The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1901-07-31
STEEL WORKERS. STRIKE.

PITTSBURG, July 29.-The strike of
the steel and tin workers of the Anal
gamated Association against the United
States Steel Corporation will probably
be settled this week. The conference
held in New York on Saturday between
the officials Of the United States Steel
Corporation and President Shaffer
and Secretary John Williams of the
workers organization, has resulted in
paving the way for renewal OF nego-
tiations between the two conflicting in
terests.
1t is believed that before the end of
the week the mills will all be ready to
run again, providing repairs are COM
pleted that have been undertaken since
the strike began. Should the project
fail OF coming to an amicable end,
however, the fight promises to be more
bitter than ever. For this reason those
back of the present negotiations are
extremely anxious to have everything
kept as quiet as possible and that moth
ing should be made public regarding
the basis for conference until it had
been accepted by both sides.
MCKEEsPoRT, Pa, July 29.-No eff
fort was made this morning to start
either the Devices Wood plant, the
American Sheet Steel company or he
United States Tin Plate mill, and
there is no change in the situation
here.
PITTsBURG, Pa. July 9.-Following
the secret conference of New York
with Morgan, Schwab and Judge GRAY
last Saturday, the officials of the ANAL
gamated association this morning be-
gan series of conferences with mem.
bers OF the executive committee for the
probable purpose of outlining policy
or association, at the conference to be
held fomorrow between the leaders on
both sides of the controversy.
President Shaffer and all other Off
GERS absolutely deny themselves to in
terviewers. Among Skaters callers
today were Col. French, vice-president
of the Republic Iron and Steel Co.,
Joseph Bishop, secretary of the Ohio
State board of arbitration and William
Collier, a well-known labor leader.
NEW YORK, July 29.-At the offices
OF the steel trust, the strike is regarded
as virtually at an end. The men have
Morgan's terms, their leaders have ex-
pressed satisfaction with them, and
continued idleness depends upon the
time required for ratification of terms
by the Amalgamated Association.
Steel trust securities today opened
higher than since the strike began.
Prices were not only strong but SEEM
ed - be on firm basis. There is no
suggestion that the market buoyancy is
due to the use of two hundred million
reserved fund reported to have been
placed in the hands of the trust to keep
up prices.
PITTsBURG, Pa, July 30.-The ex-
ecutive committee of the Amalgamated
Association will meet in the head
quarters of the organization today or as
soon as possible thereafter, and take up
the propositions Of the United States
Steel Corporation for a settlement of
the steel workers strike.
Everybody this morning in strike
circles is expectant, and the conference
today between the leaders of the two
contending forces is looked forward to
with mingled hope and fear. Hope,
however, predominates and peace is
confidently expected by the majority
of those interested.
The following terms of settlement of
WV obAihO ohb baO pug IOudT
come from an authoritative source and
can be relied upon in all human prob
ability as the outcome of the meeting
OF the conference. Terms of probable
settlement:
The Amalgamsted Association is to
drop contention for the signing of
scale for all mills.
All mills are to be "open" mills in
the fullest sense of the term.
The company is to have the right to
place non-union man in any plant
and keep him there.
In addition to the plants covered kby
the expired scale it is to be signed for
the following: w. Dewes Wood of Nc
keesport, Painter, Lindsay and McCut-
cheon, and Clark mills of Pittsburg
and Monessen plants of the American
Steel Hoop company.
The question of making the Wells
vile plant and the Monessen tin plate
directly covered by the scale is to be
settled by the conferees.
PITTsBURe, July 30. - Statisticians
were at work on Monday figuring up
the losses to the strikers in the way of
wages. The strike has been going on
two weeks. About twelve working DAYS
have been lost. On an average days
pay OF so for each man, skilled and un-
skilled, for the $1,000 men idle, the
loss would be $4,000 day, or $685.
000. While SO day is the average
wage many of the skilled earn from
Sl2 to $15 day, and the wages of 9th
er skilled men run from so to $S day.
Some compensation for this loss may
be the wages that carpenters, mill
wrights and other workingmen earned
in working on repairs to the mills. The
strike was hardly any loss to the manu-
facturers, as they took the opportunity
to make repairs, and the product they
had on hand increased materially in
price on account of the strike.
PITTsBURG, July 30.-The executive
committee of the Amalgamated Associ-
alton met at headquarters at 9:30 this
morning, half an hour earlier than was
anticipated. Previous to the session
President Shaffer announced to all
newspaper men that there was absolute-