The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-03
STRIKE LEADERS DESPERATE
SHAFFER ADDRESSES BIG LABOR
 MEETING AT PITTSBURG.
Hints at Another Great Coal Strike Miners May Go Out to Help the Steel WOrkers-Declares Fight is Not Lost Counsel for the Amnlgamated Associa- ton Advises a Run on All the Banks.

| Pittsburg, Sept 2.-The great labor
 meeting and picnic at the grove to-day
 was somewhat marred by rain, but a crowd of between 4,000 and 5000 men | braved the elements to attend. The principal addresses were made by President Shaffer and William ]. Bfen- nan, counsel for the Amalgamated as- sociation.
 President shaffer said in part: q
 have not been philosophical student
 of the economic situation and have never posed as an interpreter of the
 economic principles involved in the
 struggle. My study has been from a
 worklngman's standpoint and 1t is a
 workingman's presentation that I wish
 to make.
 We look about and see that the orig
 inal command to humanity, in that by
 the sweat of thy brow shalt thou earn
 thy bread Is still true, many men are unable to earn their bread despite the fact that they are willing to do so. We find men, women and children starving for the necessaries of life
 Why? The principal trouble is that some men have too much of this worlds goods; more than they could use hon. estly in life time. Let the working men combine. Let them use their bal lot i,, at vote as they marched to-day. I don't care if you call this socialism, or what you call it, just so when election day comes around you will remember to- day and march up and cast your vote for workingmen no matter on what ticket they are running.
 For years we have been treating with the employers on these questions. I cannot go into details, but sufficient to say that the trust decided to eXtin- guish our organization.
 What is a non-union mill? It is a menace to wages. It helps to lower the wages of workers and to enrich the rich employers. It has been said the strike is lost, but we are bigger and stronger than ever before. The Amal- 
 defeated. The trust and the newspa pers will have their inning, but there will be a few of us left at the finish. If 1t comes to last resort there are coal miners. In course of time their leaders shall think 1t time to quit work and help us'
 MT. Shaffers closings words were: If the mighty tyrant sitting on his golden throne in Wall street should deny the good things of life to the poorer classes it means trouble
 MT. Brennan preceded MT. Shaffer in an address that wrought his hearers up to high pitch of enthusiasm. He advised them to guard the ballot and told them that it was their ultimate salvation. He reviewed the present troubles and closed by proposing This remedy he denomnated as "labors injunction which he said is lawful. "Enjoin and restrain the banks from loaning our money to the trusts"
 Continuing he said: "Of the 6,107 ,000 1epositors In the banks a third of them at least must be union men and friends of labor. When labor commences a run on the banks MT Morgan will know that there is something to arbi- Lrate. Six billions of dollars cannot be paid with s1,000 100000 of gold, s2,500,- 100000 of deposits cannot be paid with s1 ,000, ,000,000. Have every friend of la- DOT demand his. Deprive the trust of it's life-money. Be united to a man md the trust will cry for quarter with n a week."