The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-07-25
HIS HELPMATE GONE. CANT Be VERIFIED.
The Air Full of Rumors Of Settle
ment of Strike.

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Pittsburgh, Pa, July 2o.--The strike
situation cannot be termed material
ly changed, and although many ru-
mors are in the air to the effect that
settlement Of the troubles is inn
minent, up to ten p. m. none of these
reports has been verified, and the con-
clusion reached is that no settle
ment is in sight. At the otfices Of the
Carnegie company, and at the head
quarters of the manufacturers, the
usual silence is preserved concerning
the condition of business or the stat
us OF the strike.
satisfactory to shRfrer.
President shaffer, of the Amalga-
mated association, however, ex-
pressed his entire satisfaction with
the progress of the battle, and says
the workers have gained steadilywhile
the manufacturers have lost contin-
ually since last Monday. He says up
to the present time the Amalgamated
forces contemplate no change in their
programme, being perfectly satisfied
with the showing their people have
made. President Shaffer says the
advance in wages offered the tube
mill workers at McKeesport Friday,
while seemingly large, win not bring
the pay up to the union scale. Com
mencing in day or two, weekly bull
letins will be issued from Amalga-
mated headquarters, to give workers
and strikers officials news Of the ex-
act condition of strike affairs,
bitterness mt weIIsviIIe.
From the storm centerat Wellsville,
o., Friday night, comes word that
striking mill men in that vicinity
spent an uneasy, restless day. There
Is no longer any doubt that the owners
of the Wellsville plant of the American
Sheet Steel company have many of the
towns largest merchants back of them
In their fight against the workmen,
and much bitterness has resulted.
Confronted with what seems a GER
sainty that if the present trouble goes
along much further, the Wellsville
plant will be lifted and brought across
the line into Pennsylvania, grocers,
clothing men and others who for years
have received the wages Of the mill
workers in exchange for goods are
now trying to show the strikers that
they are wrong and foolish in keeping
up fight. Pressure brought to bear
along this line, the strikers say, is
energy wasted, as they are more de-
termined than before. They are more
than angry with the merchants. These
Wellsville men have been considered
excellent workmen, and many Of them
have money invested in property here,
so should the mill be taken to Wander
grift, as is threatened. they would suf-
fer. They do not believe the promise
which accompanies the threat that the
mill from Dennison, o., will be brought
to this place in case the present trouble
is settled is true.
The proposition has been put to
the strikers in a semi-official way
that if the strike is settled within a
reasonable time, the Dennison mill
will be brought here to increase the
resources of the place, and If the con-
test is long drawn out the local plant
will be removed bodily to Wander,
grift, Pa. 1t remains to be seen what
effect this line of argument win have
on the strikers. Mayor Dennis
openly condemns the merchants for
their course in the matter. and says
they are going beyond their province
In trying to influence the worllmen.
Conditions Elsewhere.
The reports from Apollo and Van.
dergrift, where the Amalgamated as,
ISOLATION is making strenuous efforts
to gain recruits, are that the situa-
ton Is practically unchanged, but
much uneasiness is felt. No officia'
report has reached here concerning
the situation at Duncansville.