The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-09
TRYING TO MAKE
SHOWOF STRENGTH
Preparing For Strike Order
Effective Tomorrow.
TRUST STARTS UP
SOME OF ITS MILLS
Hope is Still Held Out of a Set
Element.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. S-The contend
ing sides IN the steel strike are center
ing their energies for a show of
strength on the day that the general
strike order becomes effective. The
United States Steel corporation are re-
opening mills closed by the first strike
call to show its independence Of union
Ism and gathering strength wherever
II may, 10 tighten the effect of the
general strike order, and the AmaIga-
mated association bending its enereias
10 the extension of its membership and
| to obtain the support and co-opers ton
OF the Federation of Labor
The general strike order viii become
! eHectlVe on saturday night and the
| claims put forth on either side as fo
the results that viii accrue from it are
widely at variance. Officials of the
/ steel companies admit that thousands
of men will obey the order of President
Smarter and go out, but they positively
/ deny that the tie-up will be general
Ihey point to their success in reopen
ing four mills that were closed and
say that they have strOngholds at
points where the Amalgamated claims
ale greatest strength. The steel Off
Gals are inclined to minimize the sym
pathetic assistance which the Amalga-
mated association will get.
| President Shaffer and his associates
on the other side insist that the strike
order viii be generally Obeyed and
that they viii obtain more than
enough support to cripple the steel cor
pOratiOn.
I'VE have these. people licked to a
stdndstill already" was the way Vice
| President-elect Gibson Of Pfttsburg
voiced the feelings of the Amalgamat-
ed people.
Still Hope For Settlement.
With both sides armfng for the con-
| hict and a general strike but forty
eight hours away, many ordinarily
| Wen informed persons hoId the belief
that there viii yet be a settlement of
the strike. Veryl Preston came here
| yesterday and his presence started the
! rumOr today that he was here to ask
! for another conference in behalf of
! the steel corporation. Mr. Preston
| pOlntedly denied that he was doing
anything of the kind and during the
day made no effort to see any Of the
/ strike leaders.
Some of the men who predict SET
tlement believe there viii be outside
Intervention from powerful interests
ana submission of the dispute to ar
! DlJratlOn- Different men with known
regulations, including Archbishop
ireland and Senator'S Hanna and Scott
have been mentioned in this counec-
ton, but if efforts are being put forth
IN that direction, they have not yet
I
President Shaffer devoted today to
a conference with President Gompers
of the American Federation of Labor
! who came here for a personal study
/ of the situation before committing
! himself or his immense organization
| in any manner. The conference
| reached no conclusion and unless there
/ is any alteration Of plans. will be re-
J sumed al 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
! President Gompers came here in com
pany with Frank Norris, secretary Of
the federation, and was met at Anal
| gamated headquarters by President
/ Shaffer. Secretary Williams. Assistant
/ Secretary Tighe, Vice Presidents Rea
and Chappel, National Trustee John
! Pierce and B. I. Davis.
Meet Federation Officers.
They sat in executive session from
/ II o'clock until $40 O'Clock when they
/ went out for lunch. They returned to
the strike headquarters shortly before
5 o'clock and, after a brief talk, depart
I ed for the day. President GOmpers de-
1 clined TO state the result of their de-
/ alterations and would say nothing 9th
er than that he had come here to look
/ the situation over, consult with Presi-
! dent Shaffer. President Shaffer also
! declined to talk about the conference.
! The strikers are very anxious to secure
/ the active cooperation OF the fedora
ton and many Of them express conf
( dence in getting it.
The steel corporation succeeded today
in getting the Farm mill at the Lindsay
& McCutcheon plant and another mill
at Clark works in operation. They
/ also received reports that at Hyde
Park last night four of the mills did
perfect work and an announcement
from Wellsville that the strike was
virtually over there. They met with
no opposition at any of the four
! points where they have FeOpened mills
and expressed their satisfaction at the
| progress made.
The strikers insist that they are not
enough men at the Lindsay & Nc
Cutcheon this morning to Oper-
ate the one mill started, and pre-
dicted that it would close down during
the day. 1t was kept going. however,
until night. It is planned TO open an
other mill at Lindsay 81 McMutcheon's
and also to start the Painter mill and
the Charters plant at Carnegie, but
just when theyswill be started remains
to be seen.
The steel corporation is evidently
putting forth its greatest effort at
Pittsburg, the headquarters Of the
strike. for the moral effect elsewhere.
First Act of Violence.
The first act Of violence in this
neighborhOod occurred at NatrOna last
night when a foreigner. whose name
could not be learned, was shot, pre-
sUmably by strikers. He was en-
pIoyed in the copper extraction depart
ment of the Pennsylvania Salt Manu-
featuring company, and was struck By
shot in Pc places. but not seriously
injured. xix or eight shots were fired
from the hill back of the works
The company has succeeded in filing
the striking furnacemen's places, and
the strikers are trying to brighten the
new men away by throwing rocks and
shooting at them while at work A
heavy guard of special officers has been
put on for the protection Of the work
men
The strike leaders plan a series OF
rallies for Saturday, the closing day
OF the preliminary campaign The
largest will be held at Cascade park,
Newcastle, and its managers claim
that p. 900 worlzingmen win participate
in X. Special trains viii be run from
New Brighton, Sharon. Sharpsville and
other adjoining towns. The AFFAIR is
to be a picnic. lasting al day. Presi-
dent Sha6er and other Amzlganaated
leaders and President Gompers VIII de-