The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-09
WAITING ON MR. GOMPERS
The Federation President COntin-
ues to Confer With Shaffer.

He Refuses to Reveal His Attitude
on the steel Strii,c-Persistent Ru-
1norS of Arbitration at PittsbUrE-
The Statement oE n Trust Oh-ciaI.
PITTSBURG. Aug. 9-There are two
/ features Of the steel strike situation
which attracted attention here today
Despite the fact that Mr. Shancr's order
to extend the strike goes into effect to-
morrow at midnight. he and his coli
leagues continue to confer with Samuel
Gompers. the American Federation Of La
bor president. and -ith the Fedcratiou's
secretary and other heads of labor bodies
I The other phase Of the situation which
aroused interest was the persistence Of
rumors on the eve OF the battle that
settlement was pending
AIr. Gompers was stH in town today to
continue the process Of learning all about
the strike and especially the causes that
led up To H. Il is known that Mr. Com
Pers has not confined his conferences TO
the labor leaders and last night he was
in touch with men whose identity was
Wen concealed
Mr.. Gompers today again refused TO
give any definite information as 20 what
his action would be in connection with
the strike. lie said ne would not talk
until he was ready TO act. He also re-
fused 20 discuss the reports that ne would
try to meet J. P. Morgan and endeav0r 10
reopen negotiations for peace. Mr.. Shat
fer said today that no attention was be-
ing paid by him to the offers Of services
by wouId-be mediators He had told all
who had approached him on that matter
70 go to Mr. Morgan
A story circulating here says that the
following points Will be discussed at
conference between Messrs. GOmpers and
ShafTer today:
First, whether or not the blast fur
mace employees and certain tube mnI EN-
pIoyes at McKeesport and elsewhere who
have been organized into local unions afil-
lated with the Federation are 70 De call
ed out.
second. whether or not the ore miners
Of the United States Steel Corporation
and the ore handlers and ore dock work
ers. many Of whom are said TO be afhli-
ated with the Federation, are to be called
out.
Third. to what extent the Federation
will aid the Amalsated Association fin
auciaIly-"
Very little credeuce is placed in the
story.
Arbitration was not seriously consider
cd in t0day's talk here The following
statement is attributed to Very l. Pres
ton. we occupy the same position as
after the failure OF the Nv York con-
1 ference 10 make terms Under no circuu-
stances viii We take up the matter again
IL is ended sofar as the United States Steel
Corporation is concerned. absolutely So
We are mere to use our best efforts TO
break the strike and We will do So We
are now al work on plans 10 al the Va
cancies which may occur Saturday night
through the strike order Of President
ShaGer, of the Amalgamated Association
You may say that this is oIr purpose
here and we are certain Of doing So /
cannot say more than this"
The Clark mills on Thlrty-hfth Street
are running fully today and many men
eager for employment are at the gates
The majority of these applicants are
white, and are said TO be skilled wOrkmen
| from other plants closed by the strike
They were given to understand that work
bINlu AotA4AI AAA A4-t4-A -A Aa4NF lF lh'A ANhA
early today and the line began 90 form at
2 o'clock. BY 10 O'CLOCK IL. Thompson
had hired nineteen skilled workmen. Yes
t,rday there were 453 men at work and
| today the number was 4SI-
The Amalgamated official whose dessr-
tion yesterday caused so much indigna-
tion among TIE strikers has been induced
I 10 stay away from the mill today. The
man who broke the strike was IsreaI car
riuStOu, negro VINO was member Of
the A~.algamatcd Association. He is "a
heater and deserted the union. so ne said.
because al the keystone Works. where he
/ was formerly employed, the white men
would rot associate with him Caring
ton took many men into the Clark mills
Painters mill of the American Steel
Hoop Company did not resume operations
| this morning, but the officials say there
! is no foundation for the strikers claim Of
/ even partial victory They will not
make statement beyond saying that
! they can start mp any time one unofh-
[ CiaI explanation OF the delay is that the
| refined heating furnaces were not thor
/ OuEhly dry today and that u0n-uuion men
viii not be- asked To go To work until
/ the manager tests the recent repairs thor
Oughly. The officials at this mill how
/ ever. are acting IN a mysterious manner
and may be preparing TO steal a march
on the strikers as was done by Captain
Brown, Of the Lawrencevile plants
The strikers predicted yesterday that
! the Lindsay McCUteheou mill of Al
I l,eheuy. which started yesterday and
worked only one turn. would be closed
this morning, but II O'Clock the same
twelve workmen who were employed yes
terdly were Al their post They were al
I lowed 10 enter the mill under The guild
ancr OF one of tho Workmeu, and no at
tempt Was made bv the management TO
give ont misleading statements.
The management admitted that II was
running small mill I'm which only TWO
skilled men are required. but IL is stated
that other mills viii be in operation by
Monday morning. II IS expected that
/ even If the former employees stay out
sufficient number Of skilled workmen can
bee obtained by the latter part of next
week 20 operate the entire plant
BETTER PAY FOR EMPLOYEES,