The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-17
NO PEACE TALK JUST NOW.
An Official of the Steel Corporation
Says That the Fight Promises to
BE a Very Long Drawn
Out One.

PittSburg, Aug. lB.-The reversal or
front by the Joliet men has cheered the
steel strikers more than any other
event of the week and their hopes
again are Aigh. 1t has ended for the
time being all talk of compromise.
The strikers declare that they will
force the Milwaukee men to join them.
and that in the end the Chicago steel
workers, rather than lose their hall
mark of union membership, will recon-
slider their action and swing. into line.
The 600 employees Of the National
Gaivanizing works, an adjunct of the
National Tube company at Mckets-
port, have Joined the strikers. This
closes every plant in Mck"csport.
A telegram from Mclleesport an.
nounces that the fires of the Mononga-
hela blast furnaces will be drawn, and
400 men will be without employment.
The order to close down resulted from
the strike.
The strike organizers are working
among the Carnegie men ut Homestead
and Duquesne and claim they have
foothold They may hold a meeting at
the latter place on Saturday night. The
Steel managers say their position at
those two places Is impregnable.
The American Tin Plate company
officials have plans FOR resumption at
some Of their jdle plants but have car
r,:.i no more Of them out yet. The
strikers, claim that the lower union
Carnegie mill and the Lindsay 4 Nc
Cutcheon mills are impaired, but this
the Steel officials deny.
President shader Talks.
President Shaffer arrived at strike
Headquarters early. When asked n
Trustee Pierce had gone east to do
some organizing. he said:
II will not talk on Mr. Pierce's trip
"Will he go to Duncanvillc"
"The Amalgamated association never
sought to organize those men. They
sent word for us 10 send an organizer
there. We did so. with the result that
Is already known. We have not
troubled ourselves about them since.
They do not amount to Il row of pins,
and If they come into the association
it must be voluntarily. have received
q telegram from Mr. Tighe. stating that
lie Joliet men are out and that he will
20 to Milwaukee,
Have you any word from Vice Presl-
dent Davis of Chcago!'
IT !, nd Mr. In Vic
and do not know his position. know
what is going on In every mill in the
country, and am satisfied with the sit
uation. have reports from the local
mills supposed to he in operation and of
their failure in turning out work. II
looks nice TO see tie names OF 1ntSe
mills going up. hut our men know
there is nothing going on in them that
amounts to anything Mr.. TiGhe has
the right to bring back the charters Of
western lodges where the men refuse
to 60 out and will do so If necessary.
II were one Of those men l would be
asha med Of myself
Discussing strike benefits President
Shaffer said: Under our constitution
our men will on Sept l commence to
receive 81 a week apiece. There Is no
provision for men outside Of the Anal
gamated, but they will be looked
after"
A dispatch from Washington says:
"District assembly sa3s;' knights of
Labor, has passed a resolution calling
on its joint committee Of, the Antitrust
league and labor organizations general.
ly to confer with interests In New
York, Boston and other money centers
and use Its influence to secure an in
vestigation of the alleged unlawful
manner In which the funds of savings
banks throughout the country are be-
Ing loaned to the 80 called Morgan
Rockefeller banks"