Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-02
Morgan Stands Pat On Prop
osition to the Steel
Workers.
THOUGH TERMS ARE UNFAIR
Strikers Cannot Accept Them,
But He Says They
Must Go.

Pittsburgh. Aug. 2.-The situation
in the amalgamated steel strike this
morning is anything but favorable to
an amiable adjustment of the dispute.
As far as can be learned President
Shaffer has not received any reply
from the New York Office of the COM
pany regarding further conference
except telegram which it is said ar
rived last night, which declined further
discussion of the questions at issue.
The executive board went into session
at 10, James Nut. secretary of the labor
bureau of the Republic Iron and Steel
company, and Secretary Bishop, of
the Ohio board of arbitration, be-
ing present. No information was
given out, but a statement is antici-
Pated later in the day.
Pittsburg. Pa. Aug. 2.-The Com
mercial Gazette says this morning:
The Amalgamated executive board last
evening received by telegraph a fiat
refusal from J. Pierpont Morgan TO
reopen the wage conference where il
was broken of at the Hotel Lincoln
nearly three weeks ago. The powers
of the steel combine insist in this com
munication that the only basis of set
tlement will be on the terms which
the financial hacker of the combine,
President e. NJ. Schwab and Chair
man Elbert III. Gary laid down ut the
meeting iwth the Amalgamated exc
cutive in New York last Saturday.
e A member Of the executive board
of the association last night said:
These trems are denOminated by those
who have the best interests Of the Or
ganiZation of the steel workers ut
heart as the most unfair. the most un-
just ever proposed to any body OF
wOrkiugmen by a set of employers or
a corporation. The terms are such thar
the executive board of the Amalga- |
mated association cannot accept and
has already gone on record 10 mn I
effect. -
Pittsburg. Pa. Aug. 2.-The third |
alI-day session of the AmalCamatcd
association executive board has passed
without action being taken on the New
York conference peace proposals, and
another session is being held today.
The executive board OF the association
is in fact waiting for a word from J.
Pierpont Morgan. After the board had
heard from President Shaffer concern
ing his trip TO New York last week il
decided to request a change in the pro-
positions OF Morgan, and sent mes
sage TO Morgan in New York on Tues
day night announcing its decision on
this matter. in explanation Of this
message. the Amalgamated Journal
(official organ of the association says:
''The executive board desires another
conference with the representatives OF
the constituent companies and Will re-
main in the city until an answer is re-
ceived. Upon the result of that an
swer will depend whether the strike
will be prolonged indefinitely"
Board Was Waiting on Morgan.
In the same statement the Journal
has this TO say: "hTe strike situa-
ton as we go to press is about the
same as it was one week ago. so far
as the working conditions of the mills
are concerned. No attempt has been
made TO start any of the closed mills
outside of the Wellsville plant Of the
American Sheet Steel company. and
their effort in this instance has been a
failure The most interesting phase
of the strike during the past week was
the trip of President Shaffer and Sec
retary-Treasurer Williams TO New
York They were accompanied by
Col. George E. VI. Harper. who had
come on from New York as repre-
sentative of Mr.. J. i. Morgan. ana VINO
suggested that if President Shaffer
and Secretary Williams would go TO
New York he could arrange meeting
for them with Mr.. Morgan.
Sent the answer Last Tuesday.
President Shaffer. after consulting
with the other national officials. de-
cided to act on Colonel Harvey's pro-
position In accordance with this de-
cision President Shaffer and Secretary
Williams met Mr.. J. r. Morgan, Pres
ident Schwab (of the United States
Steel Corporation) and Judge Gary
Olead OF the operating departmenD last
Saturday After some hours of dis
cussion the officials of the United
states Steel Corporation asked Pyesi-
dent Shaffer to call the executive
hoard together TO see If settlement
could not be reached along the lines in
dicafed by Mr.. Morgan and his coll
leagues President Shaffer and Sec
retarv. williams consented. with the re-
sult that a injecting Of the executive
board was held at the National head
quarters Tuesday, and the result OF
their deliberations was sent to New
York the same evening.
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