The sun., 1901-08-05
THE CONFERENCE
WAS FRUITLESS
Neither Side Would Surrender
Position or Concede Point
in the Dispute.

New York, Aug. 4.-Another EFFORT 70
pcrfcct a permanent truce between lne
great army OF steel workers aini ihc
-.i,rlt corporation which employs u mas
failed, and tonight the conflicting SUES
lrc as sharply and widely divtsd Us
ever.
me leaders on both sides met here
again yesterday morning. anu altef q
Inv of fruitlrss conference and discus
,inn narted in spirit that shows no
| Itinyr Of cancellations Neither side we'lld
surrender Il position in which they are
Involved. and present indications polnt 70
| vi.orous ron, wal of the struggle.
lust before leaving for lfttSbnrg TO.
night Elias Jenkins, Of the Amalgamatea
| Association said:
| .All negotiations with the United
States Steel Corporation are closed ~
| far "a our association is concerned We
anne here this morning with pieharS
lngwers, and hopeful that the presrii
conference would mark the close ot til'
struggle which means loss TO both the
lrmployes and employers. We return
tnnw to o,lr various headquarters to "e-
Inew the struggle Now the matter VIII
hc fought to Il final issue u:ileSs we are
cent for by the officials Of the corpor-
ation.'
The first conference of the day WAS pea
tween President Shatfer and twelve o.
Ibis associates on the Executive bnard "
the Amagamated Association and Y
group of officials of the lnited S,i''S
St,aI Corporation, headed by J. Pier
nont Ntorrar and President Charles NJ
Scbwab. At the end of an hour the con-
ferees parted. having failed to reach ~
agreement The second conference was
:. participated in only by the officials OF th'
Analynmated Association. IT was
.ecrpt session lasting for over two hotirs
/, tho close of which the follnwills
statement was given to the press.
i .We. the members of the executive
: Roorl Of the Amalgamatcd lren an
u Steel Workers considering it inc,lmbeil
Z ,nnn Nc ~ pnliwhten the public thraus
n Ia nre.s. with reference to the lreSeh
j galatians L,twcen our association an
i. Ithc United States Steel Corporation, hf.
ent the following statement;
IN ..'rhe officers of the United states Ste'
h. lt,rrporation. instead of resnming neg
q tiations where they We're shspen1en !
20 thn conference held on July IL, u, |
N lhaye withdrawn tho propositions hia'
IN At that time ana are now offering mu'
bv less than they agreed to sign for the
- The following is the proposition whit
IN thc United States Steel. Corporation ga
,nr us today as its ultimatum:
m. .It will be observed that the preaml
~ ,:tatcs simply that the United Star
mr.. Steel Corporation officials will advi
vi,i settlement by the underlined companl,
,ni reamble--conditions under WI.
nr we are willing to advise settlement
oW the labor difficulties:
Il .'rin plate company should rrac'
mo l,,nJer tho contract signed with the Am
,bt .amated Association as of July !, lsol
M, !" american Steel Hoop compan!
tho Company should sign the scale for
bey tho mills owned by the American -
,ere lCcmpany that were signed for last ye
,rty american Sheet Steel Compan
Company should sign the scale Tor
the mills of this company tnat W
ED. signed for last year, except the
of Meadow mill and the Salisbury mills
sin. I'VE d d.sire to preface ON proposi'
ton hy directing attention to the facf I
to- it is a modification of that winch
hall offered originally. At the con
ence, as at these proceeding it, we
also luirc1 the signature of the scales
aced sll the mills owned and operated by