The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-06
SITUATION IS TENSE
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM In
STEEL STRIKE.
A FAINT GLIMMER OF HOPE
THAT THE COMBINE WILL YET
OFFER TERMS OF PEACE.

ne DtNth ~ 10 nADEtES
Wish for COmprOmise-The CIi-
max Probably Not to Come Before
the Last of This or the First of
Next Week.
Pittsburg, Aug. 5.-Just a faint glim-
mer of hope that the great steel work
ers' strike will be settled was embodied
in a statement given out by President
Shaffer of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton tonight. When asked IL he would
pursue the same policy in ordering a
strike in the mills of the Federal 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 replied:
IF it had not been for this determin-
alton 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 satisfac-
ton from the officials of the American
Sheet and the American Steel Hoop
Companies, President Shaffer sent a
telegram to Vice President Arms of
the American Tin Plate Company noti-
flying him that under Article 10, Sec
ton 35 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
difficulty was settled within period of
ten days. AS a result of this notice
Mr.. Arms succeeded in getting togeth-
err another conference and a vain at
tempt was made to settle the dispute
and prevent strike which would in
voive the tin mills. That conference
was the one that broke up in the Ho-
tel Lincolr three weeks ago last Sat-
urday.
In order to be equally fair to the
other constituent companies of the
United States Steel Corporation and
accord them the same treatment.
President Shaffer has sent a similar
notice to the officers of the Federal
Steel Company, the National Steel
Company and the National Tube Conn
pany, giving them the same time In
which to make any effort they may de-
sire to bring about settlement or he
will put I'm force this same clause in
the Amalgamated Association consti
tuition. 1t is presumed that the delay
in issuing the general order will be at
least until the end of the present week.
Possibly it will not be issued until
early next week. In the meantime the
men in the mills of these three COM
ranies will be prepared to come out
when the strike order is issued.
The Bare Hope.
The possibility of the settlement of
the strike is based upon the bare hope
that the officials of the three addition
al companies will bring to bear suffi-
cient influence to urge an adjustment
of the difficulties before the strike or
der is issued. President Shaffer did not
express any hope that this would be
done, nor did he even discuss the mat
ter, but. the inference was quickly seen
that there was such a possibility in
sight. 1t is a faint one, though, and
but little interest was taken in it in the
general offices of the association.
Tht strike history of the day in Pitts
burg itself is not prolific of results;
considerable, however, was doing in
towns surrounding. In this city all the
idle mills 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.
The most important strike points to-
night seem to be Leechburg and Wells
vile. with McKeesport possible trou-
BILE center.
At Leechburg.
From Leechburg this telegram was
received:
AT o'clock this Afternoon the Hyde
Park MILL which has been idle since
the first of this year, was started. e.
S. Pargny. manager of the American
Steel Association; Harry Davis, dis
trict superintendent, and Robert Lock,
local manager, were on the ground At
3:45 this afternon train arrived at
Hyde Park, coming from Salisbury,
Vandergrift and Apollo. The train
stopped at the work and fifty-five men,
clad in working garb and carrying din
ner buckets, left the train and hurried
into the works. There was no excite
ment and the mill owners and man
ayers tonight claim they now have
enough men in the mill to operate all
OF the five plant mill. Sentinels ARE
OUT and no one is allowed TO get into
the mill without password. This
afternoon late, six mill men from
Leechburg sauntered down toward the
MILL passed the guards and walked
into the mills where tonight they are
at work. This makes sixty-one men
now employed at the works.
BY outsiders It is claimed that this
number cannot operate this mill in full.
but however this may be, the mill is
running tonight In good shape.
THE Amalgamated men, however, are
on the ground making desperate efforts
to keep all union men out. They make
the assertion that in two days after
President Shaffer issues his general
strike order, not a wheel will be turn
ing in either Vandergrift. Apollo or
Hyde Park"
At weIIsviIIe.
From Wellsville. o., the following re-
port is made:
"The last four OF the striking steel
workers who were arrested Saturday
charged with riot were released from
Jail late this afternon upon bail. There
are warrants yet in the hands of the
police for seventeen more OF the stril<-
ers, which have not yet been served.
The officers, for some reason, seem to
be afraid to serve the warrants. Henry
3. Henderson, a potter, for whom the
police have a warrant. has been trying
to get himself in the way OF the Of
ficers all day. to have them arrest him,
but they will not do IL for the reason
that Henderson is backed by the Ma
tional Brotherhood of Operative Pot
ters. and the officers fear the vengeance