The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-18
OF STRIKE
TWEEN STEEL WORKERS AND
STEEL TRUST
NO ovERTUREs ARE MADE
President Shaffer, of the AmaIga-
mated Association, Has Heard
Nothing From Officials of
the Companies.

day"
This positive statement made by Presi-
dent Shaffer, of tie Amalgamated as
ISOLATION this afternoon, disposes of the
rumor from New York today that the
strike has been settled Mr. Shaffer
stated further that no actual negotiations
were on between President Bishop of
Ohio state arbitration board, and himself
tending toward arbitration A letter re-
ceived by Mr.. Snaffer from Mr.. Bishop
| asking if he would consent to a reopening
OF the conference, mas not been answered
as yet
The principal events in today's strike
history was the failure of the sheet
steel people to reopen the Wellsville plant
with non-unIon men; the offer of financial
| assistance made to the Amalgamated as
! ISOLATION by the 100000 members of
the American Federation of Labor and
by the American Window Glass Workers
| association; the concerted action of the
association to organize the immense
sheet steel plant at Vandergrift; and the
fact that several of the closed plants are
being patrolled by armed Watchmen and
guards.
The Amalgamated officials tonight pro-
fess great satisfaction over the results
accomplished since the strike began, but
officials of the companies, as heretofore,
will say nothing. The only man on the
up to date is P. F. Smith, district man
ager of the Sheet Steel company The
fight he has on at WellSVille is being
followed closely by the workmen, and
tomorrow an open public meeting will
be held at Wellsville, when President
Shaffer, in person, will present the strik-
ers side Of the case, and attempt to over
come the alleged miss tatements concern
ing the late conference
Manager p + Smith has been invited
to attend the meeting, and make state
ment for the sheet company. The en-
tire community of Wellsville is worked
up over the strike situation, and friends
and enemies alike are expected to be
present at the meeting.
While 'Wellsville is the strike center
now, the battle ground will be shifted
to McKeesport next week, if the report
be true that the w. Devices wood plant
Of the American Sheet Steel company will
resume operations. This would afford
one Of the most trying situations OF the
strike. 1t would necessitate the i'm
portation of non-union men from other
places, and the bitter feeling engendered
by such a move would be hard to control
The platform of Enterprise Lodge of
the Amalgamated association, which in
cludeS most of the employees of the wood
mill, is opposed to all violence. During
the strike last year no effort was made
to hinder men from going to work. The
same policy, it is stated, will be followed
in the present struggle and every sug-
gestion of violence will be froWned upon
At Monessen, Pa, about 500 men of the
Steel Hoop mill are out Much pressure
is being brought to bear on the 600 men
of the tin plate works and it is now con-
sidered more than probable that they
will refuse to quit Notices were today
posted in the tin mill granting a volun-
tary advance of 10 per cent to heaters and
to catchers and per cent to the rollers.
Percy E. Bonner, the superintendent of
the tin mill, said today: LAS far as I
have been able to ascertain, after a close
investigation only four or five men talk
of quitting ann firmly persuaded the
strike will last for at least two months"
The Monessen tin mill has greater
output than any other mill in the COM
bination and all efforts will be made to
keep it running. Repeated efforts to or
ganize the men in the tin mill have prov
ed futile
According to the figures compiled by
the Pittsburg Dispatch, the steel strike
is daily costing the three companies in
volved $4,000 and the workmen $4,000.
1t is estimated that in the daily loss Of
nearly $1,000 boxes of tin plate day. the
American Tin Plate company is daily los
ing over $4,000, while the loss to the can
ming companies, unable to secure their
material, is enormous in addition. Practi-
cally no stocks have been carried and
consumption has kept pace with the pro-
duction for some little time past About
700 tons of the 1000 tons daily production
of the American Sheet Steel company IS
being lost and this represents a loss each
day to the combine of at least $4,000.
The loss Of the gas stove manufacturers
is also great, as the mills are closed which
make a speciality of stove iron This is
the heavy season for making. stoves
About 1900 to 2,500 tons of steel hoops.
bands and cotton ties are being lost daily
by the American Steel Hoop company
by reason of the strike, and this repre-
sents daily loss in money of $4,000 1t
Is estimated that the men are losing in
wages $4,000 The tin workers will lose
in addition $1,000 daily.
In addition to all Of these losses the
many and varied industries crippled now
and In prospect represent losses to the
men of large sums that cannot be com
puted now. The Amalgamated men are
said to have a fund of over $500 coo with
which to keep the strike going and the
many Amalgamated men employed in tha
various mills still operating will go a
great way toward keeping the sineWs of
war in good condition.
sCHWAB AND MORGAN CONFER.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE highest Of
hcials Of the United States Steel corpor-
alton were unanimous today in saving
that there were no new DEVELOPMENTS n,
the steel strike situation
NO change, there Is nothing to saw
was the answer when was invariably re-
ceived by the correspondent asking for
news. Charles NJ Schwab. pres dent of
the United States Steel corporation. call
ed at the office of j. P. Morgan shortly
before 11:30 o'clock. Fifteen minutes
later Mr. Morgan joined him Mr.. Schwab
was accompanied by stranger, whom.
several persons believed to be John J
Garrett, secretary of the American Sheet
Steel company, but at the office of the
latter company It was said that Mr.. Gar
rett had not yet arrived from Cam
bridge Springs Pa.
report was quickly circulated in the
street that a secret conference was I'M
der way at Mr.. Morgan's office, but this
rumor could not be confirmed Wnen
announcement was made of the settle
ment Of the Northern Pacific fight by Mr.
Morgan's letter to his assoc ates. the ru-
NOR concerning the conference was gem
orally discounted. President Schwab
left the office of the banker at about l
o'clock. When asked to reply to Presl
dent Shaffer's alleged atement that the
strike would be ended soon and that the
corporation would allow the association
to organize the non-union plants. Mr.
Schwab shook his head and asked to be
excused. Warner Smees, vice president
of the Steel company, held a conference
with his collea CUES, but refused to d.
vulge anything of what occurred. 1t was
said that none of the Amalgamated as
ISOLATION officials approached the officials