New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-07-10
MAY SETTLE STEEL STRIKE.
HOPEFUL FEELING on BOTH SIDES
AWAITING THURSDAYS con-
FERENCE.

Pittsburg. July GA more hopeful atmos-
phere pervaded the headquarters of both the
steel combination and the Amalgamated Asso-
citation to-day. AS the result of the preliminary
conference between President Shaffer Of the
Amalgamated Association and Warner Arms
representing the steel combinations interests
last evening. the Wellsvile trouble which yes
terday threatened to undo all that had been
done toward effecting a peaceable settlement
or the strike. was not referred to to-day. and
everything pointed to an amicable adjustment
OF all differences at the general conference ar
ranged for next Thursday In this city.
President Shaffer said he considered the ques-
lions to be considered at the conference to be
most grave. and for that reason he thought it
best TO cal! in the general executive board COM
posed OF the highest officers OF the association
instead OF consulting with the conferrees who
usually meet to consider 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 COM
posed of the president. Theodore J. Shaffer:
these vice-presidents: F. J. Williams of Biz
mingham. Ala; Glenn Jarvis of Anderson
Ind; Charles S. Davis, OF Newport KY; Walter
Larkin. of Wheeling. w. Va; John F. Ward. of
Youngstown. Ohio; John w Quinn of Granite
City. ILL.,; d. r. Reese. of Pittsburg and John
John Williams. NJ. F. Tighe and V 1. Davis and
two national trustees. John Pierce and John H
Morgan.
Our board" said President Shaffer will meet
the committee representing the combination in
conference at the Hotel Lincoln in this city at
10 o'clock Thursday morning I am now
pretty well satisfied that the trouble will be
tied at this meeting. There to be
spirit of fairness prevailing among those to
whom have talked officially on the subject and
/ think we will fix matters up. The meeting will
be for the signing Of the scale for the mills as
a WHOLE
In response to the query TO who would
make up the combination committee Mr.. Shat
fer said that he did not know.
DO you think President Schwab will be one
of them?" was asked.
II don't know" was his reply.
Among those on the outside who professed
TO know. however, it was said that the con-
ference would in this case be governed for the
United States Steel Corporation by general Off
GERS and not by any of the operating officials
of the underlying companies.
Should this be the case il will mark a de-
cided departure in the method of dealing with
labor questions with the Amalgamated associa-
ton. The former determination of the officers
OF the United States Steel Corporation TO remain
out OF such negotiations and ALLOW them to be
settled by the officials of the subsidiary commit
place the general officers will undertake to
settle the labor matters for the entire interests
OF the greater corporation.
Joseph Bishop. the first president of the Anal
gamated Association. who is secretary of the
Ohio State Board of Arbitration, arrived in
Pttsburg to-day and went at once to Anal
gamated headquarters. When asked If the
board would Join in the effort to settle the strike
he said:
While a large number OF the sheet mills
IN the State of Ohio this strike is a national
affair. and does not exactly come under
jurisdiction. I am here to inquire into the stu
alton, and II board can he OF any assistance
I'm adjusting the difficulty we will give our SER
vices. 1 do not care 10 express an opinion of the
strike"
When later President Shaffer said the
conference Thursday must be final as the
association will not waste any more time. He
declared that there would be no compromise, and
nothing short of a complete surrender will be
accepted President Shaffer was averse 70 say
ing anything about the Wellsville trouble but
finally stated that he must leave his action in
arranging for the conference open to conjecture.
Yesterday he declared that no conference could
he held unless the twelve men discharged at
Wellsville placed at work again. He had
not gone back on his word. hut did not wish TO
be quoted saying that the men had been re-
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