The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-02
WAITING ON MORGAN
INV THE STRIKE SETTLEMENT
"N HANGS FIRE.
,FADERs STILL IN SESSION.
..,rv DESIRE a CHANGE IN PROP
OSTTION.

s..us of the situation Stated ps the
',;oI organ of the workers.
.,.r conference With the Steel
outatives Has Been Re-
ad and Upon the Answer
,,.,, ueDend whether the Strike
he ProIOnged-Col. Harvey
n-onp1t Morgan and shafer To-
gether.
r..4sbrre. Aug. Another day of
.,aaonse and the end not yet. The
Md au-day session of the Amalga-
~ Association Executive Board
naesed without action being taken
che New York conference on peace
sronosals and another session Will be
held tomorrow.
omciaI confirmation of the status of
.be steel workers strike. as it was out
lined by the Associated Press last
,igbt. was given in the current issue
- the Amalgamated Journal. which is
.,o organ of the association. The Ex-
noutive Board of the association is in
t.ct waiting for a word from J.
perpont Morgan.
After the board had heard from
President Shaffer concerning his trip
"a New York last week it was decided
"a reouest a change in the propositions
Of Mr.. Morgan and message was sent
n Mr.. Morgan in New York on Tues
;,,o nm
This matter In explanation of this
message the Journal says:
THE Executive Board desires anoth-
or conference with the representatives
of the constituent companies and will
remain in the city until an answer is
received. Upon the result of that an
swer will depend whether the strike
will be prolonged indefinitely"
Col. Harvey's Good Work.
In the same statement of the result
of the conference of the Executive
Board the Journal has this to say:
The most interesting phase of the
strike during the past week was the
trip of President Shaffer and Secretary
and Treasurer Williams to New York.
They were accompanied by Col. George
B. NJ Harvey, who had come on from
New York as a representative of ]. P.
Morgan and who suggested that if
President Shaffer and Secretary Will
Jams would go to New York he could
arrange a meeting for them with Mr.
Morgan. Col Harvey thought this
would be the best way to reach a bet
ter understanding and pave the way
for a settlement of the strike.
President Shaffer, after consulting
with the other national officials, decid-
ed to act on Col. Harvey's proposition.
In accordance with this decision Presi-
dent Shaffer and Secretary Williams
met Mr.. Morgan, President Schwab of
the United States Steel Corporation and
Judge Gary, head of the operating
department, last Saturday. After some
hours of discussion the officials of the
United States Steel Corporation asked
President Shaffer to call the Executive
Board together to see il settlement
could not be reached along the lines
indicated by Mr.. Morgan and his col
leagues
President Shaffer and Secretary
Williams consented with the result
that meeting of the Executive Board
was held at the national headquarters
Tuesday and the result of their DELHI
erations was sent to New York the
same evening"
An Ultimatum to Morgan.
The message sent to Mr.. Morgan,
While not so stated, is believed to be
an ulttmatum to the head of the
United States Steel Corporation. 1t
is viewed as such by the labor leaders
about Pittsburg.
The Executive Board to-day gave
out a statement, denying that there
was any disagreement among them.
Morgan Gives a Flat Refusal.
Plttsburg, Aug. 1.-The Commercial
0azette tomorrow will say:
Inc Amalgamated executive board
iast evening received by telegraph a
nat refusal from ]. P Morgan to re-
open the wage conference where it was
UroKen off at the Hotel Lincoln nearly
uliee weeks ago. The powers of the
Steei combine insist in this communica-
uon mat the only basis of settlement
WIN De on the terms which were laid
uoWh at the meeting with the Anal
SyaniAted Association executive in New
YORK last Saturday.