The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-13
STRIKERS ARE UGLY.
OFFICERS WITH DRAWN REVoL-
VERS ESCORT WORKMEN TO
MONONGAHELA TIN PLANT
STATUS is STILL UNCHANGED
President Shaffer Says That No Ne
gotintiOns Are Under Way
Looking to a Settlement
With the Trust.

HIIISBURG, IA, sept. l2-Ihe air
was again full of rumors today that the
strike had been settled. The absence of
President Shaffer from Amalgamated
headquarters all day up to p. M lent
color to the rumors. BY many Mr. Shat
fer was supposed to be in New York In
conference with President Schwab, and
others were convinced that he was in Con-
ference with American Tin Plate officials
discussing plan to call the strike or,
so far as that company was concerned.
When President Shaffer finally appeared
at headquarters he dispelled all hopes by
saying there was no change in the situa-
ton.
Immediately after arriving at headquar-
tiers President Shaffer called the national
officers to his room for a conference,
which lasted only eight minutes. 1t was
impossible to learn what the talk was
about, as none of the participants would
talk
An Associated Press reporter captured
the president as he was about to board
a car for home In reply to questions Mr..
Shaffer said:
There has been no conference with the
steel people today as has been reported.
[ have not been in New York and am not
going there, nor am L going to Youngs-
town.
This latter was said in answer to the
report that the Youngstown strikers had
held a meeting this afternoon and had
telegraphed President Shaffer asking him
to attend an adjourned meeting tonight
He said he knew of no meeting at
Youngstown.
The American Steel Hoop company, the
American Tin Plate company and the
American Sheet Steel company are under
orders now to start their mills, either by
-1IniOn erecting
settlement with the association that Will
be satisfactory to the New York Off
Gals.
WITH REVOLVERS DRAWN.
With drawn revolvers, two officers, one
a coal and iron policeman, the other sdlo
to be regular officer on the south side
police force, sat on the top seat of a cab
and guarded six, non-union workmen into
the Monongahela tin plant on the south
side this afternoon. great crowd OF
strikers and sympathizers pursued the
cab to and from the mill, and When the
return trip was begun both ofhcers once
more drew their guns, and at fourteehth
and Carson streets one shot was nred
from the cab. Fortunately no one was
hit.
The streets in the vicinity of the MO-
nongahela plant are now virtually III
state of siege.
Bv system of signals and picketlng
the strikers of the Monongahela plant
are able to mobilize a great crowd on
very short notice. This was WORKED To-
day to perfection. Up to o'clock the
streets around the plant were compare
tiyely deserted until the word was passea
that a. cab was en- route to the nhl WIN
six non-union men. The street was plach
with people in a few minutes. When the
viz ,,oda anDearaOCe with the armed
guard above pandemonium reigned. Inc
crowd hoWled and few missiles were
thrown The horses were whipped INTO
gallon and the mill was reached without
serious damage having been done.
When the cab started on It's return
Journey the former proceedings were re-
peated At the corner of Carson ana
Fourteenth streets several persons at
tempted to catch the horses by the prl-
dies and it was then that the shot was
fired. Great confusion followed and the
officers got away without further trouele.
Aid W F. Walsh, of the West end,
announced today that he had held up the
first three of the fifty eviction cases
against the families of striking mill en-
rloyes living in the houses of the Amer
lean Steel Hoop company in Painters
low, pending the receipt of an opinion
from his attorney on the legality OF the
clause in the lease under which the COM
pany seeks to evict.
Nine men were taken into the Star tin
mill today without amy interference: me
situation at all the other plants remains
unchanged.
keystone. Union, Enterprise. Riverton
and Shaffer lodges of the Amalgamated
association will receive IS per MEMBER
tomorrow from the general strike fund.
Several hundred men not tonnage e1I-
ployes are let out. Only few hundred
tube works, men who formed fedora
ton lodge, have any claim on the Sl'4SS
subscribed by local merchants Ov 5000
omnloves of the National Tube works are
without any hope of aid Strike leaders
attribute Skaters failure to keep MS
promise to treat Amalgamated and Fed
Grafton men alike to Gompers refusal
to call out all allied trades. The explana-
ton is not satisfactory, and there is
much complaint, especially among the
foreigners who struck with the promise
of aid as an inducement.