The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-17
SHAFFER'S BUSY DAY
PRESIDENT OF THE AMALGA-
MATED ASSOCIATION HAD ALL
HE COULD DO
PACIFYING ANGRY STRIKERS
Terms of Settlement Are Unsatis-
factory to Many of the Men
Tin Workers May Start
New Union.

PITTSBURG, Sept. 16-It was a tur-
bulent day for President Shaffer and the
general officials of the Analgamated as
ISOLATION today. The HEADQUARTERS of
the organization were crowded from
morning till evening with strikers and
representatives of lodges where the mills
were still idle and workers were await
ing word from the leader regarding the
settlement of the strike. President
Shaffer arrived in his office early in the
day and remained until o'clock to-
night He had difficulty in seeing all
who came and finally arranged to see IN
d1vidual delegations from each lodge. un-
der promise that what they learned from
MIN was to remain secret except when
the subject was brought before the lodge
and in the lodge room. The callers at
the general Offices were all more or less
excited and many were deeply incensed
Some of the strikers declared they would
not respect the order calling the strike
or until they were given full particu-
lars Of the settlement. Others were
calling boldly for the resignation OF
PRESIDENT Shaffer, and another class de-
manded the withdrawal of their lodges
from the organization.
The most worrying feature to President
Shaffer during the day was the presence
OF newspaper men in the HEADQUARTERS
He finally ordered them from the build.
ing. His order was not obeyed, but upon
his promise that an official statement of
the settlement would be given out later
some OF the men withdrew. This stale
ment was not given out after ALL At 6
clock tonight President Shaffer left the
ONCE Tor his home. He looked neither
to the right nor to the left. He seemed
much depressed and wanted to avoid
everyone. Other officials of the organI-
zatlon busted themselves circulatins
t1n
and making plea for quietness and pa
tlence. They assured all that the settle
ment would not prove to be so bad as
had been represented thus far. None Of
those who did this work were ready
however, to give any inkling of the terms
granted the Amalgamated association
or how it affected the men on strike
Those who were finally permitted to seq
President Shaffer departed from head
quarters looking decidedly displeased and
mutterfng much against what had been
told them.
AGREEMENT KEPT SECRET.
Before leaving his office President Shaf-
Ter announced that he did not think
that 1T was necessary to make a state
ment. He said that he was satisfied
that none would be Forthcoming from
the manufacturers, as they had given him
assurances that they would not reveal
Iue CoHQltlOHS OF the agreement. One
of the officials other than Mr. Shaffer
SAID that it was but natural that nothing
would be said about the settlement He
added that it was CALLING enough to be
beaten without talking publicly about it.
A meeting of the tin workers of the
Star mills was held during the afternoon
and the matter of the strike settlement
was taken up. After the meeting the
men announced that they had decided to
remain out and keep UP the strike until
they had heard from President SHAFT
fer. They added that in case the terms
We're such as to make the Star mill non
union they would positively refuse to re-
turn to work and would fight the battle
single-handed. The strikers at the
Monongahela plant of the same company
have taken similar action. When these
facts were presented to President Shat
fer he only laughed sarcasticaIIy. He
offered no comment on the men or their
decision. At the Painter mills in the
West end it was stated that about a
dozen of the old men had applied for
work, but none had been taken back as
yet. The strikers in the Lindsay-Mc-
Cutcheon mills. in Allegheny, reported
for work and about dozen were re-em-
ployed. The American Sheet Steel COM
pany reported that the strikers had re-
turned to the idle mills in New Phila-
delphia, Ohio; Piqua, Ohio: the Aetna
Standard mills in Mingo Junction and
some had asked for work in the Canal