The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-25

PITTSBTRG. July 25.-The steel strik-
ers are jubjIant over the stand taken by
DR. r j Black. Mayor of McKeesport
He has issued d remarkable statement il
which he says:
The police in Nckeesport are en-
piryed by the citizens to protect their
interests, and they viii not De used
To guard private property OF corpora
ticns The citizens Of Aickeesport are
orderly and law-abiding. as has been
demonstrated IN this and the previous
strikes. The bringing of outsiders
here To start the sniiIs is certain TO
provoke trouble. / have To sympa-
thIeS in this matter. ] am not siding
with the strikers. nor with the steel
company If the company attempts to
import labor in my Opini0n, it viii
cause trouble. and I sltaH notify the
officers Of The companies not to do So
If they persist / shall arrest the men
and give them their choice between
leaving the city OF going to the work
house
Il want to warn all iron workers to
stay away from NcKaeSport and not
to come here to Create. trouble l am
mayor Of this town and sworn TO keep
The peace
President Shafer made a threat this
morning in mild language. Speaking of
injunctions he said:
We intend to conduct this struggle Ie-
saIly and decorousIy. but if injunctions
are granted against legitimate pieketing
1t viii result in d conference of all the
labor leaders in the country representing
all the organizations.
PittsbUrg is prepared to hear any min
ute Of serious trouble at EeIIsviIIe where
/. the plan Of the manager. Persifer F.
Smith, to resume operations with nom
union men is being obStTuctcd by strik-
ers- Even the officials g the AnaIgamat-
cd Association here fear an outbreak and
while there has been denial Of the pictur-
esque story that T. J Shaffer. the union 5
president, went to the Ohio town last
night disguised as ar aged tramp 10 in
FcStIgate the conduct Of his Ieutenants al
/ the front. It Is fact that he went Ia
1 WellsviiIe on the same train with ten
Strike-bTeakers and upon reaching the
town. again cautioned the strikers
against using violence or giving the trust
any excuse for going into the United
States Court as Is threatened
Mr. Shaffer said this morning that there
i no truth in the story that he made 1Iu
a. decrepit old man with one eye and
dressed in rags Asked the purpose of his
visit to the Ohio strike centre. he declared
that he merely went there TO consult with
tt7 officials of Inc local AmaIgamated
Att@F AiF tiettl fsr-l IN Eils town only Two
hours and nat merely q few officials. The
strikers, he believed. did not know of his
presence He said ne found the strike
well in hand, and the outlook encourag-
ing
Complaints whispered at the headquar-
ters Of the Ama !gamated Association
about the seeming lack Of interest Of tfge
other labor uuions in the present struggle
Of the steel workers are said to b. based
on a sound foundation. on July L. the
day the strike was formally declared by
Mr.. Shaner. a prominent official OF the
United Mine Workers was quoted as say
ing that he was with the AmaIgamated
Association and, if need be, would call
upon 5000 miners to Join the strike. ty-
ing up all the plants of the United States
Steel Corporation and insuring q victory
for the steel workers This was the first
and apparently the final declaration Of the
miners leader. 1t is admitted that he
actually made the statement credited Ia
him, but his friends say that he did not
understand the situation then as thor
oughly as he does now and they intimate
that he holds the opinion that it is to the
best interests Of the miners to keep as
far away from this fight as possible The
Coal Trust does not want to be involved
/ IN any strike.