Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-11
Will SETTLE STRIKE
All Indications Point to a Peace.
full Settlement Of Steel
Trouble.
Conference OF the Labor and
Combine Representatives
Now in Session.
Labor Leaders Have Framed
Their Demands and will
Not Recede.

Pittsburg, July 11.-Surface indicaA
tons point to settlement of the strike
IN the mills of the American Sheet Steel
Company and American Steel Hoop
Company at the conference between tho
Amalgamated Association officials and
steel combine representatives which be-
gan at 1890 this morning at the Hotel
lincoln in this city. An hour before the
conference began the national officials,
advisory board, trustees and district
presidents of the Amalgamated Associa!
tion met a. the headquarters to outlinS
their attitude in conferring with thu
representatives of the steel combine.
Fifteen OF the sixteen members of the
board Were present, the only abr
sentee being Vice President w.
c. Davis, of Chicago who was
unable to attend. AT this pre-
liminary conference the entire ground
was gone over and the campaign of the
day mapped out. The meeting was ber
hind closed doors, and when the men1-
bers of the board filed out to join in the
general conference there was an air of
confidence about them that presaged an
early settlement and at terms they evi-
Gently believed to be satisfactory to the
workmen. When the conference opened
the combine conferees present were
Warner Arms, vice president OF the
American Tin Plate Company; Veryl
Preston, OF the American Steel Hoop
Company. and William Leeds, of the
American Sheet Steel Company
The workers organization was repra-
sented by the general executive commit
tee rhe highest bod, OF the Association.
1t is composed of the national officers
and vice presidents of the different dis
tricts. and was the second time in the
history of the association it has been
called together. The greatest, secrecy is
being observed. The rooms in which the
conference is being held are on the sec
ond floor of the Hotel Lincoln and news
main down stairs.
AT 12:15 the conference adjourned till
2 o'clock. The conferees refused. to say
anything. except that President Shaffer
was chosen chairman Of the join con-
ference.
j. V. jerks, of the American Steel
Hoop Company. was also present. White
1t IS believed the United states Stesi
Corporation is directing the movements
Of the representatives of the underlyn.
companies none present would verfH
the statement q
The combine representatives say 1t n
unfair 70 the men 10 force them into an
organization it they 90 not desire to
join. They are also willing to concede
the right to amalgsmated officials to
enter the mills and organize the men.
but Will object TO compulsion.
II was nearly noon before the confers
ence got down to business. The situa.
tion was gone over carefully. Every one
present seemed IN glod humor ana ev-
ei,ything pointed TO a narnonious meet
ing, but 1t seemed there would be some
difficulty in getting close together
the opening session. as both sides ap-
psared determined not to yield any more
points
1t was authoritatively stated that the
combine offered 10 sign the Amalga-
mated scale for all plants aad make
wages uniform. but declined 20 antonize
i plant that has run as non rnion for
years. Truste ss Morgan, Of the Anal
samated, said the proposition would rot
ha accented