The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-16
ANOTHER MOVE FOR PEACE
IN The BIC STEEL STRIKE
Outside Influence Being Brought to Bear to Arrange
For a Settlement
Big Gain Is Made by Amalgamaed Association Through
Additions to Ranks in Illinois,

Pittsburg, Pa. Aug. 15.-Once more
/ efforts are afoot to settle the strike
/ being waged against the United States
Steel corporation by the Amalgamated
! Association Of Iron, Steel & Tin Work
/ ers. but their success is problematic-
/ al. Neither side will admit that there
/ has been a single step toward bring
/ ing about an aDDroachment. or that
/ there is any prospect o. an exchange
/ Of peace proposals.
3. NJ. Caldwell, formerly a mill-own-
/ er of MingO Junction, is known TO
( have conferred with the strike lead
/ ers with a view to sketching q basis
/ of settlement which he plans TO place
/ before the officials Of the Steel cor
/ Doration. He is believed to be the
/ mysterious man who conferred with
/ President Shaffer for more than two
/ hours at the strike headquarters to-
day, although the latter said later that
| he had not seen Mr.. Caldwell for
months.
/ Both sides vigorously denied that
[ they had either made Overtures or re-
| ceived proposals, but it is known posi-
| lively that the plan is under cOnsid-
/ Grafton. Mr.. Caldwell is acting indie
| pendently, and does not represent
either the manufacturers or the men.
No expression from him was obtain
/ able and no line on the terms that
/ have been considered can be had. It
/ is believed here that under certain
/ could be brought together and set
/ tlement effected, but whether such
VIII come TO pass remains TO be seen
! President Shaffer, in a significant
I statement made today. said that per
/ soually he was for peace, and that he
] ACHE IA.
/ the defensive and forced TO tight.
Battle Waged With Vigor.
! Meantime the contest between the
! two great interests is being wageC
| with vigor and slightly varying for
/ tunes. The Steel corporation seemed
/ to be somewhat stronger al the lower
/ union mill Of the Carnegie company
1 in this city. although the strikers are
| still working hard to cripple or close
/ It. The corporation also adds TO the
I force at Wellsville and announces
that at last il had the plant running
/ to its full capacity.
1t had been anticipated that the day
/ would show some move on the part of
the American Tin Plate company to-
ward opening one or more of its plants
with nOn-union men. but nothing was
done and there were no attempts al
extensions in other directions Three
hundred men employed at the Seam
less Tube plant at MckeespOrt. an
auxiliary of the National Tube COM
/ pany, threw down their tools and
Joined the strikers. 1t is said they
quit because they would not handle
union-made material.
| During the day the strikers kept a
/ close watch on the plants that are
/ being operated with nOn-uniOn men
/ and also kept alert pickets around the
Carnegie plants and the works that
are completely closed down.
There We're few developments, and
except in the instances enumerated
| there have been no changes in the
| general situation. Good order was
general throughout all the strike dis
| tTicts- President Shaffer and his as
| sOciates had a busy day at strike
headquarters. They were on hand
{ early. and with q dead line that
kept the third floor of the BisseI block
clear of all intruders, went into con-
ference with the man who is believed
I 10 be NT. Caldwell. who has come
into the breach with a peace plan
Shaffer Makes Statement.
President Shaner did not appear un-
/ til shortly after noon, when he made
the first statement to the newspaper
men. He said:
It viii say officially the Amalga-
mated association has submitted no
proposition to the Steel corporation
nor has the Steel corporation offered
any proposition directly TO the Anal
gamated association. We have not
heard from the corporation officially
since our last conference in New York
viii say, however. that certain men
are interfering in this matter and in
teTfering with our fight They had bet
ter keep out of it, or they viii get the
worst Of it.
Personally I wish the fight were
settled, but now that we are forced
into q fight and called upon to de-
fend ourselves, sve are fig@ing on sue
cessfulIy. 1 know OF no plan for a
settlement and can assure you that
no representative of the steel corpora
ton has been to these headquarters
The statement in a morning paper thai
there is a movement 20 depose me and
that we are not working in harmony
Is lie"
Rev. FitzwiIliams Interrupted to say
/ Brother ShafIer you ought to 81
east and hold a meeting. They dom
understand the question there"
That's right said Mr.. Shaffer
land we may get down there yet.
! have no reports from Mr. Tighe al
F + Chicago He went with full authority
to act for me. If the lodges do MOI
, come out their charters viii be takeT
= away Brother TiEhe knows my minC
fully and has the authority. Mr. kel
j lev of Milwaukee and Mr. Adams 0
: Joliet are here. but I have not had time
! to talk TO them. If closing down mill.
and winning men are success, we arr
successful I have 10 reports from th'
! lower union mill. but our fight zoe,
! we'll I cannot disclose our plans OF
d tell YOU OF our hidden strength tina
D. viii be shown Wneu the men come
I Ou-"