Mr. GomDers' arrival was known to
very Few. He came here on an early
train He was accompanied by Mr. Nor
rison, Secretary Of the American Fedora
tion. They went Immediately 70 the Ho-
tel Lincoln. Mr.. Gomprrs iu an interview
shortly after his arrival frankly declared
that his mission was TO confer with Mr.
Shaner on the strike.
7. II. Flynn. organizer Of the Fedora
tion Of Labor, in an interview today. said
that the Federation Of Labor has pledged
itself as a body to support the strike Of
the Amalgamated Association Every
branch Of the Federation OF Labor" said
NIr- Flynn, has pledged itself for both
the moral and financial aid Of the Anal
gamated strikers. There won't be any
I sympathetic strikes by the Federation
without other reasons. but when a strike
! by any branch Of the Federation VIII aid
/ the AmaIgamated strikers such strikes
viii take place. II the moral support OF
[ the Federation is not needed money viii
[ De forthcoming The Federation IS I'm the
I fight 20 stay.
4 announce also that every department
I IN the mills Of the National Tube Com
I pany. al McKeesport, has been orEaniz-
I ed by the Federation Of Labor with the
{ aid OF the local lodges Of the AmaIgamat-
} ed Association and we are now ready to
90 on with the strike. These men were
.
[ manufacturers do not know how far I
! have succeeded The National Tube Com
[ panys mills viii be tied up completely
next Saturday night beyond doubt We
have not all Of the men in the mill, but
We have enough men in each department
10 tie up that department"
The farm mill Of the Lindsay & Nc
Cutcheon Company. in Allegheny, was
started at o'clock this moIuing with
non-uHiou men. Early yesterday after
noon the fires were lighted and every
thing was placed in readiness for resUm-
ing work. No opposition was met With
from the striking mill men Guards pa
trolled every entrance 90 the mill and It
was next 20 impossible for a stranger 20
gain admission 70 the mills while the pre-
paratiOns for starting we're being made
The plant that was put into operation is
a finishing mill and manufacture half
inch steel hoops tt is one Of three finish
ing mills in the Lindsay & lfcCUtcheOn es-
tablishment. There is another mill in the
works which turns out biIIets. but neither
it nor the other TWO finishing mills were
started this morning IT is reported that
an attempt viii be made to operate these
just as soon as men can be secured
Few Of the strike breakers were taken
into the mill until almost time for the
starting whistle 10 blow and everything
was as quiet as a cemetery until that
time. except for the noise Of a few labor
ers working on repairs. II required the
finding Of only twenty mill men 10 start
the farm mill, for all the Iabcrers need
ed were easily obtainable.
Capt T. T. Brown, Of the Lawrence-
vile plants. stole another march on the
strikers by starting the uine-iEch mill OF
the Clark plant this morning This makes
the total number Of men at work 463 and
leaves only one mill idle. The 8. 10 Z, and
2l-nch mills are now working fun turn
and all the men employed are non-uniOn-
The management says that the s-inch mill
viii be in operation Monday morning
j. ". Pryale. National Secretary and
Treasurer Of the International AsSOCia-
ti0u Of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers. which is supposed 90 be the only or
sauization OF men IN the American Bridge
Company. is quoted as having said that
the organization could not now enter a
sympathetic strike, but would probably
give substantial financial and moral sup
port to the Amalgamared Association
He is said 10 have stated that two years
ago the structural workers proposed TO
enter with the Anal Eamated men into an
the Amalgamsted Association would not
consent 10 this
II was learned today that the Painter
mill Of the American Steel Hoop Com
pany. viii be put into operation t0mor-
row morning The fires have been light
ed under two furnaces, and while only
one policeman Is on guard TO aid the
private watchmeu- it Is known that a
reser-e force Of eight men is on duty at
a police station only four blocks away
from the mill The company has made
extensive repairs since the strike start
ed.
NEW YORK. Aug. st can be said
definitely that the Steel Corporation in
q ads TO keep closed permanently many
of the mills that have been shut down by
the strike. This IS especially So in the
sheet steel mills and only the prompt re-
turn TO work II the men who have quit
on Shaner's orders VIII save other mills
from like fate
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