The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-04-19
MORGAN IS NOT WORRIED
Great Financier Does Not Think
Strike at McKeesport Will As
sumo Serious Proportions.
QUESTION OF RECOGNITION OF UNION.
JOint Conference of Miners, Dele
gates and Block Coal Operators at
Brazil, Ind, Results i'm 81 Complete
Victory for the Miners-Can Now
Buy Powder in Open Market.

London, April 17.-Mr. j. Pierpont
Morgan informed representative of
the press Tuesday that he has not re-
ceiyed any word regarding the strike
at McKeesport and does not believe it
is likely to assume serious proper
tions.
Several of the English papers Tues
day morning prominently printed an
item giving the idea that the strike
will become general throughout the
steel combination plants.
Mr.. Morgan characterized as absurd
the cabled report that he is working
for the reestablishment of the gold
standard in Mexico.
Operating i'm a Crippled Condition.
Pittsburgh, Pa, April 1.-THE
strike at the w. Devices wood plant
of the American Sheet Steel company
at McKeesport is still on. The mill is
being operated in a crippled condition
with about the same number of men
working as Monday. The strikers are
patrolling the streets for the purpose
of inducing the worllmen to remain
away from the mill, but they are keep
ing off the company's property, and
no trouble has occurred.
President Schaffer, of the Anal
gamated association, said he probably
would call the national adyis Dry board
together Wednesday to consider the
extreme action of calling out the men
in the other mills of the United States
steel corporation.
Will Never Recognize Union.
! Samuel j. Cooper, general manager
of the wood plant, is opposed to the
recognition of the Amalgamated asso-
citation. In an interview he said:
This mill will never recognize the union.
The wood mill has been opposed to the
Amalgamated association for over 40
years, and the men at the head of the mill
row are just as much opposed to the asso-
citation as the former proprietors were.
have received word from headquarters that
the company will never recognize the
union
Complete Shutdown Threatened.
If the plans now contemplated by
the Amalagmated association are car
ried out, the result will be a suspen-
sion of operations at all the union
plants of the American Sheet Steel
company before the close of the
week.
President T. J. Shaffer, of the Anal
gamated association, Tuesday issued
a call for special meeting of the
national advisory board, together
with the vice presidents of every dis
trict where the sheet steel combina-
ton has plant. 1t will be held at
national headquarters in this city
"Wednesday morning. President
Shaffer, in speaking OF the meeting,
said with considerable emphasis:
Will Urge Shutdown.
81 shall advise and urge all the
members of the board to vote for an
Immediate closing of all the plants
of the American Sheet Steel company
in the country. This will be the be-
ginning of the fight, and 1 will say
nothing further on the subject"
When asked if the association could
not win by simply shutting down the
sheet mills, whether an order would
be sent out to close all the union tin
plate and steel plants of the United
States steel corporation, Mr.. Shaffer
replied: 81 will say nothing more
than This is the beginning and you
can take whatever you desire"
Syvitchmen ON Strike.
Scranton, Pa, April 1.-Two hun
dred switchmen in the Lackawanna
yards here, at Taylor and at Clark's
Summit struck Tuesday afternoon
against the discharge of two men by
Yardmaster Newell, who wanted to
replace them, it is said, by men
brought from Hoboken.
There is complete tie-up of
freight and coal traffic here, and
word has been sent down to the
bloomsbury and other divisions to
hold all trains. Three miles of coal
cars are already blocked on the
Bloomsbury division between here
and Pittston Junction.