The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-17
 MIR. SKATER
 IS WORRIED He Declines to Give Out Terms of Settlement. -s THE STRIKE IS AT AN END Men Chagrined Over Their Presidents Action. Tin Workers Threaten to Withdraw from the Amalgamated and Act Independently in Future.
 Mills Starting Up.

Pittsburg, Sept. 1e.-It was turbulent day for President Shaffer and the gem | eral officials of the Amaigamated Asso-
 ciation today. The headquarters of the | organization were crowded from morning until evening with strikers and repre- 1 sentatises of the lodges where the | mills were still idle and workers were awaiting wori from the leader regarding | the settlement of the strike. President Shaffer arrived in his office early in the day and remained until o'clock to- night.
 He had difficulty in seeing all who
 came. and finally arranged to see indt- vidual delcgatic ns from each lodge and under promise that what they learned from him was to remain secret except
 when the subject was brought before
 the lodge and in the lodge room. Tne ,,
 more or less excited and many were deeply incensed. Some of the strikers
 declared they would not respect the or gisen full particulars of the settlement. Others were calling boldly for the resig- nation of President Shaffer and another
 class dsmar ded the wisndra~a Ss os mes worrying feature to President 5haHer was the presence of newspaper men. He
 finally. ordered them froIn the b,didiEg:
 
 promise that an official statement Of the
 settlement would be given out later, some
 of the men withdrew. This statement
 At o'clock tonight President shafter left the office for his home. He looked
 neither to the right nor to the left. lie
 seemed much depIessed and Wanteo a .o organization bpsieda themselves ctrculat- ing among the angry men about the offices and making plea for quietnsss and patience. They assured all that the
 settlement would not prove to he as bad
 as had been reported. Those who were finally permitted to see President Shaner
 departed from headquarters looking de- cldedly dispIeased and mutterlng much against what had been told them.
 The tin workers of the Star Mills today decided to keeg up the stTIss bsssr until fhey
 added that in case the terms were n, such | as to make the Star Mills non-union | they would positively refuse to return to | handed The strikers at the Monongailela plant of the same company have taken | similar acti.n. When these facts were
 Iaushed sarcastic ally. He offered no comment on the men or their decision. The American Sheet Steel Company re-
 ported that the strikers lmSia hSd re5ur1ssa Psaua | O., the Aetna Standard Mills in Mlnso | Junction and some had asked TOT W0rk .i. l in the Canal Dover mills. Tn tne HrS' | three they had all started to work.
 in the Canal Dover mill the strikers | were not accepted for the present. The mills are running partly with non-nnieSn iesn men and for reasons not vouchsaIed the officials decided to hold out until M Wed- nesday before accepting any or the otner
 men who wanted work The e!ad AmeIlcan oIna.a in Ohio which were idle as result of the strike all operating today. These plants are all union and will remaln so. With the American Sheet Steel company
 1t was stated that with the starting or the additional mills yesterday the con.tt ,t pany was turning out fully SO per cent CT CTS ''S returned @ ed they Were getting out $
 per cent. The actual loss to tRe com
 pany on account of the strike was conn
 D5rTS TSe reDorts "f from the National Tube Company mill showed that oyer 4oVO strikers in McKeosport asked for work hs shsrs P tss tss TsrSSs nSSer pabout ao employed. The ether 1000 were not en-
 ployed owing to the mills not being ready for them It n, IS exReSitee Rriu be nsI weeE
 The indications that the tin workers
 will withdraw from the. Amalgamated
 Association and form an independeIn's I',.,s, or
 ty-five hundred men went on night urn ,r
 In the tube works at McKeesport. The
 iiI will be pissstsd 6a9a uSiSa of oaSs sSCston
 rolling mills voted to stay out or go back
 in a body majority of the stSxers were disRusted with the SYnpatneuc
 strike and treatment received from AmaIEamated headquarters. The minor
 ity threatens a local tie-up, but this IS
 not believed possible. The result of Me.
 Keesport is that the Wood mill will
 probably be lost to McKeesport and the
 Demmler lost to the union. More than one million dollars were lost In wages as follows: Nine thousand five hundred e 6O0; 900 Wood men out eleven weeks, $165,- 0OO; TOO Demmler men out nine weeks. line report from wheeling tonight says: '"The settlement of tho. steel strike without giving publicity to the terms of agreement has resulted in rather cha otic state of affairs here. At the River side and Bellaire mills there has been no compliance with President Shaffer's orders to return to work. The Aetna Standard will be an association mill and WIiI start Wednesday. Ten mills at the IauKhiin plant in the Martins Ferry district started today and more will be started tomorrow.
 After British Market.