The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-14
ANOTHER
ATTEMPT
TO SETTLE.
The Iron Wage Scale is to be Made
To-day at Detroit, BY Repre-. 4,
sentatives of the
.WORKMEN AND5MILL OWNERS.
Engagement is Not Reached, Manu-
\ facturers' Terms Will be SUBJ
!. mitted to the Lodges.

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The final effort to settle the iron wage
scale will begin to-day, when the gem
eral conference committee OF the Anal
Ssainated Association will meet the
manufacturers, Representatives in De-
trolt. AS, has been. stated before, this Is
the first time such a conference has
been necessary. This is an indication
that the situation is critical. and while
the officials OF the Amalgamated Assoc
citation viii not predict that settle
lhent Will be reached. they VIII not say
that q big.strlke is likely to follow u
gfallure to agren.
III Is. evident now that the Republic
Iron and Steel Company, the largest
producer of bar. iron in the country, is
anxious to start Its mills. ard ns::ttd
'on a meeting OF the general conference
committee, says the pittsburgh Chroni-
Gle Telegraph. In a talk on tile calling
of this conference Lass wiSk President
7: j. Shaffer. OF the Amalgamaied Asso-
;ciation, said: Ask former President N.
n. Garland Way he did not resort TO
this rule" Mr.. Garland. when asked
why the general conference committee
had never been called TO settle a dis
puted wage scale. said:
- saw. by your paper on Friday that
Mr.. Sharer had called n meeting OF the
general conference committee. and re-
ferred TO me when asked why this step
was never taken before. The fact Is
that the. calling Of a general conference
never. became necessary since the adoF-
ton OF those rules In 1894. During my
administration conventions gave con-
ference, committees discretionary power,
and we were thereby enabled to settle
all scales to the best advantage OF the
membership without resorting to the
rule. The. conventions have not baan
giving the power since my incumoency
as president, and, in fact, 1t seems that
the membership In general have refused
TO give Mr.. Shafrer power. But since
Mr., gShahfer has referred you to me on
this question take 1t that 1t Is no vio:-
latlon. OF confidence to say that Mr..
Shaffer first, asked my opinion OF his
powers under the rules to invoke their
use in his present difficulty.
ION Thursday of last week Mr.. JAMES
II. Mutt. secretary Of the labor bureau
OF the Republic Iron and Steel Conf
pany, and President T. ]. shatfer, of
the. .Amalgamated Association, con-
jointly asked me to put in. writing my
opinion OF the powers rule 10 OF the
Amalgamated Association constitution
and iby-!aws conferred orthe president.
I very gladly submitted my under
standing of the rule, which is as fol-
lows:
TO, Mr.. James II. Mutt and 7. ]. Shat
fer, secretary Of labor bureau and
president OF a. A.. of l. 7. 6 S. W:
observation-disclosures to your re-
quest that I submit In writing my un-
Understanding as to whether in rule 10,
under Composition and Method Of
Holding Conference. on page 81 OF
Constitution and General Laws OF A. y.
OF t. T.. & S. w, 1t was contemplated
the rule might be brought into opera
ton In the event of one or two of the
divisional conferences having failed to
: agree, and yet another division having
!: not failed to agree, but anticipating
|. further conference In their divisions:
Rule 10 states, In the event OF one
or more of the divisional conference
committees arriving at settlement
and the other or others falling TO do So.
the general conference committee shall
/! meet and strive to effect a settlement
at gives me pleasure to say. as enc OF
the trainers OF the rules and on their
presentation to and adoption by, the
convention OF 1891, that all the possible
points and effects OF the rules were full
ly discussed und the understanding es-
tabllshed, before voting to adopt the
rules, that the failure OF any divisional
conference to agree and the conferences
adjournlng without date. would war
rant the presldcntto call into requisi-
ton rule 10.
1.-THE Invocation of rule 10 for one d.
vlstonal conference committee does not
affect the conferences OF u division that
/ Is yet comforting, hence objection from
that fact alone should not debar the use
| Of the rule II good can be accomplished
by It. especially when we consider the
matter in dispute will still be in the
hands OF the corferees.
iGa Sincerely yours,
M. NJ. GARLAND,
| /, A meeting OF the manufacturers is be-
Ling held in Youngstown, at which n
proposition Is being prepared, and will
be Eumbitted at the Joint conference.
While the workers viii be. represented
in all departments, only manufacturers
| OF bar iron will attend.
Secretary John Williams said that the
situation will be thoroughly discussed.
and II It is found impossible to arrive
at an agreement tho proposition OF the
manufacturers will be sent to the sub
ordinate lodges, 1910
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