The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-09-05
TRYING TO END STRIKE
Peace Conference Held at Office of the
Steel Corporation.
VICTORY FOR THE COMPANY
One Hundred and Fifty Strikers
Have Returned tn Work In the
Pennsylvania Tube Plant
at PittsburE.

Pittsburg, Sept. 4--'rhc chief feature
in the steel strike situation was peace
conference held at New York. a dis
patch from that city says:
".rhe participants in the discussion
included President Charles NJ. Schwab
of the United States Steel corporation.
Samuel GomperS. president of the
American Federation of Labor; John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers association; Professor jerks
of the industrial commission, Secretary
Easley Of the Civic federation, and
Harry White, secretary Of the Garment
Workers association.
1.-THE conference was arranged in the
morning and was asked for by Samuel
Gompers and John Mitchell. who are
bcileved to be acting in behalf of Pres
ident Theodore J. ShaRer and the
Amalgumated association. They reach
ed here early in the morning and were
Joined by Messrs. jerks, Easlry and
White. The entire party came down
town in the afternoon and went to the
offices of the United States Steel cor
poration. They were received by Mr..
SchWab and shown to the consulting
room. Shortly after their arrival NelNl
Preston and some of the officials OF
the subsidiary companies entered Mr..
Schwab's office and Joined the con-
ferecs. None of the participants in the
conference could be seen, and the basis
of the discussion could not be learned
The strike at the Pennsylvania tube
plant In this city Is practically broken.
One hundred and fifty of the strikers
have gone to work in the plant, and
Superintendent James McMutt says the
plant will be running full in few
days. Everything is quiet about the
plant. The men are husily engaged in
getting the plant into running order,
and every person seems to think that
the strike at the plant is over.
The situation at Nick Kecsport.
Preparations have been completed
for the starting up of the Demmler tin
plate plant at McKeesport. The start
will be made with Il full force of dcpu-
ty sheritis on guard. the American Tin
Plate company having served notice on
Sheriff Mckinley Of this allegheny
county that violence was feared.
The Introduction of the strong arm
of the law into the steel strike will, it
is believed. undoubtedly bring about Il
crisis in the situation In some quar-
ters it is thought ii may lead to an ear
ly settlement of the present LABOR trou-
bles and in others that the presence Of
the sheriff's forces may result In a
conflict.
About 400 men have gone to work In
the National Tube works. There was
crowd about the entrance to the
plant, but the strikers failed to make
good their threat to prevent the men
returning, and there was no demon
stration. The men who went back
were thrcndrrs, machinisIs, carpenters
and molders.
The furnaces have not been put in
operation, but the machinery Is run
ming. and the men are flushing left
over stock for small. short time or
ders. The management says the differ
ent departments will he started as fast
as the men report for work.
The situation at the other mills in
this district presented nothing new.
The Star Tin Plate works management
claimed that four mills were working
full, while the strikers assert that only
one mill Is in operation and that the
plant is crippled more today than it has
been for some time. Painters, Lind
say \ McCutcheons Clark's and the
upper and lower Carnegie mills were
all running abeut as before.