Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-08-05
THE STRIKE Is
ON IN EARNEST
Within a Week Every Man Of the
Amalgamated Association
Will be Out,
A FIERCE STRUGGLE AHEAD
The Strikers Arc Strengthening Their
Lines-supreme Power is Vested in
President Shaffer to Conduct the
Strike-Rioters Arrested.

Pittsburg, Pa, August 5.-Presideni
Shaffer of the Amalgamated Assocla-
ton of sheet iron and tin workers de-
cared today that general strike orde1
WI be issued within a week calling
ont every man of the Amalgamated As
sociation in the employment of the steel
association The associat'on's execu-
tive board will not be again called into
conferences hhfess the other side sues
for peace. All power is vested in Shaf-
fer for the conduct of the great strug.
gle and he has absolute and supreme
authority for the conduct of the atrikr.
It is claimed that the Federation Of In
Dor will give the strike its financial
support, and President Comp % Is ex-
pected here for q conference with
President Shafeer this week. The situ-
alton in the local mills is unchanged,
and dispatch from Wellsvilie says
that the arrest there of the rioters who
participated in the riot at the home of
Harry Phillips on Saturday has damp
ened the martial spirit of the strikers
and all is quiet there. At McKeesport
the Amalgamated organizers are
strengthening their lines for the strug-
gle. Several meetings were held yester-
day and 279 nem members added to the
association.
The control of the rolling mills is set
tied. Preparations are being made for
the organization of the National Gal
vanizing plant and steel tube plants as
they have asked for admission either to
the Amalgamated association or the
Federation of Labor.
Several thousand Poles and Hungari
ans employed as laborers in the tube
works are anxious to strike and will be
formed into an organization of their
own or admitted to the Federation of
Labor.
THE UNION IS LOSING AT WELLS
WILLIE.
Wellsville Ohio, August 5.-A dis
patch says that the wholesale arrest Of
the participants in the riot on Satur-
day dampened the ardor of the strikers
and if other labor organizations keep
hands off the strike troubles will soon
be eyer. Seven more members Of the
associa ion deserted this morning and
returned to work. 1t is stated that five
of the six mills there will be in full
operation this afternoon. Reports from
other cities where the strike is on,
show that everything is quiet but the
Amalgamated organizers are working
hard strengthening their lines for the
coming struggle.
AN INTERVIEW WITH SHAFFER.
Pittsburg, Pa, August 5.-The Chron-
icle-Telegraph says this afternoon:
zone of the officials of Lafayette Lodge
of the Lawrenceville Amalgamated AS
sociation, this morning announced that
he had been notified that there would
be no general strike ordered. He Is au-
thOrity also for the statement that the
directors of the steel corporation are
dissatisfied with Morgans attitude and
are making every effort to open nego-
tiations with the strikers, and the Off
cials. The official is one of the leading
steel workers of the city, and the infer
ence is that he received an inside tip
from the higher officials of the associa-
tion. President Shaffer arrived at the
headquarters at 11.45, and fifteen min
utes later called the newspaper men to
his private office. When asked if set
tlement could be reached in New York
on Saturday, had they waived their
rights at the Painter, the McCutcheon
and the Wellsville plants he said: "The
Amalgamated Association could have
settled in New York if they had given
up these mills, but we could not do that.
Just as long as we can fight we are
going to fight them. l will issue call
for general strike within a week, but
don't know how many men the strike
order. will effect"
"Will the board be called for any more
conferences?''
"No, the board has been dismissed,
and will not be called unless the other
side wants peace. They have declared
war;
President Shaffer said that the state
ment in the papers of his stop off at
Washington was true, but he did not
see President Gompers of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, as he is not in
town. /.
Secretary Morrison was seen, how
ever, and he assured Shaffer that the
Federation would give its financial
support. Shaffer has requested Com
pers to come to Pittsburg this week for
conference. It is thought that most
of the vice-presidents have left for
their homes, as only four or five of them
visited the association rooms during the
morning. .'
THE STRIKE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Washington, D. c., August5.-Assist-
ant Secretary Of the Treasury Taylor
today received kilograms from ship
owners and masters Of vessels at San
Francisco stating that owing to the
strike there they would be unable to un-
load vessels, and asking that the
Cinnamon employed on the ships be per-
mitted to unload the vessels, the owners
guaranteeing the government that they
would not be allowed to go beyond the
wharves. Taylor replied holding this
to be violation of the Chinese exclu-
sion act, refusing to allow the China
men on the docks.
Three letters lost between postoffice
and Galisteo, street addressed to Mr.. d,
M. White. Please return same to Mr..