The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-10
STEEL TROUBLES
MAY Be SETTLED
Everything Depends on the Con-
ference Held Today.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
SPIRIT OF FAIRNESS IS SHOWN
BY ALL CONCERNED.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
q 80. Opens -. 9.

PittsbUrg, July 9.-As the result Of
the preliminary conference between
President Shaffer of the AmaIgamated
association and Warner Arms, repre-
senting the combines interests, last
evening. the Wellsville trouble, which
yesterday threatened to undo all that
had been done toward effecting a
DeaceabIe settlement of the strike was
not referred to today, and everything
pointed to an amicable adjustment of
all differences at the general confer
enee arranged for next Thursday in
this city.
President Shaffer said he considered
the questions to be considered at the
conference to be most grave. and for
that reason he thought it best to call
in the general executive board, com
posed of the highest officers Of the as
sociation, instead of consulting with
the cOnfereeS who usually meet to con-
slider such questions. This board has
only been called together once before,
and that was during the trouble at
the Woods plant at McKeesport last
April 1t is composed of President
Theodore j. Shaffer; Vice President T,
J. William OF Birmingham, Ala; Glenn
Jarvis OF Anderson, Ind; Vice Presi-
dent Charles S. Davis Of Newport, Ky. ;
Vice President Walter Larkin of
f. Ward Of Youngstown, o.; Vice Pres
ident John W. Quinn of Granite City.
Ills; Vice President D. r. Reese of
Pittsburg, and Vice President John
ChappeH Of Youngstown, o.; Secreta-
ries John Williams, NJ. T. Tighe and
V. l. Davis, and National Trustees John
Pierce and John H. Morgan.
Think Trouble VIII Be Settled.
L am pretty well satisfied that the
trouble will be settled at this meeting,
said President Smarter. There seems
to be a spirit of fairness pervading
those to whom l have talked officially
on the subject. The meeting viii be
for the signing of the scale for the
mills as a whole"
In response to the query as to who
would make up the combine commit
tee, Mr.. Shaffer said that he did not
know. Persons on the outside, who
protested 70 know. said that the con
ference would in this case be
governed f0r the United States
Steel corporation by general Of
flcers, and not by any of the
operating officials of the underlying
companies. Should this be the case, il
Will mark a decided departure in the
method of dealing with the Amalga-
mated association.
Joseph Bishop. the first president Of
the Amalgamated association, who is
secretary of the Ohio state board of ar
bitratiOn. arrived in Pittsburg today
and went at once to AmaIgamated
headquarters. When seen by a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press and
asked If the board would join in the
efforts to settle the strike, he said:
Il am here to inquire into the stu
alton, and if our board can be Of am
assistance in adjusting the difficulty
we will give our services. 1 do not card
to express an opinion on the strike"
When seen later, President ShaffeI
said the conference on Thursday must
be final, as the association viii not
waste any more time. He declared
that there would be no compromise and
nothing short of a complete surrende.
will be accepted.