The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-07-25
MORGAN DECLARES THERE
CAN Be NO COMPROMISE
Says He Unqua|ifiedIy Approves the
UnyieIding Attitude Of the
Steel Companies.
SOME SURPRISES ARE PROMISED
Amnlgamatcd Association Officials lnti-
mstc They Have Some Trumps Up
Their Slccves-Two Now Points
of Interests.

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 it.
There has been no settlement. There
can be no compromise on such a ques-
ton. The position of the operat ting
companies is perfectly simple and we'll
understood and so far as l am con-
cerned has my unqualified approval"
Humors OF Conference.
Pittsburg, July 22.-The Leader says
rumor was busy today that efforts
another conference between manufac-
turers and workers. 1t is said John
Jarrett and the labor secretary Of the
Ohio board are in New York in the in
terests of peace.
At the Amalgamated association Of
fees here no information on these
points could be obtained, although sew
eral officials smiingly said there would
be many surprises for the public before
the termination Of the strike. One Of
fetal stated he had been Informed Jar
rett was in New York to procure non
union men for the sheet plants, but he
placed no credence in the rumcr The
visit Of Bishop to New York is, how
ever, significant, as 1t is known he has
President Shaffer's authority to make
arrangements for a conference, if one
can Ee arranged, that will give promise
Of a settlement Of the strike
stntement by shnffer.
President Shaffer said today no over
lures had been made by the United
States steel corporation looking to /
settlement Of the strike. He said he
had not had any communication what
ever either with President C. M.
Schwab or j. Pierpont Morgan since
the strike was declared. He said he
was waiting for something to transpire,
and he would not be the first to make
overtures.
When asked as to what course he
thought the manufacturers would
adopt in fighting the workers, Shutter
said he thought the Wellsville situa-
ton was a sufficient answer 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-union
men before they ask for conference.
New 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, it favors
the mills going shortly into full OPP
Grafton. Manager Smith claims to
have forty men at work and says he
will have complete force by Monday.
Developments at Duncansyille are
anxiously watched A delegate from
this city went there last night with the
intention of organizing the men, If he
succeeds they will go out, which means
every plal-s Of the American Steel Hoop
company will be idle. The delegate to
ganize the men went to Duncans-
vile at the request of some Of the men
and this lends color to the assertion
that the Amalgamated association will
be successful in closing the mill down
At Vandergrift the situation is still
favorable to the company and although
the Amalgamated people are not leav-
Ing stone unturned to get the men
to Join them their efforts so far have
not met with any great success and as
result the place is now in state of
great unrest and expectancy. There
are no new features to the situation in
this city today. Everything is quiet