The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-16
THE STRIKE
IS ENDING
Probably Termi-
mated by Present
Time.
OF INTEREST TO
IRON AND STEEL MEN
Quick and Satisfactory Ending
of Troubles That Promised
Much Bad Blood.

PITTSBURG, July 6-The strike of
the American Sheet Steel Company and
American Steel Hoop Company mill
employees will probably be terminated
next week. Arrangements were made
in this city today for the holding of a
joint conference in Pittsburg between
representatives Of both companies,
States Steel Corporation, and represen-
tatives of the Amalgamated Steel, Iron
and Tin Workers, for adjusting the ex-
listing labor troubles. The agreement
to meet in conference means virtually
a settlement of the strike, inasmuch as
the operating officials of the hoop and
sheet companies would not have con-
sented to meet the workers commit
tee unless there was a good prospect Of
immediate settlement, and it may be
accepted as settled fact that all the
mills now idle will be in operation the
last Of next week, and the strike which
threatened the steel industry generally
will be averted in it's incipiency.
1t Is stated on good authority that
the conference will be held early next
week, probably before Wednesday, and
assurance is given that settlement of
the trouble will be speedily effected
The operating officials of the steel
companies Will meet the workers COM
mittee, and as the question involved
is not one of wages but of extension of
IL,
union plants, an agreement is likely TO
be readily made Some minor differ
ences also exist in the TIN plate trade,
and representatives Of the American
Tin Plate Company and the workers
will meet to adjust these.
The United States Steel Corporation
has arranged terms with the Anal
gamated Association for the union
mills of the National Tube Company,
the American Tin Plate Company, and
one plant OF the National Steel Com
pany, with a prospect of a settlement
at its other plants in the Youngstown
district. The scale for the South Chi
cago and Joliet plants of the Federal
Steel Company has been arranged and
can only be terminated by one side
giving ninety days notice of a desire
for change. The other plant OF this
company, the Bay View works, is op-
Grated under a special scale, and no
trouble in reaching an agreement is
anticipated. The only trouble the big
corporation has with the Amalgamated
Association is with the American Sheet
Steel Company, and the American
Steel Hoop Company.
A statement tonight from a promI-
nent Amalgamated official as to what
brought about the proposition for
conference gives as the reason the fact
that the American Tin Piaue Company
was given notice last week that if the
steel hoop and sheet steel scales were
not signed by the manufacturers by a
certain date, naming a day IN the
near future, the Amalganlated Asso-
cations president would be instructed
to enforce the authority given him by
the constitution to call out union en-
ployes of the United States Steel Cor
poration. The enforcement of a gen
eral strike ordered by the Amalgamat-
ed Association would mean that so, 600
men in union mills would be directly
affected.
All the Independent iron and steel
companies in the Pittsourg district
that have been operating union mills
nave signed the amalgamated scale ex-
cept two firms, and these concerns are
expected to sign as soon as the annual
repairs are made. A special dispatch
received at o'clock from SteubenvilIe.
Ohio, says the scale for the big steel
plant of the National Steel Company at
Mingo was signed today. A special
scale was prepared for these works,
and signed today, giving the men an
advance of 5 per cent over the wages
paid last year.