The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-12
TRUST MAKES GAINS
AT PITTSBURG Is READY TO
START UP
RUMoRs AS TO SETTLEMENT
NIany Are in Circulation, but No
Confirmation Is ObtainabIe-
Shaffer Deprecates
Violence.

PITTSBURG, Sept. n.-While stories of
a peaceful settlement of the strike of the
Amalgamated association were heard to-
Gay with much force and persistency,
A President Shaffer continued to deny en-
phatically, and said that the battle of
the steel workers will go on until they
win. He denied that the executive board
had instructed him to settle the strike
on any terms, and said that he would
not go to New York or make any fur
Their peace move for the present. While
the president of the Amalgamated asso-
citation was occupying this position, the
officials of the United States Steel cor
poration were putting forth active eff
forts to start their plants. This was par
ticularly the case on the South side Dur
ing the day the company held the stri-
kers' pickets back by a show of police
and got a lot of provisions, cooking uten-
sis and cots for the men into the Mo-
nongahela plant of the American Tin
Plate company. 1t was officially an
nounced at the same time that there
was an ample number of men ready to
enter the plant and start the mills as
soon as they were in readiness.
FULL CREW FOR STAR MILLS.
While the strikers were busy watching
those movements on the South side the
officials OF the same company showed
greater activity about the Star mills.
About II o'clock in the morning a &c
loaded with skilled men for the Star
plant arrived at the union station. These
men were taken to the plant without
any interference from the strikers, as
none was about at the time. In the car
load were about sixty men. They were
all men who had worked in tin mills,
and among them were rollers, roughers
and catcherS. With this increased force
the Star plant is practically filled with
skilled men and will be able to operate
all of the mills there on full turns. The
efforts of today, it is believed, have prac-
tically ended all possibilities of the
Amalgamated association ever getting
the Star mill back into their control, as
the men who have gone to work there
have declared their intention of remain
ing as individuals for all time.
President Shaffer discussed the trou-
BILE of yesterday on the South side and
said he deplored it sincerely. He fur
Their said that any member of the Anal
gamated association who was guilty of
such actions would be dropped from the
rolls, as such action only injured the
cause and aided the combine in its pur-
pose. The same would apply to violence
In McKeesport. Other officials of the
Amalgamated association expressed
themselves strongly in this matter.
Secretary Williams said he was prepar-
of strike benefits during the day and
would have them out during the week.
The number to receive benefits is not
more than 10000. and this will require
about $4,000 weekly. 1t is claimed that
the Amalgamated treasury, reimbursed
by the lodges whose members are at
work, will be able to meet the payments
with the aid of funds contributed by
sympathizers.
HUNGARIANS MAY BREAK RANKS.
The Hungarian strikers at McKeesport
held an Indignation meeting tonight and
decided that if they canot draw benefits
sure and quick they will draw out of the
strike. Strike leaders have tried every
means to appease their anger but the
result is doubtful. Fires in the Monon-
gahela steel works, which were sched-
uled to start today, have been drawn. Ali
repairs are suspended and the men sent
home. Fires are still out at the National
tube mill and the report of indefinite
shutdown cannot be confirmed. DENIM
Ter mill is working smoothly at one-siXth
capacity and a small increase is reported
each day in the number of employees.
PittSburg, McKeeSport and Yong hiogheny
railroad detectives were driven off the
tracks near the mill today by a crowd of
strikers whom they ordered off the COM
pany property.
Inc New 1OTh COUNCIL OF IQ6 NdClOnal
Tube company met with the local coun"
ell at Pittsburg today to discuss the
strike. 1t was announced that the coun-
Gil adjourned without taking final ac-
ton, and probably will meet again to-
morrow. 1t was practically settled, how
ever, that no shutdown would be toler-
ated and that the next attempt to start
Will be a determined one. This is taken
to mean that an injunction to protect
the employees is in store for McKeesport
and possibly a visit from state militia.
Tonight, for the first time since the
strike began, the steel hoop mill at
Monessen is running full force, which
practically ends all semblance of a strike
There. Every mill in that town is now
running day and night.
A telegram from New Castle Penn,
tonight, says:
A party of fourteen Amalgamated men
from that city departed this evening for
some unknown point. They told friends
that they were going to take places in
the Star mill at Pittsburg, but it is also
rumored that their real destination was
Elwood, Ind, where an attempt is to be
made soon to operate the plant Local
strikers are indignant at the detection,