The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-05
STRIKERS ARE UNEASY.
Headers Say They are Satisfied, But
 the Ranks are Agitated.

Pittsburs, Sept. 4.-Agitation and un- Aasiness prevails in the ranks or tne ly unfavorable developments of today The leaders however. profess to be sat isfied with present conditions ana claim that ultimate victory will De tneirs.
 Much was hoped for from the peace conference in New York. but the an nouncement S@s of the failure to reach a de stIlI many hold to the belief that the matter now being up to the strike lead CTS to accept or reject whatever may nettfement naTe 1ega Si will p speedily be reached
 The following was handed to a repre- sentative of the Associated Press today ~tR9%t ~%Sse0g % Ss Sy pfssaen sepa iso We the undersigned members of Crescent Lodge of A. A. of I. s. and T. w.. as- sembled, denounce the statements made by J. D. Hickey. when he says that this strike was instigated by President Shaf- fer and Is not constitutional, as anso- sideration by the members of the A. A. and we deny the assertion that seventy two per cnt of the mills of the United States Steel Corporati9cgnt cgtoa. are na aI o Work'
 w. G. Evans. President.
 Secretary"
 The above. together with the telegram received by MT Shaffer today from Pres ident Gompers of the American Fedora tion, denying that there was a meeting in Buffalo to consider the charges made by MT. Hickey would indicate that the charges have fallen fiat.
 The steel officials are in very con the strike is broken effectually and that Dnly a few days more will be required to make it a thing of the past.
 The return of the 400 tube workers at McKeesport and the report that l50 or more went in at the Pennsylvania. The works and the protection of Sheriff Mo Kinley and his seventy-five deputies at Demmler, where a start will be made to- morrow morning, give much weight to this belief. In addition to these breaks, the steel officials claim increased num- Cutcheon. the Painters and the Clarks mills and say other plants will be put
 Organizer Schwartz of the American Federation. who organized the Pennsyl- vania Tube. Works. called a meeting of his men this afternoon at which 1t was decided that none of the men would re- turn. until President Shaffer gave the word. MT. Schwartz said not a man of had gone to work and that the report that 150 of them had gone in today was false. A few laborers and repair men rye at work putting the plant In order ! r work, but aside from these, no other workmen are in the mill
 McKeesport was thrown into a state of consternation this afternoon by the ar rival of a force of deputies demanded of Sheriff Mckinley hy the officials of the American Tin Plate Company. At the first intimation that such course would be pursued Mayor F. J. Black held a con ference over tho telephone with the Sher- If. Later he went to littsburg and on his return he was boiling over with indigna- tion, He denounced the action of Sheriff Mckinley in the bttterest terms. Chief of Police Morrissey volunteered to land every deputy at the police station if the Mayor would only give the word. but the Mayor cautioned him that such action would transcend his powers. The Mayor gave out signed statement in which he says:
 Tn view of the fact that Sheriff Vii liam c. Mckinley has seen fit to discharge what he mistakenly c0nceives to be hls duty, to send deputy sheriffs in that DOT tiOn Of the city of McKeesport occupied by the Demmler tin mills. it becomes in- cumbent upon mo to protest against such action. Probably there Is no more peace ful spot on earth than that inclosed with ing our corporate limits. There Is no dis ser here.
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