River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-08-29
No Effort to See Steel Officials as
Result of Conference at
Pittsburg.
LABOR LEADERS RETURN TO NEW YORK
Probability of Renewal of Peace
Negotiations Discussed mt Pitts =
hurg-President Shaffer Knows
Nothing About Such ETOrts-De-
veIopments Meager.

tion looking to a settlement OF the
steel strike had been submitted up
to II a. m, Monday, to the United
States Steel corporation as result
of the conferences at Pittsburg last
week Of members of the Amalgam-
ated association, industrial commits
sion, Civic federation ana labor lead
ers..
Ralph NJ. Easley, secretary of the
National Civic Federation of Labor,
and Henry White, secretary of the
United Garment Workers of America,
arrived here Monday from Pittsburg.
They said they had not been author
lied to make any proposition look
ing towards settlement of the
United States Steel corporation
strike. While in Pittsburg they had
conference with President ShafTer,
of the Amalgamated association, but
without tangible result.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, also
arrived in the city Monday, coming
from Buffalo, en- route to Washing
ton Mr. Gompers was in conference
with Mr. Easley and Mr.. White, but
it was said the conference resulted in
no plan of action. Mr. Easley said:
Mr.. White and ! did not go to Pittsburs
70 make any proposition to Mr.. Shaffer,
nor have we been authorized to make any
proposition to the steel trust managers.
We went there TO get information, and
quite by chance we met Prof. jerks, the
II. a. s,-Fsn Tr,F.v4 ~ rsFff
and John Mitchell, president of the United
Mine Workers. and the four of US went
to see President Shaffer We merely want
ed to be informed of the exact situation,
and to see whether there was any opening
for the good offices for our concilliation
board. Mr.. Mitchell, for his part, wanted
information because he had been asked
to call out 2S0,0o0 miners on sympathetic
strike, and was not willing to go it blind
We had no proposition TO make and we
did not seek authority to act for the Anal
gamated association. We merely made ii
clear that we were at the service of both
sides in an effort to reach a settlement.
I'VE are ready" Mr.. Easley added, "to
endeayor to bring the contending factors
TO an understanding but we have made no
offers to either side. Such an offer might
Go more harm than good.
Mr.. Easley said in conclusion that
he did not expect to see Messrs. Nor
gan or Schwab and that ne was not
trying to obtain conference with
them.
Prices Go Up.
One Of the effects of the steel
strike upon the local business inter-
ests in this city has been the price
that has been put up on pipe mate
rial, especially that adapted to steam
fitting
At the close of last week the job
bers of steam pipe in New York
raised the price of iron pipe 10 per
cent Monday the prices for this ma
terial are 20 per cent. above those
quoted before the strike began.
strike Developments Meager.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 27.-Develop-
ments in the steel strike were meager
Monday morning. Probable renewal
of peace negotiations by disinterested
parties was again being discussed, but
nothing definite could be learned.
Henry NJ White, of the Garment
makers Of America. and Ralph NJ.
Easley. Of the National Civic Fedora
tion. who took part in the conference
in this city last week, left for the east
Sunday night and it is reported that
they went to New York to make an
other attempt to have negotiations
between the contending parties re-
opened.
ShafYer Knows Nothing of 1t.
=
Monday that he knew nothing of the
| proposed venture, and his associa ton
had authorized no new steps for peace.
| The combine, it is said, intends to make
| aggressive attempts to start more
| plants this week. They were success
ful IN putting two more mills in opera
ton at Painters Monday morning and
now have four mills. with a force of
4G0 men at work The mills started
| Monday were No. bar mill and No. Z
cotton tie mill. The management says
! that the work being turned out is up
TO the standard and is being placed on
the market One of the officials an-
nouneed Monday that he had three
more crews engaged, but that they
would not go to work until all the men
necessary to operate the six mills had
been secured. and then the plant would
run at night. He said he was almost
certain he entire works would be run
ming at night before the end of this
week. More men were taken into the
Star plant of the American Tin-Plate
company, and at the Lindsay and Ne
Cutcheou works of the Steel Hoop
company. These mills, the combine Of
Gals say. they expect to have in full
operation before Saturday.
Declare They Cannot Resume.
The strike managers assert that the
resumption of these plants in fun will
be an impossibility, and say the claims
OF the steel people are not borne out
by the facts. They say that they
scored a victory over the management
q the Star mills by preventing seven
men from entering the plant and that
the plant was not running at all Mon
CAY morning,
No News from Chicago.
Wee Presideu, Pierce. Of the ANAL
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