The sun., 1901-09-05

Wills They've k~pt tsesed ~ They
quit striking Refusal ny Telephone
Pescemaker- 10 Try Again re-day.
4 chance To end the steel strike with
some degree Of dignity TO the AIrslgafnsted
Association 81 Steel Workers and Ia Preri-
dent Shaffer was oTered 20 Shafer yes-
terday and he rejected II. Now the prob
ability y that IN less than a week there will
H. no strike worth callinga strike, and. as
one labor representative bitterly put II
yesterday, the association will become
even more Of a nonentity than Il was after
its defeat In ih" Homestead strike This
same man, than whom there II none more
prumineu, In the ranks of organized labor.
added that Mr Shsifcr' : III ll-sdvi-ed olstinacy
would mean hI- disappearance forever asa
header
lh" opTort4ui v presented to shaher
20 call tn strike n on terms which would
have permitted him To- capitulals without
humiliation eith-r to himself or the organ
lzation which h. heads, came from a con-
fcrcnc,, hcld yesterday bctween Charles
VI Nchwab. President Of the United States
Steel CorppTatipn. -oIne ~ the officials cf
the subsidiary companies and a committee
of the Rnard Of Cancellation of the National
civic Federation From noon until nearly
: O'Clock laSt night the conference was
IN session
II Wa harmed afierward from an ON
cial sourc,, that Mr. Schwab ultimately
r,-Ionded To ne apIcal- ~ the Concilia-
tion COMMITTEES and named the conditions
upon which h" would b. willing Ia ter
inmate the strike IN effect Mr.. Schwsb
said that the only terms he would consider
we're that all mill-, whether union or non
union. which had continued In operation,
or after taing closed In iha earlier stages
of thr strike had boon since put in opera
tion, should ir regarded ~ non-union
mills. on the othe- hand he Expressed his
willingness, to recognize ~ union mills
,ho-. plantr which N" strikers had sue
o,.eded in closing and keeping closed
Ths-. conditions wen" contingent upon
the headers Of the organization giving In
strIction- 20 the strikers To- return tn work
! at go o'clock last might This "a the ofer
| that Shafer has refused
man prominently connected with the
controlling financial interests IN the United
! States Steel Corporation said late Yesterday
/ afternoon.
-Thrr. has hren no conference tTtween
Mr. y Morgan and MI GomT-rS and
| ther. will 10 none There - no hasis Tor
a conference OF cour-e. Mt Schwab may
have leen willing to talk with Mr.. Gompers
and hi. associates II they called upon him
| There viii Ia no settlement of tho strike.
however, except by the men returning to
| work A. for tsrm-, the principles laid
down at the time OF the supposed under
standing reached with President Shaner
/ 81 th. Amalgamated Association will b-
. -. al. 20, hat = - Al
| cuurse a. 80 tho-r union mills that have
] since started up az non-union.
| tth, otits. uf Yesterdays conference Mr.
| schwah was NOT disposed Ia consider any
suggestion which might have the appear
| anc. Of being negotiation with the strikers.
| Ia response to earnest appeals he r-ceded
from HE position sufficiently Ia outline
/ the conditions mentioned, telling his visi-
: tors that they Wer. generous concessions
7 In view ~ the fact that the bottom had
. already fallen out Of IA" strike
] When Nj Schwab had. a. ~ were.
delivered hiS ultimstum. John Mitchell.
| President OF the United Mine Workers OF
America. and samuel Gompers, President
4 of the American Federation 81 Labor.
,,ll..i an Sharrr on the long distance
] t.I.phon. For mone than an hour they
/ talked 10 HIM, explaining IN detail th"
. terms Mr. SchWab had offered To the
4 sirik.rs through IA. Committee
Tho result of the conversation ~sS n
/ yeC,isal ON the part Of Shafor Ia accept
( the conditions Though lac must have
( r.alil.-d that the resent opening OF several
| mills would leave the Anal algaunatsSi As-ocia-
? tion iu a far worse position than " was IN
. .,cp "A week or two ago. Sharer. in effect.
/ told Mes=rs GomJ-r~ and Mitchell thar ne
would prefer the strike io continue rather
than give IN upon th'->' terms and thai
/ the Amalsanat'd Association would -'rug-
I Gle on and sink ur swim SINK sure, the
. Stber labor men all s"-nIed Ia think-as
the fight resulted
For all practical purposes IN" confer
] .pc,, wac al an end then, tut for thr"" hours
, more the committee Cuntinu'St 10 discuss
,L. -,,uat ion and when she conference dts
. -nly,Si II was with tho understanding.
. chiefly through the uTgngs oi III" members
/ Of the civic Federation, that another con-
! f.,.ncs would be held to-day. The reason
for this -uppcation for S'Cond meetins
I was The t.,lief 81 the cotnmitt'" that SHAVER,
, when the situation h.s'am" known Ia f'tts-
hurg would he forc.d by his COLLEAGUES
to acrept MIR Schwah'S offer inssmuch
F as n would leave the association with al
I.nst same s.mhlancr of life aud standing
( .R-plyiug 90 th' questions 81 the com
/ mitfn., A. to what mill were 80 H.. looked
7 upon ~ opsn and which pant- a. closed,
. Mr. SchW1h said that all ni'ls which had
. had A sufiCcut fur',' ~ m'.n nj work To keep
I 'hrm Ia operation should - adiudsed non
union. Whilr ia. a>.-Dcia'inn would be per
? Initt-d to retain control of thV~s plant.
. Which lad actually bss'u shut down and
kept CLOSED This would have meant Q
i gain 'o th" company. hut the company
: i having the fight all ts own way Sew
. .ral Of the plants who's" fire. were pui out
when the strike lcgan hav" -ince resumed,
whlr only aboui one ifnporian, mill
/ IN the West has continued Idle
A. compared with the terins laid befors
! the a--,ciAtiun al the conference sis weeks
I ago With Mr ! pi~rponi Morgan and Mr..
/ SchvAh. Yesterday un~r left To the strik.
/ or small CONS ulatlun for the lo-- thew
have suffered sipC' their demands ~ere
refused by the corporation Six w-~ks
ago the strikers might have retained al
n. mills they had pre-, iuIiSly unioniz~d.
~hih" iu addition they were told thai they
might have f,aIr additional ruills But II
l. und~r~ip,.d that Mr Ss|hwah nov ds-~nt
care al atom whether ur not ShArer choo~<-s
g. maintain M tr.lligcrent attitude Ad.
vicy~ r~c-iN~d 10y the TN plate aud ~irs
compani-. Yesterday animated thai the
empl1Vc.-- of thu-r mlll- would d-oit~ to-
! dav - return tn work on FRIDAY d~~pits
SlAr-r- uri-rs o. cNrry un "a" rtns~
~ mui - tiss nes sotia tlofs l"Ading o.
Yesterdays couf~r,-ncs had i---n sliow-t