Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-01
SKATER SPEAKS
Made Stirring Address At Amal- gamated Meeting To-day.
STILL. NO NEWS TO GIVE OUT

Secretary Williams Would Give Re-
 porters No Definite Answer Strike
 Leaders Keep Up Vigilance About
 the Mills, While the Employers Are
 Going On With Preparations For
 Starting Up.
 Pittsburg, Pa, Aug 1.-The third ses- sion of the meeting of the executive board of the Amalgamated association began this morning and decisive ac- tion, whether for continued war or for peace, is looked for to-day.
 President Shaffer appears to be ex- ceedingly anxious to bring about a settlement of the controversy, but it does not seem that he will be success ful in persuading the majority of his associates unless he is able to obtain for them some modification of the terms that were laid down to them by the big corporation. He spent all day yesterday in most earnest endeav- ors to obtain some concession, and the secret conferences by long distance telephone and with Messrs Veryl Preston and Joseph B. Schwab of the United States Steel corporation, who are III LulS GUY, were luduy, dAO IL lS believed fruitless.
 This unsettling condition of affairs has produced a great reStlessness among those interested in the outcome.
 Pending the result of the conference, there exists sort of armed neutrality between the opposing factions in the great struggle. The strike leaders have relaxed none of their vigilance, and the operating officials of the steel combine are going on with their plans to start the mills. There was some excitement at Wellsville last night over the report that enough men to start two mills were coming from Apollo. Trains were closely watched and the river front patrolled all night, but no new men arrived.
 The strike situation at McKeeSport l is without change. No efforts to re- sume operations have been made at either the Dewees Wood or Demmler | plants, but everything is in readiness for an early start with the old men if settlement is effected. and with new ones if the conference rejects the l peace proposition.
 Pittsburg. Pa, Aug 1.-The Amalga- mated conference resumed promptly at 10 a. m., all the absentees of yesterday were on hand and there was full at
 tendance. Previous to the meetingg 1 Secretary Williams was asked if he had anything to give out. His answer was I .No.'' Will you have anything by F 1 o'c1ock?" was asked
 "I don't know. may and may
 not.''
 1 Toso,,1, p;e1,o,, eoo,o+,n,- z +I,1 nJ,f<, l board of arbitration and a former presi- I dent of the Amalgamated association reached the headquarters shortly after l the meeting began and was at once ad- l mitted to the conference room. Gen.
 eral Organizer Film of the American 1 Federation of Labor also called but did not remain long. Apparently the
 conferees are spending the time in Q I desultory discussion as was the case I yesterday and the day before. The conference began in earnest ait I II o'clock when President Shaffer arose and addressed the meeting. He l spoke for twenty minutes and a general l and animated discussion followed. l During brief intermission, Secretary l Williams came out and denied the re- l port of a mysterious peace meeting at l the Hotel DuqueSne last evening be-
 tween Ralph ". Easley, secretary of the national civic federation, Secretary Bishop of Ohio board of arbitration, Secretary Williams and others. Mir
 Williams said he was notp resent. He
 was silent on the proceedings of the
 conference to-day.
 Cleveland, O., Aug. 1.-The Iron
 Trade Review, discussing market con- ditions this week says: Uncertainty as to the outcome of the effort to end
 the steel strike is the overshadowing factor ill the market. There are radi-
 cal differences between, the two sides l that indicate that any patched up 1 peace will only postpone a greater l conflict. So far as the behavior of the Iron market in the past two weeks is
 concerned, the foremost fact about it is it's generally sustained strength un-
 der influences calculated to cause a
 good deal of unsettling. The total of
 buying, both i'll pig iron and finished
 materials has been quite beyond the expectation of those accustomed to
 watch narrowly the changing phases
 of tie market.