New-York tribune., 1901-09-18
STRIKE .SET7L EMENT SECRET
NO STATEMENT MADE PUBLIC BY
PRESIDENT SHAFFER-MANY
MILLS START UP.

Pittsburg Sept. 17.-After taking time to think 1t
over, T. ]. Shaffer. president Of the Amalgamated
Association, has announced that there will be no
public statement of the terms of the settlement Of
the strike of his organization with the United
States Steel Corporation He has also decided to
issue a circular to the lodges giving the terms Of
the agreement which the men were ordered to
return work. and after all the lodges have re-
ceived il the circular will be made public. To-day
the offices of the Amalgamated Association were
more quiet and orderly than they have been for
some weeks the large majority of strikers having
returned to work The who have thus far re-
fused to do so meeting their fellow workers
and kept away from the organization.
The general conditions of the mills of the United
States Steel Corporation have improved In the last
twenty four hours in wonderful manner 1t was
officially announced that nine OF the twelve butt
weld furnaces and three OF the six lap-weld fur
naces of the National Tube Company. In Mckees-
port, started to-day. The officials OF the
various plants have received applications for work
from many of the strikers. and are preparing
TO make a general start on Wednesday
The Continental. Elba and Pennsylvania works
OF the tube company started to-day. The Ameri-
can Tin Plate Company reported that all OF its
active plants except those in Atlantic IND; Joliet
ILL.,; Johnstown. Penn, and Canal Dover ONO
have been placed in operation The last named
will start as soon sufficient tin bars can be Sc
cured TO supply the needs of the plants. In addl-
ton TO these four mills OF the Star plant and four
mills of the Monongahela plant are running ana
all OF the Monessen plant. The Laughlin plant IN
Martins Ferry. with twenty-three mills capacity
will he started with ten mills tomorrow. The
Newcastle and Shenango plants. with an aggre-
gate capacity of fifty mills, started to-day with
full crews Both of the Kensngton plants VIII be
started tomorrow.
The American Sheet Steel Company to-day started
up its union plants, as follows: Ihe |htha-
Standard plant Mingo Junction ohio; Cambridge
Ohio; New Philadelphia, Ohio: Muncie Ind; PiQua
Ohio and Niles Ohio, and the Dresden. Ohio
plant of this company has FIVE OF the ten mills opI
Grating The strikers at those mills VINO are sun
idle have been ordered to apply as i1 ta
work this week. There will be no effort made 10
start the Canton Ohio sheet mills until after this
week owing to the funeral of President Mckinney
In that city. All of the hoop plants are rufinlnS mn
full. The Newcastle plant of the Natonal steer
Company started in full to-day. Ihis was the hrst
plant called out after the general strike order was
Mingo Junction the only plants OF that com,
pany now idle The Riverside plant of the National
Tube Company is the only plant OF thdt company
that is wholly idle
The manufacturers confident that the strike
feeling among the men Is practically cured for the
present The number OF men who have since their
return admitted that they went out against their
will and their better judgment leads to the ex-
preston that the will think more carefully
before they enter a strike again thoughtlessly
and without carefully weighing the matter from all
points The greatest trouble seems TO be predicted
that have been conceded by President Shaffer as
non union The men in those plants take their
defeat hard and many had determined TO remain
idle get other employment rather than go back
their union is recognized. 1t is probable that
the Monongahela and Star mills and the Demmler
mills In McKeesport, will be the last TO get started
All mills of the Carnegie Steel Company and
American Steel Hoop Company, employing about
to p m. Thursday the day OF President Nc
KinleyS funeral.