The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-04

lowing is the proposition which the
+ mted Sta.es St-el corporation gave la
/ today as its ultimatum
| II VIII be observed that the preamble
| states simply that the United States Steel
! corporation ohcials viii advise settle
ment by the underlined companies:
! preamble, conditions unuer winch We
are Wiling 70 advise a settlement of tho
| labor difficulties:
Tin Plate Company-should proceed
uhder the contract signed with the Anal
/ Sdmattd association as of July J. 1871
J american Steel Hoop Company Com
! pany should sign the scale for all tho
J mills owned by the American Steel H,uo
company that were signed for last year
American Sheet Steel Company-Com-
/ pany should sign the scale for ali the
! mlils or this company that We're signed
Tor last year, except the Old Meadow
mill and the Salisbury mil s."
The strikers proposition;
! We desire 20 preface our proposition
/ oy directing attention TO the fact that Ii
! Is modihcation of that which was Of
] Iered originally. At the last conference.
/ as at those preceding it, we requi. ed the
] signature Of the scales for all tho mills
| owned and operated by the United STATE,
! steel corporation, while in the PROPOSE
! tlon given below we ask that the ales
! be signed for none but those mills which
! are organized and where the men ceasing
J TO work have signifed their desire 40 be
| connected with the Amdlgamated assoc
| CtdtiOn.'
This modification has been made be-
! cause TIE trust officials declared that we
wished 10 force men into the Organiza-
! ton against their will and desire We
| therefore asked that the scale be signed
| Tor only those men who de ,ired H.
! VOW comes the proposition Of tho
Amalsamated association: We, the mem-
/ bers OF the executive board OF the Anal
ealnated ass ss1ciation, hereby present tho
/ following proposition as a reply TO that
he
! corporation:
Sheet Mills-Au mills signed for Ilgt
yea, with the exception or Salisbury and
/ Scottdale and with the addition or Nc
! Keesport and Wellsvine.
Hoop Mtlls-Au mills now known TO
/ be orga nized, VIZ: Youngstown Girard
Greenvile Pomeroy, Warren Lindsay,
! McCatcheon Larke, Bar Mill Monessen,
/ Mingo. twelve-inch, nne-inch. and hoop
mills OF the Cleveland Rolling Mil com
/ pany. Tn mills, all mills except Mo-
'Note-AIl other ma RS Of detail to
/ be left for settlement by conference
we furthermore wish TO state that our
/ purpose in coming to New York, was not
beceause we doubted our president T. J.
Shaner. and orr secretary, John WI
llamS, Who have our confidence and In
/ do sement, but IN the hope OF obtaining a
settlement OF the strike"
THE CONFERENCE.
/ The meeting between the repre- enta-
/ tives Of the strikers and the Ohic a g II
the steel corporation was arranged Jy
telegraph last night and sprang from a
mutual sire for peace Pre- ijent $ af-
fer and his brother officers Of the ANA o.
gamated association left Pttsburg last
night and reached New York at g
o'clock this mo nlng They parted at
the ferry 10 meet aga n at 1879 at the
office Of the United States Steel c1rpor-
alton, the hour and lace appointed for
inf a .F.
the steel company, received the repre- ereu-
tatives Of labor and conducted t EN- 10
the consulting rooms Of the steel rec
torate. j. Plerp Mt Morgan came 20 {. 2
conference, accompanied by Robert
Bacon, one Of his local partners and g.
/ E. Dawhins head Of the English house
( of Morgan e. Co. ID. G.. Reid. Of the
American Tin Plate comp ny. and osher
officials Of the companies federated IN
the general steel cOrporat on, also 10 ned
the conference and il was some me
after the time first aQpo 'nted that u g
conference was formally opened Mr.
[ Schwa0 sTote first for the emp overs
and followed by Mr. Mo gan tn
declined to make any modification of tie
: terms offered BY them just one week ago
/ WHOM Nessrs. ShaffCr and Williams JOUR-
neyed hare for tie first conferenc e. Mir.
| Shaffer and the other men Of the Ama.-
/ gama ed association insisted that more
! liberal terms be offered TO them. There
/ was a general dis. ussiCn to the whole
! proposition involved and each mill the
unionization of which has been di pI,ei,
/ was considered in detail VIII etSer
! side had fully expressed itsef the steel
/ officials withdrew from the room In or
/ der TO let the labor representative con-
/ fer privately. The latter decided 20 re-
/ ject the offer OF tire steel corporation,
and when Mr. Schwab returned 10 the
room so info. med him. Mr.. No gan
/ and his two partners withdrew q most
at once and little later the ANA ga
mated men took their leave also. Tie
latter went at once to the Stevens hOI. o
and after a hasty lunch went into eZe.-
utve session.
Before the executive board Of the
Amalgamated association went into Sc
/ cret session at the Stevens hOu e. Secrs-
tary Williams saId:
TO THE BITTER END.
at IS highly improbable that a settle
ment viii be reached. We are not going
to accede to the proposition Of Mr. Nor
gan. We will st ck to the bitter end to
the men who went out with u.s.
It was O'Clock when their meeting be-
gan and AIS o'clock when President
Shaffer came down into the lobby and
announced that they had concluded their
work mere and would leave at once for
their homes. Pres N--nt shaffer declined
TO say a word in addition 70 the formal
statement which was gwen out by Sec
retary Williams and his companions were
equally reticent. Shaffer asked that the
statement be printed in full. saying that
the strikers wished the public 10 under
stand their position. Not an intimatiou
of the future policy Of the Amalgamated
/ association in waging the great Industrial
I battle which II faces could be obtained
\ from any member Of the party. Shaffer
I seemed grave and serious despite the
\ ylndication which his companions gave
( him IN their official statement, while the
/ other Amalgamated men seemed in high
/ spirits. Shaffer paid the bill for the