The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02
SAYS STRIKE is LOST
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HICKEY
CHARGES MISREPRESENTATI

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 1.-Charges
that the national officers of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel
Workers had misrepresented the attitude
of the United States Steel corporation to-
ward organized labor in order to get
members of the association out on strike
were made by former Vice President j.
D. Hickey at the meeting of the Bay
View lodge today. In a cool, unpassioned
manner Mr.. Hickey gave the members of
the lodge the result of mis- recent trip to
Pittsburg where he went for the pur-
pose of investigating the situation in re-
gard to the steel strike, and the situa-
ton, as summed up by Mr.. Hickey, was
that the strike appears to be lost, and 1t
may take years to repair the damage to
the association which has already been
done Mr.. Hickey's report was listened
to by all the men with respectful atten-
ton. Mr.. Hickey made no recommends
ton to the lodge as to their future ac-
ton, but it is believed that his speech
may cause a change in sentiment, not
only in Bay View, but in other places in
the Fourth district.
Nearly all the members of the lodge
were present when the meeting was call
ed to order, and number who had been
reported to be away working in other
places, turned up in time for the meet
ing. Among those was Corresponding
Secretary Valentine G. Dolley, who had
been working for the Republic Iron and
Steel company in South Chicago.
President Redfern, of the local lodge,
presided at the meeting, and when it was
concluded he stated there had been no
vote taken. though no one had question
ed the accuracy of any of Mr. Hickey's
statements. That his remarks will be re-
ported in full to the national officers of
the organization and that it may result
in bringing Assistant Secretary Michael
L. Tighe here again or some other mem
her of the grand lodge, was the belief of
the members of the local association.
President Redfern said that so far it
appeared to be the opinion of the ajor-
ity that the men should not return to
work until they had been ordered back
by the national officers.
Mr.. Hickey had little to say about the
conference in Pittsburg with President
Shaffer or other officials The conference
was mainly personal, in which President
Shaffer was charged with violating the
constitution in ordering the strike
Many other matters dealing with the
past history of the organization came up
for discussion.
Mr.. Hickey's mission to the East was
mainly to ascertain the exact situation in
the East, and nothing was learned of
the details of the New York meeting.
WANT TO KNOW.
1.-The object of the meeting, said Pres
ident Redfern, was not to vote upon the
question of returning to work, but to
listen to the report of Messrs. Hickey
and Cooper, who have been in the East
to see what is the real situation. The
strike has been on now out here for two
weeks, and during that time the MEM
bers OF the lodge here have heard abso-
lutely nothing regarding the real situa-
ton from the national officers. All we
have seen we have seen in the newspa-
pers, and last week number of mem
bers held meeting and decided to send
Messrs. Cooper and Hickey back East TO
see about these things. Their report
was absolutely satisfactory and was well
received but l have no idea of what the
action of the lodge will be or whether
there will be any action taken
Mr.. Hickey opened his remarks with a
report of the conferences with the Off
Gals of the United Steel corporation, in
which he declared Messrs Morgan and
Schwab outlined their policy toward or
ganized labor. Mr.. Hickey went into
these details for the purpose of showing
that Secretary Tighe and President Shat
fer had misrepresented the facts when
they appealed to the members of the as
ISOLATION to strike on the ground that
the steel corporation was determined to
crush organized labor and ruin the Anal
gamated association. He maintained that
the proposition offered by Mr. Morgan
had been eminently satisfactory and