The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-30
PROPOSITION OF STEEL MEN
STRIKE LEADERS MEET TODAY TO
CONSIDER II.
A Statement of the Terms of Settlement
Place Non-Union Men In Any Plant
The association, However, is to Have
the Privilege to Organize In Any of
Them-Peace Confidently Expected In
Strike Circles.
Strike Circles.

Strike Circles.
Pittsburg, July 29,-Everybody is or
the qui vive tonight in strike circles
and the coming conference of the lead
ers of the two contending forces is look
ed forward to with mingled hope and
fear. Hope, however, predominates and
peace is confidently expected by the ma
| jority of these interested.
| 'The executive committee of the
| Amalgamated Association will meet in
the headquarters of the organization at
| 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning, or as
| soon as possible thereafter, and take
up the propositions of the United States
| Steel corporation for settlement of
| the steel workers strike
| This statement was made to-day by
| Secretary Williams, of the Amalgamat-
ed Association.
The following terms of settlement of
the strike and the programme for to-
morrow come from an authoritat tive
source and can be relied upon as the
probable outcome of the meeting of the
conferees:
The Amalgamated Association is to
ulOp COulSIltlOIl IOI llle SlSIilLlS VI
scale for all mills.
All mills are to be open mills in the
fullest sense of the term.
The company is to have the right to
place non union man In any plant and
keep him there.
In addition to the plants covered by
the expired scale, the scale is also to be
signed for the following:
w. Devices Wood, of McKeesport,
Painter, Lindsay & McCutcheon and
Clark mills, of Pittsburg, and Monessen
plants of the American Steel Hoop COM
pany.
The question of making the Wellsville
a sheet plant and the Monessen a tin
plate plant directly covered by the
scale is to be settled by the conferees. \
The Amalgamated Association Is to
have the privilege of organizing the
men in any of the plants.
The settlement programme for to-
morrow is given as follows:
The executive committee of the
Amagamated Association will meet at
headquarters al 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and is expected to ratify the provis-
ional terms outlined by the New York
conference.
An informal meeting of conferees to
represent the three operating companies
in the joint conference is to be held at
the same time.
Manufacturers conferees of the last
meeting will be in readiness to meet the
Amalgamated men, possibly at the
Amalgamated headquarters in the Bis
tn, ba OF -ie
scales.
One Of the most apparent facts In the
status of the strike to-day was the de-
termination Of the strikers to lose no
ground in their struggle while peace
negotiations are being conducted. 1t
was explained that this plan was abso-
lutely necessary in order that the posi-
ton of the Amalgamated Association
should be strong when the settlement
takes place. Most of the officials Of the
Association expressed
confidence that the strike was near an
end.
News received from all points where
the strike is in progress to-day was Of
a reassuring nature. The strikers claim
to have more than held their ground
Since tie Stlihe pSSou, anu siice LIE
opening of the campaign they claim to
have increased their membership in
MoKeesport alone to over fifteen hun
dred men. Accessions to the ranks of
the Amalgamated Association have also
been made in Wellsville, Pittsburg AL
Mingo Junction and Riverside,
W. Va, where one Of the National Tube
mills is operated. With the
American Steel Hoop company the
has been one of the most sweep
ing. Before the strike practically all
but two of the mills were non-union.
At this time all but one of the mills of
this company are union and are idle |
from the strike.