The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-05
STEEL COMPANY'S
STATEMENT
All Proposals Withdrawn
and Modified Proposition
is Submitted

New York. Aug 3.-Another eff.
fort TO perfect permanent truce be-
tween the stoa wc-kers and the em
ployers has failed and tonight the CON
flictiug sides ore as widely divided ag
ever The leaders on either side met
their agents this norning and after %
day of fruitess -onfercnce and Discus
sion parted iE e spirit that knows mo-
concillation.
The first conference of the day was
cctvcen President shaffer and twelve
OF his assistants on tSe executive board
of the Amalgamated Association and
group of officials of the United states
steel Corporation. headed by y. p.
Morgau and President g. NJ. schwat
AZ the end of an hour the conference
parted having failed To report ain
agreement 10 was a secret session last
ng over two hours.
This statement was given to the
press.
owe. the members of the executive
board of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton Of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers.
considering IL Incumbent upon us to
enlighten the public through the press
with reference TO the relations between
our Association and the United states
steel corporations. present the fol
lowing statement:
"Ihe officials Of the United states
steel corporation instead OF resuming
negotiations where they We're sus-
pended ON July n. 70 and l3 have
Withdrawn the propositions made al
that time and are offering much less
than they agreed 20 sign Following is
the proposition which the United states
Steel corporations gave us today as IFS
ultimatum.
II win be observed that the preamble
states simply that the United states
Steel corporation officials win advise
settlement by the undersigned COM
p2nies;
Preable. Conditions under which
we are willing 10 advise settlement
Of the labor difficulties"
"rin Plate-should proceed under the
contract signed with the Amalgomated
Association. as OF July T. 1901"
American steel Hope Company
Company should sign the scale for an
the mills owned by the American Steel
Hoop company IN that were signed last
year.
American sheet Steel Company -
Company should sign the scale for all
the mills that We're signed for last year
except the Old Meadow mill and the
saltsberg mills"
we desire to preface our proposi.
tion by calling attention to the fact
that It is a modification Of that which
was offered originally"
AT the last conference as at those
preceding It. we required the signature
of the scales OF an the mills owned and
operated by the United States steel
corporation, while In the proposition
given below we ask that the scale be
signed for none but those mills which
are organized and where the men
ceasing to work have signlfied their
desire 70 he connected with the Anal
gamated Association"
This modification has been made be-
2ause the truth Of this declared that
we wished 10 force men into the orr
ganlzation against their win aud de-
sire. We therefore ask that the scale
be signed for only those men who de-
sire T.
We Furthermore wish 10 state that
our purpose in coming to New Yorl,
was not because we doubted our pres-
ident r. j. Shafer and our secretar
John Williams who have our confi-
dence and endorsement but n the hope
of obtaining "a settlement of the strike.
The meeting between the represent
ativs of the strikers and the officials
OF the steel corporation was arranged
by telegraph last night and spraug
from "a mutual desire for peace
President schwab of the steel COM
pany received the agents of the labor
organization and conducted thm TO
the consulting room of the steel DE-
rectors J Pierpont Morgan came 10
the conference accompanied hy Rob
ert Bacon. one OF his local partners
ana g. r.. Dayklns head Of the English
house of Morgan and company ID. g.
Reid OF thc American hin Plate COM