The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-01
BURNS is STILL. AT WORK
He Continues HIS Efforts to Bring
About Arbitration.
ABAY VIEW COMMITTEE AT PITTsBuRG
They Confer With AmaIgamated Officials, But
the Matter Under Discussion is Not
Given GU. Strikers March 10
Duquesne Disappointment
Duquesne a disappointment
(Ry the Associated Press J

J.
Pittsburg Pa, August 30-While there
is no actual change in the steel strike sit
uation, much TRANSFERRED today calculated
to produce results in the near future.
The conference between the Bay View
Committee and the Amalgamated Off
Gals; the continued efforts of President
Burns of the Window Glass Workers AS
ISOLATION to bring about arbitration or
Cancellation; the scething editorial in the
Labor World. calling for the Impeachment
of President Shaffer, all Indicate that the
crisis is approaching and that an import
ant change in affairs Is not far distant.
What the outcome will be, no man can
tell.
The details of the conference of the
Bay View committee and the Amalea-
mated officials have not yet been diyulg
ed by, either party but the fact that the
committee is here at all would indicate
that the Bay View strikers are uneasy.
The general belief is that the main OBJ
ject OF the committees visit was to ar
range some compromise by which the Bay
View plant may resume, but this is de-
MED.
Notwths landing the report from New
York that no conference has been held
or arranged for between G. NJ. Schwab
and Simon Burns looking to arbitration,
the latter has not relaxed his efforts in
this direction and seems determined to
bring about some sort of a compromise.
81 am interested in this matter" said
President BUrrs tonight. as the big strike
is affecting all lines of business including
the window glass trade. My purpose is
to get the two sides together and start
the mills If President Schwab is still
opposed to my plan of arbitration, | will
request him to suggest whatever modi-
cation he desires. Anything will be ac-.
ceptable If the United States Steel Cor
poration can be induced to arbitrate and
get the mills started. 1t is foolishness
to say there is nothing to arbitrate.
The editorial in the current issue of
the Labor World. the organ of the In
ternational Tin Workers Protective AS
ISOLATION End the month-pieGe of he Pitts
burg district of tho Mine Workers Union
and the Pattern Makers Association, is a
long attack on Shaffer and demands his
Impeachment for calling the present
strike.
The demand for the impeachment is
made because it is charged that Shaffer
compelled the steel workers to violate
contracts because he expelled the Chicago
men and revoked their charter without
constitutional hearing and because the
whole strike is uncons titutional and has
brought ruin and wreck to men who have
made the Amalgamated Association. The
editorial gives twe1ty-four reasons why
President Shaffer should be impeached.
When shown the editorial tonight Pres
ident Shaffer said:
'.Mr. Powell, of the Tin Worers Associa-
ton, was at headquarters today, and
have understood that the paper mentioned
does not represent his association. The
article is beneath my notice and I shall
not advertise the paper by commenting
on it,
The march of McKeesport strikers to
Duqusne this afternoon was disappoint-
ment to the striers. partly because of a
heavy rain during the parade, and partly
because of lack of enthusiasm. 1t was
expected that at least 5000 of the 10000
strikers would particinate in the strike,
but by actual count there were only 553
in line.
The men marched without any cheering
or noisv demonstration and no trouble OF
any kind developed
The injunction granted the American
Sheet Steel Company at Canal Dover,
Ohio, against the strikers has had the
effect of doirg awav with all pickets about
the mills. The withdrawal of the pickets
was on tho advice of the local counsel
The first break in the strike was
made this evening at McKeesport when
about forty men went to work in the
seamless tube department of the Ma
tional Tube Works. The men returned
to work before the Sympathetic strike
was ordered. The men did not organize.
although they met with Federation of
Labor men a number of times. 1t is
thought many will report tomorrow.