The sun., 1901-08-06
.STEEL STRIKE STILL
REMAINS UNCHANGED
Order for General Cessation of Work Has Not
Been Issued.
OFFICIALS TALKING OF A SETTLEMENT

conference with j. Pierpont Morgan and
others in New York.
Il have simply been whirling through
Il sea of reporters since | left Pitts.
burg" said Mr.. Shaffer, ''and the tide
does not seem to have turned the Other
way. There is not much can say about
the situation at present"
NO MEETING NEEDED NOW.
"Will there be II meeting of the Ad-
visory Board tonight to order general
striker was asked.
None will be needed. The fact of th.
matter is that we held one in New
York"
WAS there any action take at that
meeting about calling out all of tn,
men in the employ of the United States
Steel Coropration?'
II was given full authority to act
The meeting empowered me to issue !,
call whenever in my Judgment thought
it was time to act.''
when will that call be issued?"
That depends upon a number Of
things. 1t is difficult to say just the ex-
act day that | will be ready to exercise
that authority invested in me-
rs the order likely to go out tonightg'
Il would hardly think so. | am OF
the opinion that | could not prepare my.
self to issue the order tonight"
will you do anything in the matter
this EVENING"
NO; ! will not. | am going home
to rest. and will wait until tomorrow t.
resume the cares of my position"
ODER TO BE ISSUED SOON.
Cannot You fix some definite datt
when this order will be ssued?"
You can say that within Il week every
anion man and every union man ut heart
in the employ of the United States Steel
Corporation will he requested by me to
Join the Amalgamated Association in
winning this strike"
"Do you think you will he able ii
lose all of the mills Of the Steel Cor,
poration?"
II am of the opinion that every onl
If them can he closed. We have somo
great surprises in store for the Trust
The men have been organized in some
Of their mills that they never dreamed
could he touched. We have the sympathy
II the workmen and they will not throw
any straws in the way of our absolute
victory"
MORGAN WAS COURTEOUS.
Nlr. Shafftr said that the stories that
j. pierpont Morgan had been ugly dur
nS the conference on Saturday wer
Untrue. He said Mr.. Morgan had been
Courteous and business like throughout
the entire meeting and If he had lost
lis temper it was after the Adjournment
If the gathering.
Are You afraid of Southern negroes
neing brought III to break the strikeT
Not i'll the least. The negroes of til,
South are thoroughly organized. We
nave not been overlooking that detail
Iley make the best kind of union men
The 300 colored men brought from til,
South TO assist in starting the plant ol
he Latrobe Steel Company in Chicago
were all members Of the union. Whei
hey discovered what was wanted o
hem they returned to their homes.
Secretary Williams was not dispose,
% discuss the situation at such grea
length as his chief. He did have thi.
| to say:
".All possibility of settlement nf thi'
| lifiiculty appears to he at an end
| ave cheerfully considered the prop
| ,sition OF the Trust. II was decide,
| hat the terms were such that we coul,
| not accept. To accept would have mean
practically the disruption of our organ
| zation. We could not have agreed an.
returned to face the men we repre-
| Senteft
1T is now ii case Of fight think ih
ontest will be the greatest industrial
battle the worl,. has ever known. an
thoroughly convinced that we will wi
the victory"