The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
Decline to Accept Peace at the Terms
offered by the United states
steel Corporation.
MORE MILLS TO BE OPENED
MANAGERS WILL FRY TO START
WITH NONUNION FORCES.
Meeting of Amalgamated Association
Advisory Board Yesterday
A New York nm

PITTSBURG, Sept. Sin spite of the
fact that the terms offered by the United
States Steel Corporation for a settlement
of the steel workers strike were limited
to s o'clock last night the executive board
of the Amalgamated Association, after re-
naming in session all of to-day. adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning with
out reaching a defini decision.
The peace movement is regarded as prac-
tically dead. In the offices of the Carnegie
building it was stated that the situation
to-day was simple. The Amalgamated As
ISOLATION had rejected the terms offered
by President Schwab and negotiations had
terminated. The officials of the constituent
companies had been instructed to start up
all of the plants as soon as possible and
with nonunion men.
Just what the proposition was that Mr..
Schwab made to the AmaIgamated Asso-
citation could not be learned. The Amalga-
mated men who know its details declined
to say anything about 1t. 1t was stated
on the other side. however, that President
Schwab practically reiterated the offer
made by Mr.. Morgan that the corporation
would sign the scale for all mills that it
had signed for before the strike and that
union wages would be paid in all nonunion
mills affected in the controversy. Every
move made by mill officials to-day indi-
Gated that the peace negotiations were
all off.
The Demmler tin plate works at McKees-
port resumed operations at s o'clock this
morning. Six mills out of fifteen were
started with nearly one hundred men, many
OF them being old employees. There was
no disorder. The deputy sherlffs were cn
duty. but there was nothing for them to
do. as only a few strikers were about the
premises. Thirty-siX men were taken into
the works by boat from Duquesne and
thirty-three went through the gates. On
account of the heavy fog the strikers
pickets who lined the river banks were
unable to see the boat until the men had
been landed. Manager Lauck stated that
he had tifty-fOur men in the hot mill de-
partment and by night he expected one
hundred men working, every one OF them
old employees. Two more mills, he said,
would be started this afternoon.
Five hundred more men were at work at
the National Tube Company's plant at Nc
KeespOrt this morning. making one thou
sand men now i'm the plant. a large num-
Der of others applied for work, but they
were turned back because the mill was
not in shape to take any more men on.
There was no attempt made by the strikers
to stop the men as they went in. and the
management claim by next week the entire
establishment will be in operation and the
strike a thing of the past. The situation at
the plants at Pittsburg was not greatly
changed to-day. Twenty more men re-
turned 10 the Pennsylvania tube works to-
day and over two hundred men are now at
work. A meeting of the former employees
who are still out has been arranged for to-
morrow at Moorhead's Hall, when Man
ager Latshaw will have a conference with
the men.
At noon a notice was posted at the
Demmler works calling the attention of the
old employees TO the fact that the plant had
resumed and requesting all who wished to
return TO work to report for duty not later
than next Monday mOFninO nr fh0ir nlapQC
would be filled by other workmen. The no.
tice is signed by the American Tin Plate
Company. Manager Lauck stated at that
time that he had seven mills running and
had enough men to fully operate them.
Later adVices from McKeespOrt Indicate
that the statement this morning that one
thousand men were at at work at the Ma
tional tube works was not exaggerated.
Between three hundred and four hundred
men have been making repairs at this plant
for several DAYS. and this number was more
than doubled this morning. AS a result the
plant is said to have been operated in part.
1t was stated in McKeesport that the strik-
ers seemed to feel that their fight was lost,
though they would continue to do their
picket duty and endeavor to induce the men
not to return.
At the mill OF the Painter works. in this
city, the management announced to-day
that they had enough men to run double
turns and five mills would be put on night
next week. Rumors were circulated on the
streets that the MonOngahela works would
be started in a few days. A wagon load of
cots was said to have been taken into the
works last night, and sleeping and eating
quarters were being erected in the mill for
the use of the imported men to be brought
here to break the strike.
A Canal Dover, o., dispatch says: Gen
eral Manager Kline, of the American Sheet
Steel Company'S plant, was assaulted by a
striker this morning and carried TO his car
riage unconscious. 1t is not known how Sc
riously he was injured. Two sheet mills
are going this morning and preparations
are being made to start several more"