New-York tribune., 1901-08-12

ga-nsted Association has begun fits appeal to the
other labor organizations of the country. 1t be-
ueves thar a fund Of fully sl,0OO000 viii be con-
tributed to its support. and that IL Will secure
sympathetic action.
A LABOR LEADERS STATEMENT.
Walter Larkins, national vice president OF the
A-lslgamated Association. discussing the situa-
ZION In the Wheeling district tonight. said:
At the Riverside plant Of the National Tube
Company the plate and tube mills viii be OFF on
Monday morning and possibly the steel depart
ineuts Already we have taken into member
ship IN the Amaleamated 65O Of the 500 skilled
men at the Riverside, and the remaining 100
10 cali a meeting which they may organize a
lodge. This request has been granted, and the
meeting wiA be held on Monday evening at Z
o'ciocll q; Mozart Hall. in South Wheeling. At
This Afternoons meeting of the Riverside men
at Mozart Hall took in lO9 new members
iron. ihe tube and plate departments.
We have succeeded in tying up the Bellaire
steel plant Of the National Steel Company We
organized two hundred and fifty OF the skilled
l..tn saturday, and a meeting this afternoon
there were more accessions, though have not
yet received my deputies reports as 10 the exact
number. But without a single accession
this afternoon we have enough to keep the plant
iGle
The La Belle plant of the American Tin Plate
Company is closed tight. the l1tna-Stand-
ard mills OF the American Sheet Steel and Amer
ican Steel Hoop companies. The Mingo juno
tion plants of the National Steel and American
Steel Hoop companies also are closed.
10 be held az the West Virginia State Fair
Grounds. in Wheeling, next Wednesday or
Thursday. President Shaffer will be the princi-
pal orator. and Assistant Secretary Michael F.
Tighe viii be second. If possible At the meet
ing OF the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor As
sembly this afternoon resolutions We're passed
denouncing Andrew Carnegie and calling upon
the labor people Of Wheeling @ TO vote against the
acceptance OF the $4,000 he has offered TO
Wheeling for library building.
BELIEF IN SYMPATHETIC STRIKES.
inter
night in which he placed the blame for the
strike upon the refusal OF the United States
Steel Corporation TO arbitrate, and declared that
before the strike was over thousands of men in
other trades would be drawn into it to save the
Amalgamated Association and the principles for
which it stands He said:
We agreed to arbitrate, because the business
men and citizens of Pittsburg urged us to do so.
We were willing TO risk the interests OF our or
eanization in the hands of others in this dispute
If there was any prospect for peace. II is prac-
ticaly the first time in the history of our organ
izaton that we have gone this far The effect
upon the future would be far reaching, as IL
would enable manufacturers 10 ask the same
concession from US, and this We have in the past
declined TO grant, because we feared the results
This arbitration being turned down fat and un-
conditionally, those who have been urging US to
submit 10 it viii have chance TO prove their
interest and friendship for US in our inevitable
battle with the greatest trust that was ever or
ganized.
PLEA FOR ARBITRATION.
Arbitration is what the manufacturers have
been asking from us for years II opens a new
phase entirely in the situation II the manu-
facturers think they can stamp out our organi-
cation, they certainly laboring under the
greatest mistake Of their lives. If they should
defeat now il viii only cause new and far
stronger labor organization TO rise up in our
places within few years that would have
graVer meaning TO II. If the United states steel
Trust is wise. il viii deal with us II is 10 their
interest 10 90 Men in this country viii never
submit TO being obliterated-you can depend
mn /
the men who come out on strike at this time
will not be the last to come out before this fight
IS There will be thousands that will be
drawn into the struggle as the organizations g ot
the entire country are vitality interested In the
fight making. and feel that their own
future depends on our success
Our position has been fair at all times. There
has been suggestion for peace that we have
not considered and acted upon, While the trust
has from the start declined to even discuss the
question
CIVIL WAR SAID TO BE POSSIBLE.
! tell you this question will have 70 be settled
in some way If not by peaceful strike then by
legislation If that fails the ballot viii be tried.
II all else fails. l believe that il will result in
appeal 10 the bayonet. I tell you. there is a
try on the eve of Of the greatest revolutions
VI that ever could occur in the history Of the
world.
MI. williams said that the strike had been
studiously avoided by the officers Of the Anal
gamated Association. 1t had been studiousy
encouraged by the officials of the manufacturers
organization. The officers Of the Amalgamated
Association had done all they could and had
worked hard TO bring about peace. The battle
was now in the hands Of the men. and IL was
for them decide what the outcome would be.
Every labor organization in the country
with the Amalgamated Association in this strug-
gle. The American Federation Of Labor had
taken steps 10 aid in the fight 10 the full limit Of
its power. The Knights Of Labor, represented
by President Simon Burns Of L. A No 800 had
come forward with money and encouragement
Of bOdV under Master
Workman Parsons had instituted proceedings in
Ohio and Indiana 10 prosecute the trust on legal
grounds.