Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-01
STILL DISCUSSING 1
Third Session Of Steel Strike
Confsrees u Still In
Progress.
Combine Leaders 0bdurats and
Threaten to Start the Mills
Anyway.
Trouble Likely to Be the Out.
come. for the Strikers
Are visilant.

Plttsburg, Pa, Aug. 1.-The third sos-
sion Of the meeting OF the executive
board OF the Amalgamated Association
began at ten O'clock this morning with
a full attendance and decisive action
whether for continued war, or peace. is
looked for today. President sharer APP
pears exceedingly anxious to bring
about settlement Of the controversy,
but 1t does not seem as tho he would be
successful in pursuading a majority of
his associates unless he is able to OBJ
tain for them some modification OF the
strems laid down to them by the big
corporations. He spent all day yester-
day in most earnest endeavors to obtain
some concession. and secret conferences
by long distance telephone and with
Messrs Preston and Schwab, of the
United States Steel Corporation, who
are in this city, were many but 1t is
believed were fruitless.
This unsettled condition OF affairs has
produced a great restlessness among
those interested In the outcome and
while everybody fervently hopes today
will bring an end to the strife, many are
still apprehensive. Whatever rock 1t
seems to be, upon which the dove Of
peace refuses rest, it must be very
sharp one to produce such spirit of
dlssension as has manifested itself
among the members Of the executive
committee.
Pending the result of the conference.
there exists sort of armed neutrality
between the opposing factions In the
great struggle. The, strike leaders have
relaxed none OF their vigilance, and the
operating officials Of the steel combine
are going on with their plans to start
the mills. There was some excitement
at Wellsville last night over a report
that enough men to start the mills were
coming from Apollo. the trains were
closely watched and the river front pa
trolled all night, but no new men ar
rived. The advisability of dealing forci-
bly, with the new men were openly dis-
cussed and rabid expressions foreshad-
owed growing bitterness that sooner
or later may be expected to culminate
seriously, should a settlement be fol-
lowed by an attempt on the part of the
company to import additional men.
From sources close to the mill manage
.ment declaration was made today that
Immediately following rupture IN case
the negotiations fail. new men would
be imported In the meantime the COM
pany would devote its entire attention
to persuading some of the weaker men
to go back to work.
The strike situation at McKeesport is
without change. No efforts to resume
loperatfonS have been made at either
Devices, Wood or Demmler plants, but
everything is in readiness for an early
start with the old men if a settlement
is affected and with new ones II the con-
ference rejects the peace proposition.
When the conference adjourned at
noon for lunch a statement was issued
by the members denying the published
reports that there was disagreement
amongst them, saying that they are try
ing to reach settlement honorable and
satisfactory to al! concerned. AT 2 o'clock
the conference reassembled, with all the
members present.