The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-09
OPENING OF STEEL MILLS

(Continued from First Page.) pointedly denied that he was doing anything of the kind and during the day made no effort to see any of the strike leaders.
 Some of the men who predict settle ment believe there will be outside in terference from powerful interests and a submission of the dispute to arbitra- tion Different men of national repu- tation including Archbishop Ireland and Senators Hanna and Scott have been named in this connection, but II efforts are being set forth in that di- rection they have not yet appeared up- on the surface.
 President Shaffer devoted to-day to confernece with President Gompers, Of the American Federation of Labor, who came here for personal study or the situation before committing himself or his immense organization in any man ner. The conference reached no con clusion and unless there is alteration of plans will be resumed at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning.
 President Gompers came here in com pany with Frank Morrison, secretary of the Federation, and was met at Amalgamated headquarters by Presl- dent Shaffer, Secretary Williams, As sistant Secretary Tighe, Vice Presi- dents Reese and Chapel, National Trus- tee John Pierce and Ben I. Davis. They sat in executive session from Il o'clock until 3:10 o'clock, when they went out for lunch. They returned to the strike headquarters shortly before o'clock and after brief talk parted for the day.
 President Gompers declined to state the result Of their deliberations and would say nothing other than that he had come here to look the situation over and consult with President Shaf- fer. President Shaffer also declined to talk about the conference. The strik- CTS are very anxious to secure the ac- tive cooperation of the Federation and many of them express their confidence in getting 1t.
 | The steel corporation succeeded to-day in getting the Farm mill at the Lindsay | x McCutcheon plant and another mill | at the Clark works In operation. They also received reports that at Hyde Park | last night four of the mill did perfect | work and an announcement from | Wellsville that the strike was practice r ally over there They met with no op- | nosition at the four points where they | have opened mills and express their | satisfaction at the progress made. The | strikers insist there are not enough
 men at the Lindsay & McCutcheon es- l tablishment to operate the one mill
 started and predicted that it would close down during the day. It was kept going, however, until midnight. It was planned to open another mill at
 Lindsay & McCutcheons and also to
 start the Painter mill and the Charters
 plant at Carnegie, but just when they
 will be started remains to be seen.
 The steel corporation is evidently put ting forth it's greatest effort at PLUS
 burg, the headquarters of the strike, for the moral effect elsewhere.
 President Shaffer when shown the renort of the starting of the Lindsay &, McCutcheon plant said
 "There is nothing in it. l have re-
 mort from Vice President Gibson in
 forming me that there are only two
 men at the works. One is roller and
 the other a common laborer. It would
 do them no good. and would do tbe
 company harm, to take men from other
 mills and put them there, as they would
 only break the machinery and spoil the
 material.
 "There is no place for them to get
 raw material. as they cannot get pud-
 dlers to make it, so how can they run
 the finishing mills? Why, l cant get
 nuddlers for union mills. I have an
 order for ninety puddlers to go to Work
 at once at the Sligo mills on the south
 Side and cannot get them. Men are
 wanted at St. I.ouis Birmingham, Ala
 and all over the country. We have ad-
 yertisements in the 'Amalgamateo
 Journal" for all classes of skilled men
 nnd it is impossible for us to get them
 "Why. I can't see how the trust car
 secure men to work in their mills thai
 arc on strike when we cannot get then
 to fill good union jobs in union mills
 ube PoYlthouse mills of lower Allegha-
 nv have been after me for some time to eet them men, but I cannot furnish , them.
 CT have a report from Vice Preslden , John Ward at Cleveland stating tha , the men there are strong and will stick ,v their brethren, and also word iron , Vice President Chappell at Newcastle who says all is well and quiet" , The first act of violence in this neigh , borhnod occurred at Natrona last nigh , when A. foreigner whose name could no he learned was shot, presumably b! , | strikers He was not seriously injured f | There were six or eight shots fired iron - the hill back of the Pennsylvania sal 2 manufacturing works by strikers wh f are trying to frighten the new mel f away. A heavy guard of special off , cars have been nut on for the protec r tion of the Workmen.
 S The strike leaders plan a series O
 rallies for Saturday, the closing da y of their preliminary campaign Tn = largest will be held at Cascade park l Newcastle, and it's managers clair l that 25,000 workingmen will particlpat d in it. President Shaffer said othe h Amalgamated leaders vii speak an e President Gompers of the Federatio = may also deliver an address. o President Gompers of the America t Federation of Labor made the followin e brief statement tonight:
 n "I cannot say anything for publica : tion tonight. I shall be glad to SC : any of the press when the time come