Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-08-09
EEL TRUSTS
TERMS REJECTED.
Psident Shaffer and HIS Colleagues
Meet Morgan and Schwab.
|RT WITHOUT MAKING AGREEMENT.
pat Battle ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Assoc,a.
ions Concessions Fail to Alter the Purpose
y the Corporation.."We Will Stick to the
Bitter End" Says Secretary Williams. Each
Vide Submitted Proposition.

W&ew York Especially Another effort
" perfect a permanent truce between
tfge great army OF steel workers and he
grant corporation which employs it has
JAILED, and the conflicting sides are as
sharply and widely divided as ever.
The leaders on either side met here
and after a day Of fruiteSs conference
-aHd~ discussion parted in a spirit that
Shows no tinge OF cancellation. Neither
side would surrender a position nor
concede point i'll the dispute in which
shey are involved, and present indiea-
lions point to renewal. with vigor. Of
fhe struggle. The first conference Of
fine day was between President Shaffer
and twelve OF his associates on the ex-
ecutve board of the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION, and group OF officials OF the
United States Steel Corporation. head
ed by J, Pierpont Morgan and Presi,
dent Charles NJ. Schwab At the end
of an hour the conierees parted. having
failed to reach an agreement. The sec
ond conference was participated in only
by the officials OF the Amalgamated AS
sociation. The following statement was
given to the press
I'VE, the members OF the executive
board OF the Amalgamated Association
OF Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, con-
Sidering it incumbent upon Us to en-
tighten the public. through the press,
with reference to the present relations
between our association and the United
States Steel Corporation, present the
following stastemeat:
The officials of the United States
Steel Corporation. instead Of resuming
negotiations where they were suspended
at the conference held on July II, IL
and 10, have withdrawn the PROPOSE
lions made at that time, and are now
offering much less than they agreed to
sign for then. The following is the
proposition which the United States
Steel Corporation gave us as its ulti-
matum. 1t will be observed that the
preamble states simply that the United
States Steel Corporation officials will
advise settlement by the underlined
companies:
Preamble, conditions under which
we are willing to advise a settlement OF
the labor difficulties:
"'Tinplate Company - Should pro-
coed under the contract signed with the
Amalgamated Association as OF July
I, 1901.
American Steel Hoop Company
Company should sign the scale for all
the mills owned by the American Steel
Hoop Company that were signed ior
last year.
American Sheet Steel COMPANY
Company should sign the scale for all
the mills of this company that were
signed for last year, except the old
Meadow Mill and the Salisbury Mills ,"
The strikers proposition
I'VE desire to preface our PROPOSE
tion by directing attention to the iatt
that it is modification O: that which
was offered originally. At the last CON-
ference, as at those preceding ii, We re-
Quired the signature OF the scales for all
the mills owned and operated by the
United States Steel Corporation, while
that he scales be signed for none hut
those mills which are organized and
where the men ccaSing to work have
signiied their desire to be connected
with the Amalgamated Association.
This modification has been made be-
cause the trust officials declared that &c
wished to force men into the organiya-
ton against their will and desire. We
therefore asked that the scale DC signed
for only those men who desired it.
Now comes the propo sition OF the
Amalgamated Associa ion:
We the members OF the executive
board OF the Amalgamated Association.
hereby present the following PROPOSE
ton as a reply to that received from
the United States Steel Corporation:
"Shcet Mills-Al mills signed for
last year. with the exception OF Salts
burg and Scottdae and with the addi-
ton OF McKeesport and Wellsville.
Hoop Mlls-All mills now known
TO be organized, viz: Youngstown,
Girard, Greenville, Pottery Warren,
Lindsay, McCutcheon, Clark. Bar Mill,
Monessen, Mingo, I2-inch, o-inch and
hoop mills of the Cleveland Rolling
Mill Company.
Tin Mills-All mills except Mones-
sen.
"Note-All other matters OF detail to
be left for settlement by conference.
1--WE furthermore wish to state that
our purpose in coming to New York
was not because we doubted our presi-
dent, T. ]. Shafer. and our secretary,
John Williams, who have our confidence
and Endorsement, but in the hope of
obtaining settlement OF the strike"
AHEAD in IRON AND STEEL.