Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-24
PARADE GIVEN UP
Workers at McKeesport Ad-
 vised Not to Turn Out.
SKATER FEARED DISORDER

Steel Men Claim to Be Steadily Gain
 ing Ground-Conference Yesterday
 Brought No Results-This Is The
 Sixth Week of The Big Strike.
 Pittsburg, Aug 24.-The closing of the sixth week of the great steel strike finds the controversy apparently as Tar frsm settlement as it was when Presi- dent Shaffer. of the Amalgamated asso- citation first called out the employees or the sheet steel and steel hoop com panies- After forty-three days both sides maintain the same firm front, and the contest gives promise of it continuing for an indefinite period.
 Yesterdays conference of labor leaders was devoid of results. Ac- cording to the statement of the para cipants no mention was made of the miners or other trades taking sympa- thetic action. In short the meeting made no effort to extend the strike to affiliated trades.
 When seen this morning President Shaffer expressed himself as we'll sat isfied with the situation up to the pres ent time. He reiterated his former statements that the association still had several surprises in store for the manufacturers but he refused to give any information as to what they were.
 In regard to the report that Chief Arthur Of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers. had written that he could not call his men out or ask them to refuse to handle non-union freight. President Shaffer positively refused to talk. All he would say was: ''I never wrote a letter to MT Arthur in my life"
 At the offices of the steel companies it was said that the situation was gen erally satisfactory in all the plants in the Pittsburg district The post ponement of the attempt to start the Demmler plant of the American Tin Plate company, until next week, was said to be for the purpose of having the plant in order when the men start to work. It was believed there would be plenty of men on hand when t.e time came to operate the plant. It was also stated that the idle plant of the National Steel company, at Bel laire O., would be started next week. and that force of men is being gath cred for this purpose. Where the men were coming from the officials refused to say.
 Quiet prevailed at all points today. This is a short day, the plants gener- ally closing down at noon. At the Painter works it was said that two more mills would be started on Mon day. They are the bar mill and the No cotton tie mill. Many mechanics and labOrers are at work on the lat ter It has not been in use for seven months. but the demand from the south for this material is so heavy that it was decided to resume operations. The management say many of their old men are asking for their former posi- tions and that it is probable some will be taken back as non-union men.
 This is pay day at the Continental, Elab. Keystone, Pennsylvania Repub- lie, Painters and Browns mills and an extra force of policemen is on duty in the strike districts, although no trouble Is expected.
 The big parade which was to have taken place at McKeesport today, and which was to go to Duquesne and Homestead for the purpose of it's moral effect on the workers in the Carnegie plants at those places, was abandoned upon the advice of President ShaIer, who feared disorder if the original in- tentions were carried out. 4 move Inent is or foot among some of the Me Eeesport business men to call a mass meeting of citizens to take action against the alleged attitude of Mayor Black and to assure the outside pub lie and the steel people that the city is not in sympathy with any sentiment that does not guarantee the safety of property and persons within its lim- its. The mayor is reported to be in- censed over the proposed meeting and will issue a statement this afternoon defining his position.
 So far as the strike is concerned, we all believe that the manufacturers, both in the trust and out. are too will ling to pay fair wages to permit the men to long remain idle"