Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-28
NEGOTIATING A PEACE
Civic Federation Said To Be TRY.
ing Its Hand on the Great
Steel Strike.
sECUREs AN OFFER FROM sHAFrER
which Is To Be Submitted to the Steel
Magnates-General View of the
Strike Situation.

Pittsburg, Aug. 26.-It is stated that
when the Lower Union mills of the
Carnegie company in Lawrenceville
were ready to start up this morning
the officials discovered they were short
about sixty of the skilled men who
had been working there. This cripples
i've mills. The men who quit are
Amalgamated men.
Pittsburg, Aug. 26.-In furtherance
OF the peace" programme, which is
said to have been in the course of prep
aratiOn for several days, it was given
out yesterday by one ON the inside Of
the great steel strike, and one who
should know, that the Amalgamated
executives have consented to have GER
tain propositions made to the officials
OF the United States Steel Corporation
through members of the conciliatory
committee of the National Civic Fed
GRAFTON, which proposals are expected
to bring about settlement of the great
strike. Those interested in the mat
ter were in waiting all day yesterday
for word to proceed w4.4 the pro-
gramme as outlined at the conference
OF Amalgamated executives and the
conciliatory committee of the Civic
Federation last Friday.
Concessions by tho Amnlgamated.
The propositions which are to be
taken to New York carry certain con-
cessions by the Amalgamated officials
which, it Is hoped, will pave the way
for the reopening of direct negotiations
between the association and the COM
pany. The propositions carry much
of the terms under which President
Shaffer and his advisers stand willing
to settle. What these terms are, and
the mode of their presentation are
carefully guarded secrets. There is
alone the implication that they con-
tain concessions of such importance
that those In interest expect the cor
poration to drop its adverse attitude
and reopen negotiations.
No Arbitration IL Proposed.
The proposal contains nothing look.
ing to arbitration. This mode of set
Element was waived on the advice Of |
the Civic Federation men. While the |
conferrees were discussing peace plans |
the Amalgamated men were shown the |
impracticability of sympathetic strikes |
by the miners and other organized men |
affiliated with the FEDERATION of Labor.
The action of President Shaffer in |
abrogating the wage contracts with |
the Federal Steel company covering it's |
western mills and in other instances I
was questioned.
Claims by the Steel Men.
Some remarkable changes in the con-
dition of the strike-ridden mills of the
United States Steel Corporation are |
promised for the present week that
will change the aspect of affairs con-
eiderably If carried out. 1t was stat
ed on good authority yesterday that |
before the end of the week those Of
the plants that have been operating |
on single turn would be run with full
force and for the usual three full turns
each day. Men enough have been Sc
cured for this purpose, the officials say.
The strikers deny all these claims and |
insist that the corporation cannot run
Its mills without them.
Never Wrote to Chief Arthur.
In regard to the report that Chief
p. M. Arthur, of the Brotherhood of /
Locomotive Engineers, had written to
him in reply to letter asking what
support the strikers could expect from
the engineers, and that Arthur had an.
swered that he could not call his men
out or ask them to refuse to handle
non-uniOn freight President Shaffer
positively refused to talk. All he
would say was: Il never wrote let,
ter to Mr.. Arthur in my life"
'OUTH CHICAGO REMAINS OBDURATE