The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-27
DENIED BY SHAFFER
SAYS HIS SIDE IS NOT SEEK
ING CANCELLATION
BUT RUMORs WILL NOT DOWN
That Officers of the National Civic
Federation Are Moving to Ter
inmate the Titanic Indus
trial Struggle.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Aug 26.-Reported
peace negotiations for the settlement of
the strike, through the mediation of dis
interested parties-ofhcials and members
OF the National Civic Fedora tion-receiv.
ed shock when President Shaffer. of
the Amalgamated association, tonight de-
clared absolutely that be had no official
knowledge of such proceedings, and that
If such move had been started it did
not have the official sanction of the or
ganization. Nevertheless the subject
will not down, and tonight il is said the
conciliatory committee of the Civic fed
Grafton, already prominent in the matter
is fully prepared to carry on negotiations
and will, if necessary, endeavor to Sc
cure the good offices of Archbishop Ire
land, Bishop Potter, Daniel Hanna and
Seth Low, to give such prominence to the
committee that the proposition will be re-
ceived by the steel corporation
In the meantime both sides to the con-
troversy make claims to a victory The
steel people point o'the gains they have
made all along the line in the way of
securing men and starting plants while
the Amalgamated officials say that in
stead of losing ground the association is
gaining every day; that while the COM
bine has succeeded in starting a few
plants, it is not turning out merchantable
material, and is losing money and break
ing valuable machinery, and in the end
will have to ask the old men to come
to the rescue.
The steel people ridicule the claims of
the association. and point to the failure
to induce the South Chicago and the Du-
quesne men to go on strike as an evil
dence that the strength of the Amalga-
mated has departed.
The surprise of the day was the Pain
ter plant with six mills-the same mills
that were running when the strike be-
gan. Not striker could be found any
where near the mill
I'VE started this morning with six
mills running full" said Supt. F. L. Har-
per. Week before last we begun with
two mills. which we kept running all
that week on day turn. Last week we
added two more mills, also keeping them
running on day turn. This morning we
added two more mills making six in all. %
The report from Wheeling tonight is
that the manager of the Aetna Standard
sheet plant, of the American Sheet Steel
company. received orders from the gen
eral offices to dismantle Sheet Mill No
l and ship the machinery to Wander
grift Pa The work of dismantling viii
be commenced at once.
The strikers at Wellsvine are jublant
tonight over the official news coming to
them from Irondale These reports say
that all of the men who have been work
ing in the mill, except two, refused to
go back to work, and were reinstated in
the Amaigamated lodge. These two men,
with two others, constituted the entire
working force of the mill today.
Mayor Black, of McKeesport, today
fined John Sheridan, workman in the
Devices Wood mill, $25 and costs, and
Sheridan will have to serve thirty days
in the workhouse in default of bail.
Sheridan las been spotted for some time
by the strikers because he said the
strike would not succeed and that he
wanted to return to work He was
drinking hard Saturday night and was
locked up. Today at the hearing no in
fcrmant appeared against him, but Mayor
Black fined him because he he>,'d he had
called him names. He then refused a
bond for the fine, and refused to let re
porters inspect the docket or transcript
of the case unless they would guarantee
the fine and costs. When asked his rea-
sons for such treatment of a prisoner, he
said: Il just sent him up for his health"
Supt. d. NJ. Pitcock, of the DemmIer
tin plate mills, said tonight the mill
would be started this week with the old
men. Ten city police and strikers are
guarding the plant tonight.