The age-herald., 1901-09-13
RunOr That He Had Been in Conference With the Steel
 Officials is Denied
NON-UN|ON MEN GUARDED
Officers Mounted on Cabs With Drawn Revolvers Escorted the "Scahs"
 To and From the Mills-De-
 rlsion From Strikers.

Pittsburg, Pa, September 12.-The 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 report. By many MT. Shaf- fer was supposed to be in New York in conference with President Schwab and others were convinced that he was in conference with the American Tin Plate officials discussing a proposition to call the strike off so far as that company was ly appeared at headquarters he dispelled all hopes by saying there was no change in the situation. He said:
 There has been no conference with the steel people today as has been reported. have not been to New York and I am not going there."
 It was said at Malgamated headquar- ters today that the steel combine has re- fused to entertain any further proposi- ton of settlement from the Amalgamated Association.
 Non Union Men Guarded. With drawn revolvers two officers, one a coal and Iron policeman, and the other said to be a regular officer on the South side police force, sat on the top seat of a cab and guarded six non-union work Ing men into the Monongahela tin plate plant on the Southside this afternoon. A great crowd of strikers and sympa- thizers pursued the cab to and from the mhll, and when the return trip was be- gun both officers once more drew their guns and at Fourteenth and Carson streets one shot was fired from the cab. Fortunately no one was hit.
 The streets in the vicinity of the Monon-
 gahela plant are now virtually in a state of siege.
 By system of signals and picketing the | strikers of the Monongahela plant are | able to mobilize a great crowd on very | short notice. This was worked today to | perfection. Up to 8 o'clock the streets | about the plant were comparat lively de- | serted, but when the word was passed that a cab was enroute to the mill with six non-unionists, the street became black with people in few moments.
 Pandemonlum ReIgned. When the rig made it's appearance with the armed guard aboard pandemontum reigned. The crowd hooted and few missiles were thrown. The horses were whipped into 8 gallop and the mill was reached without serious damage having been done.
 When the cab started on its return
 journey, the former proceedings were re- peated. At the corner of Carson and Fourteenth streets several persons at
 tempted to catch the horses by the brides
 and it was then the shot was fired. Great
 confusion followed, and the officers got away without further trouble.
 The National Tube officials say they have one hundred affdavits filed from | persons complaining of assault and
 threats at McKeesport. These, with May | or Blacks reply to President Hearn' s
 request for protection will. 1t Is said, be
 used as basis for injunction suits.
 Strike Fund Dtrisbuted. | Keystone, Union, Enterprise, River and Shaffer lodges of the Amalgamated Asso- citation will receive $S per member to- | morrow from the general strike fund. | Several hundred mill men not tonnage employees are left out. Only a few hun | dred tube works men, who formed fed | eration lodges have any claim on the l $13SO subscribed by local merchants. Over | 5000 employees of the National Tube | Works are without any hope of aid | Strike leaders attribute Shaffer's failure | to keep his promise to treat Amalgama- | ted and Federation men alike to Gompers | refusal to call out all allied trades. The | explanation Is not satisfactory and
 there Is much complaint, especially
 among the foreigners, who struck with
 the promise of aid as an inducement.