The sun., 1901-08-01
RUM0RS ABOUT
STRIKE SETTLEMENT
Men Reluctant to Talk Regarding Their Work
at Pittsburg.
MANY RUMORS HAVE BEEN SET AFLOAT

neaaquarters, they were refused ad-
mittance to the building by order of
the owner of the Bissell block, lii
which the Amalgamated association
meets. This made 1t difficult to obtain
! any definite information, and all sorts
of fulnors became at once circulated.
Many say that If a settlement can
not be effected at this meeting an ex-
tension of the strike to all of the union
plants of the United States Steel cor.
poration will be ordered.
what Manufacturers Say,
Manufacturers interested both I'm the
United States Steel corporation and In
Its great Independent rivals are watch
ing the progress of the conference of
the workers with keenest interest.
They assert that if the workers do not
agree at this time to the proffers Of
Mr., Morgan all negotiations will be
declared off and no further conference
will be possible. They also declare
that In the event of a failure to settle
the trouble amicably the combine will
use every endeavor to start a large
number of its plants within two weeks.
A strike of 30 men, members of the
Amalgamated association, employed at
the Twenty ninth street mill of the
Carnegie Steel company because of the
discharge of one man, Patrick Frey, a
rougher, has been settled by the rein.
statement of Frey. The strikers have
returned to work.
Frey had been active i'm organizing
the men in the mill, and when the off
cials discovered Frey's work he was
discharged. The members of the asso
citation ut once quit work, and the com
pany was forced to close down two
guide mills. The action of the men
Fas surprise to the mill managers
us 1t was not known that the Amalga.
mated association had gained foot.
hold In the plant. The mill employs
about 1900 men and has been non
union since the Homestead strike IN
1892.
At Mckecsport.
The McKeesport strikers were rest
less all night, and there was more ex
element than at any time during the
strike. Rumors of the company at.
tempting to steal march on the w
Devices Wood men and bring a train
load of nonunion men while the peace
conference was on kept the pickets and
patrols on the alert, and the evident
readiness of both the Wood and DENIM
Ter plants to start at few minutes no
tice increased the feeling of uneasiness
that was prevalent, but no attempt was
made ut either plant to resume.
The report that an agent was coming
to town TO secure men for WelIsville
kept the strikers on the anxious seat
and 100 men kept watch all night foi
him. If found. the strikers asserted
that they would put him on a ear peace
ably and have him leave town.
The strikers are not as hopeful of o
settlement of the strike as they were
Since the return of the McKeesport
men who We're in attendance at the
conference the feeling that long strike
Is certain has become general, and
those closest to the national officers OF
the Amalgamated association seem tt
have least hopes of any settlement be
ing made mt present 1t Is currently
understood that the terms asked by
Mr.. Morgan are nothing like the ones
which We're published as constituting
the agreement and that they would
necessitate steps which would force
matters to about the same point they
Were before the strike.