Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-08-10
TO SPREAD THE STRIKE
ShaTer Will Call Out Every Steel
Trust Workman.
SNOW AFlGHT TO THE FINISH"
AmaIgamated President VIII Issue Sweeping
Orders This Wsek--Fruitless Conference
VIII Morgan.


With Morgan.
Pittsburg, Aug. s." Within week
every Enion man and every union man
at heart in the employ of the United
States Steel Corporation will be asked
to join in the strike now being waged
by the Amalgamated Association.
We must settle whether unionism is
to stand or fall. There will be no
more conferences with the United
States Steel Corporation unless the
meeting is asked by the officials of
that CORPORATION. The Amalgamated
Association will not request peace
meeting.
These and several other significant
statements were made last night by
Theodore j. Shaffer, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron.
Steel and Iron Workers, upon his re-
turn from q conference with j. Pier
pont Morgan and others in New YORK
when efforts to settle the strike ended
in fiat disagreement.
1t is now fight to the. finish be-
tween the great billion dollar steel
trust and organized labor. President
Shaffer says he is ready to employ
every peaceable means within the
power of man to win a victory. No
quarter is to be given and none will
be asked.
SHAFFER TO DIR CT TIL f
BATTLE.
The entire management of the bat
tie has been put in the hands of Presi-
dent Shaffer. He has absolute power
to call out every man who is connect
ed with the organization, and he in
tends to do it. Mr.. Shaffer is satisfied
with the progress of the fight to date.
He finds that none of his battle lines
has been broken.
WAS there any action taken at
that meeting about calling out all the
men in the employ of the United
States Steel Corporation was the
next query.
Il was given full authority to act, "
came the anwser. 1.-THE meeting en-
powered me to issue call whenever
In my judgement, | thought it was
time TO act.
when will that call be lssueds"
THAT depends upon number of
things. 1t is difficult to say just the
exact day / will be ready to exercise
the authority vested in me.
SIS the order likely to go out to-
nlght?"
II would hardly think SO. | am of
the opinion that / could not prepare
myself to Issue the order so soon.
"Cannot You fix some definite date
when this order will be issued?"
You can say that within "a week
every union man and every union
man at heart in the employ of the
United States Steel Corporation will
be requested by me to join the Anal
gmated Association in winning the
strike -
SURPRISES FOR THE TRUST. >
"Do you think you will able be to
close all the mills of the steel
corporation?
II am of the opinion that every
one of them can be closed. We have
some great surprises in store for the
trust. The men have been organized
in some of the mills which the trust
never dreamed could be touched.
We haze the sympathy of the work
men and they will not throw any
travis in the way of our absolute
victory.
II. Shaffer said that stories that j.
p Morgan had been ugly during the
conference on Saturday were untrue.
He said Mr.. Morgan had been
courtesy and business-like through
out the meeting, and if he mad lost
his temper 1t was after the adjourn
ment of the gathering.
Are you afraid of Southern negroes
being brought to break the striker"
was another query.
mot in the least answered Mr..
Shaffer. 1.-The negroes of the South
who work in steel mills are thorough
ly organized. We have not been
overlooking that detail. They make
the best kind of union men. The 300
colored men brought from tie South
TO assist in starting the plant of the
Latrobe Steel Company, in Chicago
were all union men. When they dis
covered what was wanted OF them
they returned to their homes.
SCARCELY A HOPE OF PEACE.
Secretary Williams said All
possibility of settlement of this diff
Guilty appears to be at an end. We
carefully considered the proposition
Of the trust We decided that the