Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-26
PEACE NOT YET
Strikers Have Submitted No Proposal to Corporation.
TO START MORE PLANTS

The Combine WIFI Make Strong Elf
 fort This Week to Start More Mills
 Running-Three More Crews AL
 ready Engaged, Says One Official
 Furnaces Fired at Demmler Works
 Last Night But No Men Appeared
 to Run Them.
 Pittsburg. Pa, Aug 26.-Develop- ments in the steel strike were meager this morning. Probable renewal of peace negotiations by disinterested parties was again being discussed, but Henry NJ. White of the Gar ment Makers of America, and Ralph II. Easley of the National Civic Federation. who took part in the con ference in this city last week, left for the east last night and it is reported that they went to New York to make another attempt to have negotiations between the contending parties re opened President Shaffer, however, said to-day that he knew nothing of the proposed venture, and his assOcia- tion had authorized no new steps for peace.
 The combine it is said, intends to make an aggressive attempt to start more plants this week. They were successful in putting two more mills in operation at Painters this morning and now have four mills. with a force of 400 men, at work. The mills start ed today were No bar mill and No cotton tie mill. The management say that the work being turned out is up to the standard and is being placed oIs the market. One of the officials announced to-day that he had three more crews engaged, but that they would not go to work until all the men necessary to operate the six mills had been secured. and then the plant would run at night. He said he was almost certain the entire works would be running at night before the end of tlsis week
 More men were taken into the Star plant of the American Tin Plate Co and at the Lindsay 6 McCutcheon works of the Steel Hoop Co. These mills. the combine officials say they expect to have in full operation before Saturday.
 The strike managers assert that the resumption of these plants in full will be an impossibility, and say the claims of the steel people are not borne out by facts. They say that they scored a victory over the management of tue Star mills by preventing seven men from entering the plant and that the plant is not running at all this morn ing
 Vice-President Pierce of the Amalga- mated association said there were less men working in the local mills this morning than for over a week. Presi- dent Shaffer had heard nothing from Chicago up to noon. MT Tighe, he said, did not go out there to get the men to strike, but just to attend the meeting.
 Advices from McKeesport are to the effect that no attempt was made to start the Demmler works last night The furnaces were fired and the plant lighted. but no men appeared. Ten regular policemen and a large force of pickets guarded the mill all night, but there was no disorder The situation at all points is reported quiet and no trouble is expected
 New York, Aug 26.-No proposition looking to a settlement of the steel strike had been submitted up to Il a. m, to-day to the United States Steel corporation as a result of the confer ences at Pittsburg last week of mem bers of the Amalgamated association, industrial commission, Civic Fedora ton and labor leaders. As far as could be ascertained none of the participants in the conference had come to New York.