Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-07-27
MORGAN DECLARES THERE
CAN Be NO COMPROMISE
Says He UnquaIlfedIy Approves the
UnyieIding Attitude of the
Steel Companies.
SOME SURPRISES ARE PROMISED
AmaIgamated Association Officials Inti-
mate They Have some Trumps Up
Their sleeves-Two New Pcint"
of Intcrests.

New York, July 22.-J. p. Morgan
gave positive denial to a rumor this
morning that the steel strike was set
tied. He made this statement to the
Associated Press: :
There is no word of truth IN ii.
There has been no settlement. There
can be no compromise on such a CUES
ton. The position Of the operating
companies is perfectly simple and well
understood and so far as / am con-
cerned has my unqualified approval.
Rumorr of "a Conference.
Pittsburg, July 22~-The Leader says
a Ttimor was busy today that eIIortS
were being made in New York TO call
another conference between manufac-
turers and workers. II is said John
Jarrett and the labor secrstary OF the
Ohio board are In New YORK. n IN
terests OF peace.
At the Amalgamated association Of
fees here no information on these
points could be obtained, although Soy
eral officials smilingly said there would
he many surprises for the public before
the termination of the strike. one Of
6cial stated he had beer Informed jar
rett was in New York to procure non
union men for the sheet plants, but he
placed no credence in the rumor. The
visit of Bishop to New York is, low
ever, significant, as 1t is known he has
President Shaffer's authority to make
arrangements for a conference. IL one
can lee arranged, that will give promise
or q settlement of the strike.
Statement by shaner.
President Shaffer said today no over
lures had been made by the United
states steel corporation looking to d
settlement Of the strike. He said he
had not had any communication what
ever either with President c. NJ.
Schwab or j.. Pierpont Morgan since
tho strike was declared. He said he
was waiting for something to t~ranspircs
n he would not be the first to make
oyertures,
When asked as to what curse he
thought the manufacturers would
adopt in fighting the workers, Shaffer
said he thought the wellsville situa-
ton was a sufficient ansv er to this
question. 1t Is seen by this the strike
leader expects a hard fight, and he
thinks the manufacturers will make an
effort to run their mills with non-uuion
men before they ask for a conference.
Now Points OF interest.
While Wellsville, o., was the pivotal
point around which interest in the
great strike concentrated yesterday
on account Of the large mass meeting
held there, TWO more points are now
on the map to which all those interest
ed In the strike are looking. These
points are Vandergrift, Pa, and Dun
cansville, Pa. At Wellsville the situa-'
ton practically remains unchanged. If
there is any change at all, 1t favors
the mills going shortly into full OPP
Grafton. Manager Smith claims to
have forty men at work and say he
will ave a complete force by Monday.
Developments at Duncansville are
anXiously watched. A delegate frCm
this city went there last night with the
intention of organizing the men. II he
succeeds they will go out, which means
every plant Of the American Steel Hoop
company will be idle. The delegate to
organize the men went to Duncans-
Vile at the request of some of the men
and his lends color to the assertion
that the Amalgamated association will
be successful In closing the mill down.
At Vendergrift the situation is still
favorable to the company and although
the A~malgamated people are not leav-
ing q stone unturned to get the men
TO join them their efforts so far have
not met with any great success n as
q result the place is now in n state OF
great unrest and expectancy. There
are no new features to the situation in
his city today. Everything is quiet.