Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-07
III TRUST PEOPLE
1 SEEM CONFIDENT
hitherto Idle Mills Started Up -Presi-
" ! Shaffer Will Address Mill Opera
tives at Homestead Tomorrow.

is stated that every foreman VIII be IN
structed to ascertain the sentiments OF
every man under his charge. This VIII
be tabulated by mills and districts, so
that before next Saturday night the
president Of the corporation VIII know
how each man in the employ of the cor
poration stands.
A rumor WIS current today that an
effort will be made 10 keep some OF the
workers from striking by offering them
an advance in wages. II Is doubtful
whether this will be done so late in the
day,
LEFT TO THE MEN.
In reply to the question whether he
thought the men employed by the Fed
eral Steel company would come out,
President shafer said;
"That we leave 10 the men. Ihey
have no scale that can hold them from
their obligations to the Amagamated
association, They have no scale that
can be transferred TO another company,
Our people signed scales with certain
companies. These companies have
transferred their stock to the United
States Steel corporation This they
have no right to do. All contracts that
are made by our people are made with
a full knowledge on the part Of The 9TH
cas-. Such contracts are dependent up
on the fundamental law Of the organi-
cation"
MONSTER MEETING.
Mr.. Shaffer gave out notice today
that there Will be a monster mass meet
ing held at New Castle. Pa, on Satur-
day afternoon and said he would be
there IL nothing prevents him.
Secretary John Williams said there
was nothing to give out. He predicted
that there would be surprises for the
people before a week had gone by. b. !,
Davis, editor Of the Amalgamated Jour
nal, and one Of the associations ma
tional officers, speaking on the same
subject. observed:
IF this strike gets started right II Is
likely to expand TO proportions not now
suspected You need not be surprised
In such event, to hear Of trouble in thu
Carnegie mills"
ARE NOT ALARMED.
The steel manufacturers generally do
iihA NitM Ailt HAIAht Niufl Win UluilHs
one prominent manufacturer said he
felt sorry for the men. but he believed
the strike would speedily end and that
at Its conclusion there would be no
Amalgamated association TO worry the
manufacturers In the future. He said
there was no tension In the mills on the
part OF the company Another said II
would be fight to the finish and he
ala NOT tiipL IA pngntfaftapc would Ia
re-opened He added: In the Nation
al Steel company do not expect them
to close any mills except the Bessemer
plant and rolling mills at New Castle
and Mngo Junction. At New Castle
they will make 1000 men idle and at
Mingo Junction about 1000 They can
probably throw into ldleness between
IL 900 and 10000 men. chiefly at Chicago,
Joliet and Milwaukee. | do not think
they can get out more than 20 per cent
OF the thirty thousand men Of the Ma
tional Tube company"
one other manufacturer said that his
only fear was the customary sympathy
Of workngman for worklngman. He
feared the strike would be more extern
sive than any are now willing to admit,
Secretary Williams OF the Amalgam-
whether President Gompers OF the Fed
Grafton OF Labor, would be here today.
II he came II would be only to advise,
as the association had everything In
their own hands. He also stated that
there would be a meeting Of the Clarks
mill men tomorrow night at which
President shaffer would address the
strikers.
When word was received at the
Amalgamated headquarters that
Clark's mill was In partial operation,
Vve President Gibson hurried TO the
scene. When he returned he said only
one striker had gone back to work and
the rest were negroes, supposedly
brought into the city last night. He
denied Captain Browns statement that
two mills were In operation and said
only one was running, but that 1t would
have no effect upon the strikers. They
were not discouraged and no EFFORT
would be made to get the men out that
were now working. Concerning the up
per and lower Carnegie mills, he assert
ed that when the order went into ef-
feet on Sunday It would be found that
both mills would be tied mp, regardless
OF what the owners say