The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-08-08
FAINT HOPE OF TRUCE
0Ads' Will Fellow Tin Plsts Nsa
Before Ordering General Strike.
MILLS HAVE 10 DAYS TO ANSWER

q IN the Negative. the Order Calling
Out Federal. National Steel and Ma.
tionai Tube Works viii ss Issued
At Once.
Pittsburs. Aug. 6.-Just faint glim.
mer Of hope that the great steel work.
>rs' strike will be settled was en-
bodied In a statsmeAt given out BY
Presldsnt Sha6sr. OF the AmalgamatsA
Association, last night When asked
df ne would pursue tho same policy IN
ordering a strike In the mills Of the
Federal Steel, the National Steel and
the National Tube companies. - he
did In calling out the mon In the mills
OF the American Tin Plate company.
he replied: III It had not been for
this determination on my part the gen.
'eral strike would have been ordered
on Saturday night"
The rumor Of . settlement 10 based
on the bare hope that the oficials Of
the three additional companies will
bring to bear sufncient influence to
urge an adjustment Of the diffculties
before the strike order is issued. Presi-
dent Shaffer did not express any hope
that this would be done, nor did he
even discuss the matter. but the infer
'ence was quickly seen that there was
such a probability in sight. 1t is q
faint one, thought, and but little inter.
est was taken in It in the general
offices Of the association today.
Before calling out the tin workers,
;und after failing to get any satisfac.
ton from the ofacials Of the Ameri.
can Sheet Steel and the American
Steel Hoop companies. President Shat.
fer sent a telegram to Vice President
Warner Arms, Of the American Tin
Plate company, notifying him that un-
der article 10, section IS, Of the con.
,stitution of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation, he would be obliged to call
out the tin workers in all OF the mills
owned by the United States Steel
Corporation unless the difficulty was
settled within period Of ten days. As
"A result OF this notice, Mr.. Arms sue.
sceeded in getting together another
conference, and . vain attempt was
made to settle the dispute and pre-
vent a strike which would involve
the tin mills. That conference was
the one that broke up in the Hotel
Lincoln three weeks ago.
In order to be equally fair to the
other constituent companies Of the
Omitted States Steel Corporation and
accord them the same treatment, Pres
ident shaffer has sent a similar notice
to the ofhcers Of the Federal Steel
Company, the National Steel Com.
pany and the National Tube company.
S1ying them the same time IN which
10 make any effort they may desire to
bring about = settlement, or he will
put in force this same clause in thu
Association constitution.
II II presumed that the delay In issuin &
the general order will be at least un.
I'll the end OF the present week. Posi-
bly, 1t will not bs issued until early
next week. In the meantime the men
IN the mills of these three companies
win BE- prepared to como out when
the strike order Is issued.
Tho most important strike points
this mrning seem to be Leechburg
and Wellsville, with McKeesport q pos
sible trouble centre. From Leechburs
this telegram was received last night:
At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Hyde
Park mill, which has been Idle since
the first Of this year. was started.
At 3.45 this afternoon q train arrived
at Hyde Park, coming from Salisbury.
yandergrift and Apollo. The train
stopped at the works. and five men,
clad in working garb and carrying din
.ner buckets, left the train and turried
into the works. Later. some six mill
men from Leechburg, sauntered down
toward the mill, passed tho guards and
walked into the mills where tonight
they are at work. This makes 81 men
now employed at the works.
The Amalgamated Association, how
ever, are In the ground making desperate
efforts to keep all union men out. They
make the bold assertion that in two
days after President Shaffer issues his
general strike order, not a wheel will
be turning In either Vandergrift, Apol-
10 or Hyde Park.
The condition at McKeesport this
morning is reported as feverish. Many
strikers are on the streets around the
National Tube Works. Men announce
that they are only waiting for orders
from headquarters before going out
Organizer Flynn. Of the Federation Of
Labor, was here yesterday looking
over the situation and comforting with
local leaders Persistent rumors are
10 the effect that the mine workers
will refuse to furnish coal for the trust
coke furnaces or mills.