The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
Ith nresent conditions and cIalm that

with present conditions and claim that
ultimate victory Will be theirs.
Much was hoped .or from the peace con-
ference in New York. but the announce
ment Of the failure to reach d decision put
a damper on these hopes still. many hold
10 the belief that the matter now being up
10 the strike leaders to accept or reject.
whatever may have been the proposition
made to-day a settlement will speedily be
reached President Shaffer's only remark
when shown the announcement Of the ad
1Ournment without decision was. 4 have
no comment 10 make. he would say no
more on the subject He said further that
tonight he would positively not be seen
by any newspaper men and would make no
statement He said he would be in his
office as usual in the morning, when he
might have something TO say.
The following from Wheeling was handed
to a representative of the Associated Press
ee0-dSy without comment by President
Shaher, of the Amalgamated Association:
we, the members of Crescent Lodge OF
the y. A. Of l.. $. and T. w assembled
denource the statements made by j. ID.
mickey when he says that this strike was
insugated by President Shaffer and is not
constitutional as absolutely false and is
not worthy Of any consideration by the
members Of the Amalgamated Associa ton,
and we deny the assertion that Y per cent.
OF the mills of the United States Steel Cor
poratiOn are at work" This signed
6y Steve Dawson. president. and w. G.
Evans, secretary
The foregoing, together with the telegram
received by Mr.. Shaffer to-day from Pres
ident GOmpers. of the American Fedora
ton. denying that there was a meeting in
Buffalo TO consider the charges made by
Mr.. Hickey would indicate that the
charges have fallen fiat
The steel officials are i'm very confident
mood tonight and appear TO think the
strike is broken effectually and that only
a few days more will be required to make
1t thing of the past. The return of the
400 tube workers al McKeesport and the
report that $50 or more went in at the
Pennsylvania tube works under the pro-
lection Of Sheriff Mckinley and his seven
ty-five deputies at Demmler, where a start
VIII be made tomorrow morning, give
much weight to this belief. In addition TO
these breaks the steel officials claim in
* McCutcheon, the Painter and the Clark
mills and say other plants will now be put
into service rapidly.
Organizer Schwartz, of the American
Federation, who organized the Pennsyl-
vanfa tube workers, called a meeting of
his men this afternoon at which 1T was
decided that none of the men would re-
turn until President Shaffer gave the word
Mr.. Schwartz said not "A man of the or
ganized tube workers this plant had
gone to work and that the report that $50
OF them had gone i'm to-day was false. A
few laborers and repair men are at work
putting the plant in order for work. but
aside from these no other workmen are
in the mill.
The Anchor nail and tack works. on the
South Side, transformed into sheet mill
and operated as an Independent plant by
strikers from the Wellsville plant of the
United States Steel Corporation was tied
up to-day. The mill has two trains of the
sheet rolls and a bar mill p j. Connor.
the foreman, Was leader of the Wellsville
strikers