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President ' shaaffer says He Will Is.
& sue General Order Within ~i5S
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FEDERATION ErtFui1 10 sIvE? tIil11s' SUPPORT.

FEDERATION 10 Give IT'S SUPPORT.
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Pittsburgh Paper Prints story That
Steel Combine Is Dissatisfied with
.Morgan's Attitude and That Efforts
viii Ne Made to Prevent Spread
.5of the Strike.
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Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 6.-President
Shaffer arrived at the Amalgamated
association Headquarters at 11:45
a. M, and rs minutes later called
the newspaper men to his private
office. When asked if a settlement
could have been reached in New York
Saturday had they waived their rights
at the Painter, Lindsay and McCutch-
eon5and the Wellsville plants, he said:
THE Amalgamated ass ocia tion could
have settled in New Yok5if they had
given up those mills, but we could not
do that Just as long as,we ansfght
we are.going to fight for.them. They
are as much of US now as any OF the
other lodges. Their fight is ours and
our fight is theirs" #5 :
when will you. issue the call for a
general strike?" was the next question
put to the president, and his, answer
was:E H. i ~ i RI
a"Within week." !
"Can you say how many men will be.
affected ?" @eh s@~@s7 ,.c.. ~es ..x2-
81 don't know" said he, show many
men the strike order will affect"
'sWill the board be called for any
more conference?" - A
mo, the board has been dismissed
and will not be called unless the other
side wants peace. They have declared
war;
President Shaffer said that the
statement in the papers of his stop off
at Washington was true, but that he
did not see President Gompers, Of the
American Federation of Labor, as he
was not in town. Secretary Morrison
was seen, however, and he assured Mr..
Shaffer that the Federation of Labor
would give it's financial support.
''I have requested President Com
pers to come to Pittsburgh this week
for conference" said President
Shaffer, "and I expect him here.'
It is thought that most of the vice
presidents have left for their homes,
as only four or five of them visited the
association rooms during the morning.
Dissatisfied with Morgan.
The Chronicle-Telegraph says: One
- 1o offoio1c oft ho 70 1n1Co
Lawrenceville, of the Amalgamated as
socia tion, Monday morning announced
that he had been notified that there
would be no general strike ordered. He
is authority also for the statement
that the directors of the steel corpora
ton are dissa tisfed with j. ,Morgan's
attitude and are making every effort
to open negotiations with the strikers.
The official is one of the leading steel
workers of the city, and the inference
is that he has received a n inside tip
from the higher officials of the asso-
citation. 5-,s.,, -..-u-.
Attitude of Federation Of Labor.
Washington, Aug. g. Secretary
Morrison, of the American Federation
OF. Labor, who is in charge of the head
quarters here in the absence of Presi-
dent Gompers in Philadelphia, said
Monday that it was impossible to fore
cast what the organizations affiliated
with the federation may do to assist
the strike of the Amalgamated asso-
ciation men. 7,,...:.r ri! ~ 5...t~.ai -.
eff the antagonism of the trust reaches
such proportions that the American FEEDER
alton of Labor is forced to come in and pro-
tect the recognized rights of organized la
bor," continued Mr.. Morrison, ''President
Gompers und Oubtedly will call the executive
council of the federation together to take
all measures necessary. The affiliated Or
gantzations of the Amalgamated associa-
tion have the right to call on the federation
for moral and financial assistance"
The executive council consists of
President Gompers, Secretary Morri-
son, Treasurer Lennon, of Blooming
ton, ILL.,, and Vice Presidents James
Duncan, of Boston,; John Mitchell, of
indianapolis; James O'Connell, of this
city; Max Morris, of Denver; Thomas
I. Kidd, of Chicago, now in Scotland,
and D. M. Hayes, of Philadelphia. J..
Mr.. Morrison declined to discuss the
outlook for the men in affiliated or
carnations OF the federation going
out in sympathy with the Amalgamat-
ed association.
1.-THE organizations affiliated with the
federation" he said, however, "have COM
plete authority as to such action. The
federation never orders a strike The
membership of these unions vote on the
propositions and decide for themselves
OF course, the federation may advise with
the unions, and such advice usually is fol-
lowed to the letter.
4 Although. the local autonomy pro-
vision Of it's constitution prevents
the federation from ordering a gen.
eral sympathetic strike, the execu-
tive council, in case of a strike or
lockout, can levy a weekly assess
ment of one cent per member on all
affiliated unions for not exceeding
ten weeks in any one year. aa@'@
United Mine Workers May Help.