The Monticellonian., 1901-08-02
TH[ END PROBABLY NEAR.
Indications of a Near Approach to Settlement of the Steel
 Workers Strike.
4 CAUSE OF INTENSE SATISFACTION.

CAUSE OF INTENSE SATISFACTION, So far Neither side Hns Renlly Stuff
 fercd, as the Intense Hent Must
 Hnre Caused Il Tempornr, tess"-
 tion of WorI.-Thini. Many Lives
 inNr Bcen saved.
 Pittsburgh. Pa. July 30=Pitts- burghers generally express the great est delight at the anticipation of the settlement of the great steel strike ard no one seems to have the slightest dol.nt 1hat tlls ,:e2otiations for peace will have any other result but ces- sation of ho>tilities q laN'te { down of arms To take up the tools of trade.
 Neither Side Has Suffered Much.
 So far neither of tile cortepding f, rces has suifere greatly. Tle weather has been exceedingly hot and the men look upon the last month as vacation during the heated term. Working under the severe strain oe tie oppressive heat lately world have bee nan unusual hardship on the men, ar q they think that oil this account, perhaps. mnnY lives have heen saved hv the strike.
 In Better Position for Work.
 So far as the companies are con cernea they are also in better posi- ion for work now than they were be fore the strike. Many of their mills have been repaired, and the conditions f an increased output are greatly improved.
 Ii is true that a computation of cold figures foots Hp loss of S6.1l6.0o0 OH ;,, count of the strike. of which i'm mcuSe Sun S3.36a.000 i, charged to the combine and V ) 6npn ID the strikers. but this loss will soon be made up, oNine 10 the better prices which now prevail and the improved operating condition, as well as the betfer feel ing between the employer aud em- plove.
 At xmalgnmptrd Headquarters.
 President Shatter and Secrtary Will- iams were both at the AmaIgamated headquarters early Monday morning. HtA Nllil illdIA Aiiiitti hli''t tt'7' s'pt of secrecy. however. and beyond ad- hitting that call had been sent out, Sunday night, to all the members of the executive beard for a meeting to be held i'll this city Tuesday morning. refused to give any information as te the probable settlement of the strike. To all questions President Shaifer re- piled that he had nothing 10 sax. but i,l friendly talk of some length, he conveyed the idea that newspaper men would little longer be following him and watching his movements.
 The General Belief.
 From this it believed that Mr. Shaf- fer k satisfied that the executive board will agree to the proposition he will present. With the approval of his recommendations a joint meeting could be held and a settlement eff fected. The moment common ground for negotiating such question as this one k found, it is believed there will be little difficulty in getting down to a general agreement winch will bring peace with it.
 tu Anxious for settlement.
 There remains little doubt but that the officials of the 5nited States Steel corporation are now as anxious to have the big strike settled as are the strikers. During the last week a number of contracts intended for and practically let to mills of the combine were shifted to independent mills, with rush clauses attached.
 Terms CarefuII, Guarded.
 Terms of the prospective settlement are being carefully guarded hy all parties concerned but from a source believed to be reliable, it is stated .hat Mr. Morgan proposes to permit the Anna lgamated association to con tiuue its union lodges in the mills that were non-union priorto the strike, but which went out on President Shaffer's strike order.
 The United States Steel corporation is to be permitted to operate all of the mills of the Carnegie Steel Co.,, as they are now operated. as we'll as the big sheet mills at Apollo, Nandergrift and Saltsburg, provided the wages paid shall be on same basis as in the mills where the union scale is signed.
 simply n Guess.
 Secretary Williams, of the Amal- gamatcd association. said the report ed terms of q compromise had been guessed at by someone who is famiI- jar with the situation, as it is not of ticial. We are pledged to secrecy" said he, and am sorry, the fact that we met officials of the United States Steel corporation was made public. Our intention was to keep the entire matter quiet until something definite was done. No statement will be made from our headquarters to-day"
 SILENCE PRESERVED.