The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04

REPUBIIc SPECIAL.
New York, Aug. 81. P. Morgan. In
wrath, to-day gave the steel strike leaders
a few hours to accept the only terms OF
settlement. he was willing to grant them
and the conference at President Schwab's .
ofice. from which 80 much was expected.
broke up with every indication that the
strike Of the steel workers will continue
with increased vigor and with the bitterness
Of desperation.
The sole proposition made by Mr.. Morgan
was that the strikers shall return to work
at the old scale Of wages or not at all.
The conference was marked with angry
utterances and plain speech. Mr.. Morgan
was deeply moved. and. on leaving the con.
ference-room. half an hour before It finally
broke up. he was in q towering rage.
After Mr.. Morgan gave the committee un-
til late this evening to decide what It
: would do the Amalgamated Committee re-
convened at the Stevens House.
Steel Men Not Satisfied.
Before going into the session Secretary
williams said:
'sMr. Morgsn gave US his ult1matum this
morning. It amounts to this: The steel mag
mates are willing to recognize the union in
al Of the mills that were in operation when
last years wage scale expired.
'sMr. Morgan's proposition does not sat
isfy ua We will fight to the bitter end for
the right to establish new districts in the
union. and to take In all the laborers In our
line who want to Join our union Mr.. Nor
gan tried to run q bluff on US, but 1t did not
WORK"
A director In the United States Steel Cor
poration was asked what was done at this
mornings meeting. He said:
mo proposition has been made By Mr..
Morgan or any ono connected with the
United States Steel Corporation, besides
the one that was made In the first place
except that the men return to work at last
years scale OF wageA There has been alb
solutely no additional concessions made"
Steel Trusts Ultanatun.
At l:15 o'clock Shaffer issued q statement
declaring that the strike was still on and
that the Amalgar1ated Association would
close the mills II possible
The following II the proposition which
the United States Steel Corporation gave to
US to-day as its ultimatum:
1T will be observed that the preamble
states that the United States Steel Corpora
tion officials Will advise settlement with the
underlying companies:
Preamble Conditions under which We
are willing to advise settlement Of labor
difficulties:
Tin-plate Company-Busfness shall pro-
coed under the contract signed with the
Amalgamated Association on July I. 1901.
"-The American Steel Hoop Company
Company should sign the scale for all the
mills owned BY the American Steel Hoop
Company that were signed last year.
.American Sheet Steel CompanyIThs
company should Sign the scale for Al the
mills Of the company for last year except
the old Meadow and Salisbury"
The strfkers' PreDositien.
The proposition Of the Amalgamased As
sociation 10 as follows:
We desire to preface our proposition by
stating the fact that It Is q modification
Of that which we offered originally At the
last conference. As at those proceedings We
required signature of the scale for all the
mills owned and operated by the United
States Steel corporation.
This modification has been made be-
cause the trust ofiicials declared that We
wished to force men into the organization
against their win and desire.
We. therefore. asked that the scale be
signed for only those men who desire IT.
Nov comes the proposition Of the ANAL
gamated Association: We. the members
of the Executive Board Of the Amalga-
mated Association. hereby present the fol-
lowing proposition a. q reply to that re-
eeived from the United States Steel Cor
poration:
'Sheet Mills-An mills signed for last
year, with the exception Of Salisbury ana
port and WeIlsville.
Hoop Mirs-Ail mills now known to be