Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-08-09
ORDER is DELAYED.
President shnner Fails to Issue Call
for General strikc-His
Reasons.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 6.-Just faint
gimmer of hope that the great steel
workers strike will be settled was em-
bodied in a statement given out by
President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated
association Monday night. When
asked if he would pursue the same pol
icy in ordering a strike in the mills of
the Federal Steel, the National Steel
and the National Tube companies as
he did in calling out the men in the
mills of the American Tin Plate COM
pany, he replied: "If it had not been
for this determination on my part, the
general strike would have been or
dered on Saturday night" Before
calling out the tin workers, and after
failing to get any satisfaction from
the officials of the American Sheet
Steel and the American Steel Hoop
companies, President Shaffer sent a
telegram to Vice President Warner
Arms, of the American Tin Plate COM
pany, notifying him that under Article
10, section 80 of the constitution of the
Amalgamated association, he would be
| obliged to call out the tin workers in
all of the mills owned by the United
States Steel corporation unless the diff
ficuity was settled within a period of
ten DAYS. As a result of this notice,
Mr.. Arms succeeded in getting togeth-
er another conference. and a vain at
tempt was made to settle the dispute
and prevent a strike which would in
volve the tin mills. That conference
was the one that broke up in the HoteI
Lincoln three weeks ago last Saturday
N order to be equally fair to the other
constituent companies of the United
States Steel corporation and accord
them the same treatment, President
Shaffer has sent a similar notice to the
officers of the Federal Steel company
the National Steel company and th'
National Tube company, giving then
the same time in which to make an.
effort they may desire to bring abou
a Sc ttlement, or he will put in force this
same clause in the Anna lgamated asso
,iation constitution. 1t is presumed
that the delay in issuing the genera
order will be at least until the end o
the present week. Possibly it will no
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meantime the men in the mills of thes
three companies will be prepared t.
come out when the strike order is is
sued.
The possibility of a settlement of tn
strike Is based on the bare hope tha
the officials of the three additiona
companies will bring to bear sufficien
influence to urge an adjustment of tn
difficulty before the strike order is i:
sued. President Shaffer did not e,
press any hope that this would be don,
nor did he even discuss the matter, bu
the inference was quickly seen tina
there was such a probability in sigh
It is faint one though, and but lttl
!. interest was taken in it in the gener;
offices of the association.
The strike history of the day
Pittsburgh itself was not prolific {
results. Considerable, however. w;
doing in towns surrounding. In tn
city all of the idle mills are in the san
q, condition as before the failure of IL
conference to settle the strike, ar
no apparent move is being made by Il
manufacturers to start the mills, co
sequently there has been no break
the strikers ranks. The most impo
tant strike point Monday night seen
to be Leechburg and Wellsville, wi
McKeesport n possible trouble cente