The Billings gazette., 1901-08-13

markedly disappointing to them. They
are keeping UP the fight, however, in
a spirited manner and claim that they
have strength in reserve which will
surprise their opponents. They as
sert that they have gained foothold
in the Carnegie mills in this city and
at any time desired the men will come
out. They are pressing their advant-
ages at McKeesport and Wheeling and
their organizers are still at work in
those two cities. President Shaffer
has decided to personally visit Wheel
ing and will go there Wednesday to
address a mass meeting of his follow
ers. He plans to spend tomorrow here
directing the fight and comforting with
his assistants as to plans for the flu
ture.
An appeal for financial aid has been
made to organized labor and the gen
eral public and it is expected that the
responses to it will be liberal.
Amalgamated leaders were not dis
posed to do much talking today. They
would not discuss the desertion of
their western fellows, although Pres
ident Shaffer made what was evident
ly intended for a brief reference to
them in short statement he gave out
at noon. Anothr declaration in the
same interview was regarded as high
ly significant here. 1t was to the
effect that no effort will be made to
call out members of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and that any action
on their part must be voluntary.
The appeal for financial assistance
was prepared on Friday last but was
not sent out until today.
The men who are directing the fight
| in the field for the steel corporation
and it's constituent companies would
give no indication of their plans for
the future and would only discuss the
situation generally. A statement al
legged to have been given out by them
at noon was repudiated later in the
day. Their reports showed that the
Carnegie group, South Chicago, Bay
View, Joliet, Youngstown, Columbus,
Kiskiminetas valley group, Wells
vile and Monessen were moving along
full handed. Bellaire, their advices
showed, was badly crippled but had
held on until 5 o'clock in the after
noon and would be started up again
tomorrow. They admitted the loss to-
day of the National Rolling mill at
| Mckeesport which they had expect
| ed to hold and that the Boston mill
and Monongahela Steel works at Nc
Keesport and Republic and Elba here
were tied up.
Officials of the National Tube COM
pany and Mayor Black clashed today
over the question of protection for
nonstrikers and property. A large
crowd of strikers assembled around
the works this morning and their
pickets intercepted tube workers on
their way to the mills. There was
some excitement and mill officers,
claiming that their men were being
| threatened and in danger of violence,
called on Mayor Black to clear the
streets and protect their men and
property. The mayor said that he
would only interfere to stop actual
rioting and assault. Two other ap-
peals were made to him later in the
morning but he insisted that there was
no danger of an outbreak. Another
crowd gathered at noon when the
tube men were leaving the plant and
while the workers were jeered no vio-
lence was offered.
The strikers say that it is only
question of time when material will
give out and the tube men must quit.
Otherwise it is believed that there
would be serious trouble in McKees-
port. -
| No attempt has been made as yet
to put in operation the plan of with
drawing savings deposits, suggested
by President Shaffer in his speeches
of Saturday. The suggestion aroused
great interest, particularly in bank
ing circles, and many bankers not con-
nected with the larger industrial COM
binations have protested against it.
President Shaffer said today that he
had not sent out a circular dealing
with the matter. He said: Il have
the circular in my pocket still and the
matter is under consideration.
81 am aware that there are banks
which have no connection with the
trust or it's interests. There are things
to be considered which makes it neces
sary to stop any action for the pres
, ent On general lines however the