The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-05
TO EXTEND STEEL STRIKE
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(CGnflnueQ rom | lISI IdSeI
 T was given full authority to act. The meeting empowered me to issue call whenever in my judgment l thought it was time to act"
 "When will that call be issuedT'
 That depends upon numper ol things. It is difficult to say just the exact day that l will be ready to eXef- else the authority vested in me"
 "Is the order likely to go out to- night?" :,
 q would hardly think so. l am ol the opinion that I could not prepare myself to issue the order tonight
 will you do anything in the matter this evening""
 No. I will not. I am going home to rest and will wait until tomorrow to resume the cares of my position.
 Cannot you fix some definite date when this order will be issued?'
 You can say that within a week eV- cry union man and every union man at heart in the employ of the united States Steel Corporation will pc re- auested by me to join the Amalgamateu Association in winning this strike. DO you think you will be able to close all the mills of the Steel Corpora tion?'
 T am of the opinion that every one of them can be closed. We have some great surprises in store for the trust The men have been organized in some of their mills ttrt they never dreamed could be toucheI. We have the sym pathy of the workmen and they Will not throw any straws in the way Of our absolute victory.
 MT. Shaffer said that the stories that MT Morgan had been ugly during the conference on Saturday were untrue. He said the gentleman had been cour- teous and business-lke throughout the entire meeting and if he had lost ms temper it was after the adjournment of the gathering.
 Are you afraid of southern negroes being brought into break the striker
 Not in the least. The negroes Tn the south are thoroughly organized, We | have not been overlooking that detail. They make the best kind of union men, l The 300 colored men brought from the south to assist in starting the plant or l the Latrobe Steel company, in Chicago, were all members of the union. When they discovered what was wanted Of them they returned to their homes, | Reverting to the failure of the strike settlement, MT. Shaffer said: NO eX- planation was offered by the company for their refusal to grant any better terms or to consider the provisions ot the Amalgamated Association in any form. They seemed to have made UT their minds suddenly to give no cons'd- eration to them and would not vary from their determination.
 Don't blame MT. Morgan for all this" said MT. Shaffer as he went on MT Morgan knows absolutely nothing about the true conditions of the mills except as he is told by others. lie mas their word and is guided by 1t entirely I believe that MT. Morgan is talr- minded man and is only acting on ms iudgment, based on information or oth- CTS whom he looks to. l am aware tha' there Is a hidden influence in the cor porate body of the United States Stee | Corporation that has been working against us. What l mean is that 1t |! hidden to the public, but not us we are fully aware of the location of oui enemies.
 we went to New York wanting peace. We did everything we kneV how to bring about peace honoraply | Tn every effort we failed. We can dt no more than fight for our existence until either the trust asks for anothe conference or we are eXterpated."
 Throughout the interview Presiden | e,,-- oI thn officials the Amalgamated Association had thei plans for this struggle well in hand anC had made arrangements for the battl on the most complete and systemati ideas that could be provised. He de clined to say anything about the actloi of the American Federation of l-abo in assisting the Amalgamated Assocla tion in this struggle, or to tell anything about what support the organizatlo' would receive from other sources. Tn policy, he said, would be to move qul etly and carefully, as they realized Una they had difficult task before then and nothing would be gained by rash ness. The various vice presidents o the organization after the meeting Il New York returned to their respectiV homes and there will assume direc charge of the members in their dis tricts. The only members of the ot1cla family of the organization left in Pitts burg will be the national officers, an President Shaffer will act with ful power in directing affairs from the gen eral offices Each vice president vii call together a meeting of the distric executive board of the district which h has charge of and in every district tn same system will be carried out as l carried out in the national councils.
 Secretary Williams was not dispose to discuss the situation at such lengtl as his chief. He did have this to say "The possibility of settlement of thi difficulty appears to be at an end. w carefully considered the proposition o inc trust, It was decided that tn terms were such that we could not ac cept To accept would have mean practically the disruption of our organ ization. We could not have agreed an' returned to face the men we represent ed It is now a case of fight I thinl the contest will be the greatest indus trial battle the world has ever known I am thoroughly convinced that we vii win the victory"
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