The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-29
With AmaIgamated Association
Leaders to End Strike.
IS GETTING ANXIOUS.
Some Large and Valuable Con-
tracts Have Slipped Away.
There Is Little Doubt That
Agreement Will Be Reached

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and Secretary Williams were both at
| the Amalgamated headquarters early
this morning. They still maintained
their position of secrecy, however, and
beyond admitting that a call had been
sent out last night to all the members
of the executive board for a meeting to
| be held in this city tomorrow, refused
| to give any information as to the
probable settlement of the strike. To
all questions President Shaffer replied
that he had nothing to say, but in
friendly talk of some length he con-
Veyed the idea that newspaper men
would little longer be following him
and watching his movements. From
this it is believed that Mr.. Shaffer is
satisfied that the executive board viii
agree to the proposition ne Will pre-
sent With the approval of his recon-
N endations, a joint meeting could be
held and a settlement effected. The
moment a common ground for negot1-
ating such a question as this one IS
found it is believed there will be little
difficulty in getting down to a general
agreement which will bring peace and
quiet.
Secretary Bishop, of the Ohio board
of arbitration, reached the association
headquarters at 10 o'clock. The news
paper men were required to leave the
room. Behind closed doors confer
ence between the association and Sec
retary Bishop is now being held There
remains little doubt that officials of the
United States Steel corporation are
now as anxious to have the big strike
settled as are the strikers. During the
last week a number of contracts m
tended for and practically let to the
combine mills were shipped to lnoe-
pendent mills with rush clauses at
tached.
Terms of the prospective settlement
are being carefully guarded by all par
ties concerned, but from a source De
lieved to be reliable it Is stated that
Mr. Morgan proposes to permit the
Amalgamated association to continue
its union lodges in the mills that We're
non-union prior to the strike but wnleH
went out on President Shaffers strike
order
The United States Steel corporation
is to be permitted to operate all of the
mills of the Carnegie Steel company as
they are now operated, as we'll as the
big sheet mills at Apollo Vandergrlit
and Salisbury, provided the wages PAID
shall be on the same basis as IN the
mills where the union scale is signed.
There is considerable speculation as
To who will take part in the joint peace
conference. provided the terms as
factory to the Amalgamated board.
This board Is composed of nine district
vice presidents, the three trustees, Presl-
dent Shaffer, Secretary Williams, AS
sfstant Secretary Tighe and B. /. Da-
Wis, manager of the Amalgamated
The American Tin Plate company
will probably be represented by vice
President Warner Arms and W. NJ
Leeds his assistant Verl Preston, for
mer president of the American Steel
con pany; probably I. w. jerks, for
mer general manager of the hoop com
bine. John Warner, general super1n-
tendent Of the American Sheet steer
company; G. W. Bray, chief engineer
of the American Tin Plate company;
J. r. Phillips, district manager Of the
same company and p z. Bonner.
manager of the Monessen TIN plate
plant Neither Persifer F. Smith. dls-
trict manager of the American Sheet
Steel company, nor John Jarrett, labor
commissioner of the same CON pany, are
liable to appear. They have ruined the
feathers of the Amalgamated leaders
so much before that 1t IS not DeheNeo
they will attend now.
Today the strike of the workers in
all of the mills is proceeding as though
nothing had happened. The conditions
are ~ thew have been since the OPEN
ing of hostilities- The strikers IN the
vicinity of McKeesport spent a night of
great vigilance despite the ruinors from ION
New York that a truce until TUESDAY
had been declared between representa-
tives of J. P. Morgan and President
Shaffer of the Anaalgamated assocla-
ton. The works of the National Tin
Plate company at Demmler was q
storm center during the night.
Rumors that the mills were to be
opened by men brought from the inde-
the strikers to the banks of the
Monongahela where they remained on
watch until long after midnight ana
then after three rousing cheers they
went home The outburst was caused
by a movement on the part OF the mt
ters and mill wrights who have been at
work fitting up the mills since the
strike started. They finished their work
about midnight and sent a message
to the mill management asking what /
thew should now do The reply came |
thanking them for faithful work and 1
telling them to go home and enjoy a
vacation until the company needed |
them to start the mills. Then they viii |
be sent for This word was carried to
the strikers who much pleased at TINS |
positiye evidence that no effort would |
be made to start the mill last night I
went home The strikers assert that |
an effort was to have been made to !
word was sent from the Pittsburg offlce |
that no move should be made until af- |
fer Tuesday when a decision of Mr.. 1
Morgan and the Analagamated officials /
will be made known. The welders Of !
the National Tube company's mill who |
have been ordered to sign Individual |
contracts held a secret meeting in a /
McKeesport hall Sunday night, where. |
It is said arrangements were made to /
form a federation of labor lodge. The 1
weIders come under the federation mill 1
and can not become Amalgamated as 1
ISOLATION members All other newly /
formed lodges in the vicinity of Nc /
Keesport held meetings on Sunday and 4
took in many new members. No effort /
has been made to start the sheet mill Il
Of the Dewes-Wood company at Nc
Keesport- /
The WelIsvilIe plant was in operation 1
TODAY with the same number Of mills Il
fra4I