Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-09-07
|sCHWAB'S LATEST OFFER
Now Up to the AmaIgamated As
ISOLATION for Considered.
THE CONFERENCE FRuITLESS
indications are That Hickey Charges Against
President ShaHer Has Fallen Flat
Steel Officials Thinks the
Strike Already
Broken.

Pittsburg, Sept. 5.-The conference
at the Office Of the United States Steel
company in New York aimed at the
settlement Of the steel strike adjourned
at 625 last evening without reaching
a conclusion. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Schwab's proposal to the strikers
was that the company shall retain as
''open" mills all those which 1t has
succeeded in starting and operating
since the strike was declared All
mills which the strikers have kept
closed Mr.. Schwab agrees shall re-
main union mills. These terms will be
submitted to President Shaffer and the
executive board OF the Amaigamated
Association.
The participants in the conference
were President G. NJ Schwab, of the
United States Steel corporation, Presi
dent Corey, oil the Carnegie Steel COM
pany; Veryl Preston, of the United
States Steel corporation; President
Samuel Gompers, of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor; President John Nit
chell, of the United Mine Workers as
ISOLATION; Secretary Harry White, Of
the Garment Makers association; Pro-
lessor jerks, of the Industrial Com
mission, and Ralph NJ. Easley, secre-
tary of the National Civic Federation.
The esaletsAee was asked for In be-
half of President Gompers and Presi-
dent Mitchell. The session lasted con-
tinuously for more than six hours. No
statement as to the particulars was
made by any one of the participants.
Much was hoped for by the men from
the conference but the announcement
of the failure to reach decision put
a damper on these hopes. Still, many
hold to the belief that the matter now
being up to the strike leaders to ac-
cept or reject whatever may have been
the proposition made yesterday, set
Element will speedily be reached.
The following was given out by Pres
ident Shaffer yesterday without com
ment:
Wheeling, w Va, Sept 2, 1901
A. A. of L. S. and T. w. assembled, de-
nounee the statements made by ]. ID.
Hickey when he says that this strike
was instigated by President Shaffer
and is not constitutional as absolutely
false and is not worthy of any con-
sideration by the members of the A. a.
and we deny the assertion that " per
cent of the mills of the United States
Steel corporation are at work.
Steve Dawson, President; w. G.
Evans, secretary.
The above together with the tele-
gram received by Mr.. Shaffer yesterday
from President Gompers, OF the Amer
lean Federation, denying that there
was a meeting in Buffalo, to consider
the charges made by Mr.. Hickey,
would indicate that the charges have
fallen fat.
The steel officials are in a very con-
fdent mood today and appear to think
the strike is broken effectively, and
that only few days more win be re-
quired to make it thing of the past.
The return of the 400 tube workers at
and the report that $50 or
more went in ct the Pennsylvania tube
works, and the protection Of Sheriff
and his IS deputies at DENIM
Ter. where a start will be made today
gives much weight to this belief. In
addition to these breaks, the steel Off
Gals claim increased members at the
Star, the Lindsay and McCutcheon, the
Painters and the Clark mills, and say
other plants will now be put into SER
vice rapidly