The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-02
A BREAK in RANKS
May Result from Investigation Of the
Strike Situation.
REPORT OF ]. D. HICKEY.
Former Officer Of Milwaukee Lodge
Makes Sensational Statement.
MAY CHANGE THE SENTIMENT.
Attitude of the Steel Trust Said TO Have
Been Misrepresented.
THE STRIKE APPEARS TO Be LOST
May Take Years to Repair the Damage
Already Done to the Association,
MIR. Hickey Declares.
nay CHANGE THE SENTIMENT.
Attitude of the Steel Trust Said 10 Have
Been Misrepresented.
he STRIKE APPEARS TO BE LOST
May Take Years to Repair the Damage
Already Done to the Association,
MIR. Hickey Declares.

Milwaukee September 1.--charges thae
the National officers Of the Amaighmated
Association OF Iron. Steel and Tin Work
ers have mlsrcprcsented the attitude OF
the United states Steel corporation toward
orgauizcd labor In order to get tho mem
hers OF the association out on strike vera
made by former Vice President j. 3.
Hickey at the meeting Of the Bay View
lodge today.
In "a cool. unimpassloncd manner, Mr..
Hickey gave the members OF the lodge
tho result of his recent trip 10 Ptttsburg.
whore he went for the purpose Of luvesti-
gazing the situation In regard TO the steel
strike, aud the situation, as summed up by
Mr. Hickey, was that the strike appears
TO be lost and 1t may take years to re-
pair the dumnge to the association which
has already been done.
Mr. llcheys report was listened 10 by
all the men with respectful attention. He
made no recommendation to the lodge as
to its future action, but 1t is believed
that hls speech may cause change OF
sentiment not only in Bay View but Ia
other places In the Fourth district
Among those present were Corresponding
Secretary Dooley who has been working
for the Republic Iron and Steel company
IN East Chicago. President Redfern Of the
local lodge presided at the meeting aud
when II had concluded he stated that there
had been no vote taken, although he ono
had questioned tho accuracy Of Mr. HEX
cy's statements. That lllckey's statement
VIII he reported ia full to the general OFF,
Gers OF the organization and tRat II mag
result in bringing Assistant Secretary
sentstive VI the grand iodFe was the nc-
lief of many Of the members OF the or
ganizatlon President Redferu sald that
10 Ear II apeared TO he the opinion OF a
majority that the men could not return
10 work until they had been ordered back
by the National officers
Mr.. Hickey had little TO say Of the con-
ference at Pittsburg With President ShHner
and ether National officials. The confer
! ence WAS mainly 81 4 personal nature. In
which President Shaffcr was charged With
violating the constitution in ordering the
strike. Many other mntters dealing WITH
/ the past history 81 the association also
SION IN the East was mainly 10 ascertain
the actual situation Of the strike aud TO
learn every detail Of the New York meet
ing.
''The object Of the meeting" said Presl-
dent Rcdfern, was not 10 vote upon the
question Of returning tn work bat 20 listen
t0 the report OF Messrs Hickey and Coop
cr, who have been IN the East 90 see what
I is the real situation. The strike has now
hccn ON here for two weeks aud during thar
tlme the members OF the lodge here have
I
situation from National officers. All that
We have known we have seen IN the news
papers and Inst week a number OF the
members held meeting aud decided 10
send MesSrs Cooper aud Hickey East 10
fluid ont these things. Their report was
| absolutely satisfactory and was wen re-
ceived. but | have no idea what the &C.
tlon OF the lodge viii be or it Lhere VIII
be any action taken."
Mr. Hickey opened his remarks with a
review of the conferences with the United
stool gernpFq ftou preceding the
strike In which he declared that Mcssrs.
Morgan and Schwab outlined their policy
toward organized labor. Mr.. Hickey went
into these details for the purpose OF show
| ing that Secretary Tighe and President
| Shaner had mlsrepresented the facts when
/ they appealed 10 the members 81 the assp-
citation 10 strike on the ground that the
steel corporation was determined 70 crush
| organized labor and ruin the Amaigamated
| association lie maintained that the propo-
sftinn offered by Morgan had been eminent.
| IN fair and should have been accepted right
| there by President Shaffer, II he had hnd
| the interests Of his fellow workers at
| heart Mr. Hickey reported that ~ per
| cent Of the mills are now working aud mat
( ia his opinion the strike is practically Iost.
- obtained these facts FROM man n,, h,sn
| '',yho was present al the conference ana
] ! afterward confirmed the statements iInIn
1 members Of the executive board Iuog9
| Gary, former president OF the feuetbt
! steel company. was at the conference ana
he is now n high official OF the United
/ States. Steel corporation ne mmssli, ~, ~
| informed, was Ia favor OF signing the SIZE
| for All the mills In the combine, but this
! did not meet with the approval of ,Mrs
| Schwab. who thought IL TOO radical
move Mr. Morgan then offered Shaner
! four additional mills for which he was
willing to sign the scale rs an experiment
and then he told Mr. Shaffer that y in ne
| and lived up 10 the agreement, he wouln
| pledge his word that 10 two years eysrZ
| IN tho contract with the AmalgamHtet
| This was the most reasonable proposiuon
/ that has ever been made to the association
| Shaffer 10 have accepted then ana mere.
But Instead OF doing this he turned y
I down fatty IN a speech In when ne ae-
clared that all must be signed OF mont,
| ne apparently wished 90 impress the steet
| offcials With the belief that the assoein..
ton would compel them 70 sign TOT r ~
/ REPRESENTATIVES OF the corporation, now
ever, would not be dictated 70 IN inin