Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-29

vent, if possible, the return of the
men or securing non unionists from
the plants in operation.
President Shaffer and Secretary
Williams were at the amalgamated
headquarters early this morning. but
beyond admitting that call had been
sent out to all mem bers of the execu-
tive board for meeting here tomor
row, refused to give any information
as to the probable settlement of the
strike. 1t is the general opinion,
however, that negotiations for peace
will result in the cessation of hostili
ties and the resumption of work.
Pittsbur=. July 29.-The strike OF
the steel and tin workers of the Anal
Samated Association against the Unit
eel States Steel Corporation will prob
ably lie settled this week. \ confer
ence held i'll New York Saturday be
tween the officials of the United States
Steel Corporation and President Shaf-
fer and Secretary Williams. of the
workers organization. has resulted in
paving the way for a renewal of neso-
rIattOns between the two conflict nS
interests. 1t is said that a basis for
such a conference has been arrived at.
This basis is still locked UP in the
minds of the officials OF the two organ
izations and will not be divulged un-
til later this week.
Report from the New York End
y dispatch from New York says that
formal negotiations for a settlement of
the great steel strike were opened there
Saturday at a conference between
President Shaffer and Secretary Will
Jams. OF the Amalgamated Association.
and !. Pierpont Morgan and group of
his associates. of the United States
Steel Corporation. 1t was believed
that substantial progress toward an
agreement was made and that formal
announcement of the compact for peace
would come within a few days. The
conference resulted from several days
of preliminary discussion. all of which
was kept secret. a representative Of
the Amalgamate Association was at
New York on Friday and was given n
long interview by an official of one of
the companies forming the United
States Steel Corporation. The confer
ence of Saturday is believed to have
been practically arranged at that time.
Shaffer and Williams slipped quietly
out of Pittsburg and were in New
York several hours before a hint OF
their presence reached the public.
williams Declines tie Talk
President Shaffer and Secretary
Williams returned from New York
yesterday morning. They left the me-
tToDOlfs at $50 o'clock Saturday night,
after an eventful day. They had spent
many hours in conference with the
leading officials of the steel trust. and
came home with hopes for an early
ending OF the present contest. In
Pittsburg little was known of the con-
ference, but the greatest interest i'm the
outcome was shown among the manu-
fasturerS. Secretary Williams was
found at his home last evening. He
was courteous and promptly admitted
that he had been with President Shaf-
fer in New York and had seen J. =. |
Morgan. but as to what had taken
place there he said with firmnesS that
he was pledged to secrecy and could |
not talk.
Published Terms Are Pure Guessea.
If there was anything to he given /
out it would have to come from Pres
fdent Shaffer. but he was positive
President Shaffer would not be at lib |
erty to talk for some days yet. When |
asked if he regarded the situation as |
hopeful for n settlement he declined TO |
even offer an opinion. He was also |
asked If the terms as printed in the |
papers Sunday morning were correct.
but replied that they were purely |
guesswork No terms could possibly |
be made without the full consent of
the general executive committee of the
organization. A meeting of the execu-
tive board has been called for tomor-
row.