The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-06
FAINT HOPE HELD OUT OF
STRIKE SETTLEMENT,
President Shaffer Delays Sending Out Order
For All WOrkmen to Come Out.

Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 5.-Just a faint
glimmer of hope that the great steel
workers strike would be settled was
en- bodied in a statement given out by
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated
association tonight. When asked if he
would pursue the same policy in or
dering a strike in the mills of the Fed
eral Steel, the National Steel and the
National Tube companies as he did in
calling out the men in the mills Of the
American Tin Plate company, he re-
piled; IF it had not been for a de-
termination on my part the general
strike would have been ordered on
Saturday night.
Before calling out the tin workers.
and after failing to get any satisfaction
from the officials of the American Sheet
Tin company and the American Steel
Hoop company President Shaffer sent
a telegram to Vice President Warner
Arms of the American Tin Plate COM
pany, notifying him that under article
XIX, section So, Of the constitution Of
the Amalgamated association, he would
be obliged to call out the tin workers
in all Of the mills owned by the United
States Steel corporation unless the diff
Guilty was settled within a period Of
ten days. AS a result OF this notice Mr.
Arms succeeded in getting together an
other conference, and a vain attempt
was made TO settle the dispute and pre-
vent a strike which would involve the
tin mills. That conference was the one
that broke up in the Hotel Lincoln
three weeks ago last Saturday.
In order to be equally fair TO the
other constituent companies of the
United States Steel corporation and ac-
cord them the same treatment, PreS1-
dent Shaffer has sent a similar notice
to the officers of the Federal steel com
pany, the National steel company and
the National Tube company, giving
them the same time In which to make
any effort they may desire to bring
about a settlement, or he viii put IN
force this same clause in the Amalga-
mated constitution. 1t is presumed
that the delay in issuing the general
order will be at least until the end Of
the present week. In the meantime the
men in the mills Of these three com
NAMES viii be prepared to come out
when the strike order is issued
Possibility for Settlement.
The possibility Of a settlement of the
strike is based on the bare hope that
the officials of the three additional
companies win bring to bear sufficient
influence to urge an adjustment of the
difficulty before the strike order is is
sued. President Shaffer did not express
any hope that this would be done. nor
did he even discuss the matter. but the
inference was quickly seen that there
was such a probability in sight It is
a faint one, though, and but little in
terest was taken in it in the general
Offices of the association today.
Regarding the publication of charges
that the Amalgamated association
would be violating contracts with the
constituent companies OF the trust,
with which they had signed scales for
the present year, President Shaffer said
that all contracts and scales are signed
at all times subject to the provisions
of the constitution of the Amalgamated
association. This constitution was in
the hands of all of the officials Of all
campanies affected or likely to be al
fected. and they are fully aware OF the
provisions that it contains Tor this very
The The strike history Of the day in
Pittsburg itself is not prolific OF
results. Considerable, however, was
doing in towns surrounding Ia
this city all Of the iale mus ms
are in the same condition as before the
failure Of the conference to settle the
strike. and no apparent move IS being
made by the manufacturers to start the
mills. consequently there has been no
break IN the strikers ranks
President Shaffer Here.
President shaner arrived at head
quarters at II As a. m. and fifteen min
utes later called the newspaper men
TO his private Office. When asked if a
settlement could have been reached in
New York Saturday had they waived
their rights at the Painter, Lindsay
and McCutcheon and the Welisville
plants he said.
The ANA gamated association could
have settled in New York II they had
given up these mills, but we could not
do that. Just as long as We can fight
we are going to fight for them. They
are as much Of us as any of the other
lodged The fight is ours ard our dght
is theirs.
when VIII you issue the call for a