Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-09
|R[ STRIKE SITUATION
Little Change Effected During
the Night and No More
Mills Started.
Action Of the Officials oi the
Federation Of Labor Anx-
iously Awaited.
Plans Making to Transier Large
Membership 70 the Amalsa.
mated sociation.

Pittsburg, Aug. 9.-The steel strike
situation underwent but little change
over night. The steel corporation made
attempt during the night to start the
Painter mill and the strikers claim they
blocked the plan to start the plant by
: winning over the non-union men who
had agreed to work. The mill officials
4 deny there has been any interference
& with their plans and say In due time the.
mill will be started up. President Shaf-
fer and brother officials OF the Amalga-
mated Association are still engaged in
y an effort to secure the cooperation of
the American Federation of Labor.
They say they are sure of obtaining 1t
and their complete success is tllerby as
sured Neither President shaffer nor
President Gompers, nor any men en-
gagged in the conference with them has
given any intimation of their plans, but
1t Is predicted they Will make the bold
stroke OF transferring bodily to the
Amalgamated Association, all members
OF the Federation OF Labor Iho may be
affected by the strike. In the iron and
steel trades are many men whose labor
mas not been sufficiently skilled to admit
them to membership in the Amalga-
mated Association. The Federation for
some time past has been organizlrsi
these men and 1t is said there exists an
agreement between the Amalgamated
and Federation that In the event Of
a o. ova ~, \. a n
the former. II such a plan, is carried
out It would add thousands Of men to
the membership of the Amalgamated
Association. Secretary Williams was
the first OF the Amalgamated officials to
reach strike headquarters this morning.
He claimed the meeting at Lawrence
Vile last night had crippled the Clark
mill again. He said:
Our meeting last night was great
successs, for. as result of 1t. there is
i but one mill In operationsat the Clark
plant. That has been going ever since
the strike occurred. II the steel corpor-
sation had 400 men in the Clark mill; we
have taken 300 of them away from
them.
Local steel officials gave an absolute
denial to the statement that the Clark
mill Is again crippled. They admit one
roller was won from them by the efforts
OF the strikers last night, but they as
sert they had another roller ready to
take his place and four of the five mills
OF the plant are running again today.
The farm mill at the Lindsay and Nc
Cutcheon works is in operation again
today. Yesterday. according to the man
ayers OF the mill, it went within sew
enty-five per cent OF the full run and
Will do better today. because there was
an earlier start made. Advlces from
Hyde Park are to the effect that every
s mill in the plant is in operation and the
work turned out is quite satisfactory.
There will probably be nothing done at
S the Painter mill for few days. 1t Is
s evident preparation is being made to
open the Devices Wood works at Me-
s Keesport. Repairs are being rushed and
large quantities of raw material being
brought to the mills. Negroes are EN-
4 p1oyed on the repairs and the strikers
are watching them closely. fearing there
may be iron and steel workers among
gfhema The company has reinforced the
guards and closed the gates to all men
not engaged by the company.
President Gompers and Secretary
= Morrison, of the American Federation OF
Labor, reachd the strike headquarters
at 10 O'clock. but declined to say any
thing about the attitude OF the Fedora
tion or the possible outcome of the con-
ference. President Shaffer reached
headquarters at lo:3o and announced a
few moments later that his conference
with Gompers was of until afternoon.
4 1T ID possible the Federation Of Labor
viii turn over to the Amalgamated
4 Association all Its lodges affected by the
! strike? 2" Shaffer was asked. THAT is a
question which cannot answer" said
he. You will have to ges that from
Gompers. There is nothing new this
S morning and there is nothing about the
strike that can tell you
II is reported President Gompers has
q plan OF discussing the situation with
the steel officials with q view to bring
I ing about settlement. but the story
can not be confirmed. !.