The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-06
MR.. PIERCE NOT FOR PEACE
SAYS PRESIDENT sCHwAB's TERMS
CANNOT BE ACCEPTED.
Another Meeting Of the Advisory
Board To-Day-MOre Men Put
to Work I'm the Mills.
70 the 1ndlananoli. Journal.

Special TO the Indlanap polls Journal
NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-Another day of
grace has been extended to the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron and Steel Work
ers. The proposition made by the United
States Steel Corporation yesterday limited
the time of acceptance to last night, but
Mr. Schwab to-day agreed TO extend the
time twenty-four hours. Mr.. Shaffer and
his colleagues therefore have until Friday
evening 10 accept reject the offer. The
members OF the Cancellation committee of
the National Civic Federation who con-
ferred with the Steel Corporation officials
yesterday met at the Ashland House to-
day. Three sessions were held and there
was considerable Iong-distance telephone
talk between Shaffer and members of the
committee. There were present at the con-
ference Ralph NJ. Easily, secretary of the
National Civic Federation; Samuel Com
pers. president of the American Federation
OF Labor; John Mitchell president of the
United Mine Workers of America; Frank
Sargent grand chief of the Brotherhood IF
Locomotive Firemen, and Harry White.
secretary of the Garment Workers of
America. The last session did not adjourn
till $50 D. m.
when the conference adjourned Mr.
Mitchell explained the point reached in
the negotiations to be that the proposition
OF the Steel Corporation has not yet been
acted on by the Amalgamated Associa-
tion. but that the board will probably re-
ject IL tomorrow Nevertheless, he ex-
pressed hope that the strike would yet be
amicably settled, though he declined to
indicate how he hoped that this would be
brought about. Mr.. Mitchell, while dis
claiming that he spoke for the committee
and saying that ne was merely giving in
formation for the accommodation of the
press. said:
When all negotiations between the
Amalgamated Association and the United
States Steel Corporation in regard to the
strike were broken off, the COMMITTEES on
Cancellation OF the National Civic Fedora
tion endeavored TO bring the representa-
tives or both interests together. or to act
as mediators between them. We held
conference with the advisory board of the
Amalgamated Association at Pittsburg and
obtained propositions from it, with author
Ity TO submit the same TO the United States
steel Corporation. These prODOSitfOns we
s9pr1itted TO the company at yesterdays
ednesdayS) conference. The company
rejected the proposition. We then discussed
the situation at length with Mr.. SchWab
and his colleagues, and obtained from them
the conditions on which they would agree
To settle the strike. these terms to hold
good until this (Thursday) evening We
submitted these terms TO Mr.. Shaffer and
his colleagues. We were advised by the
representatives of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation this CThursady) afternoon that
there was not sufficient time to consider
the propositions; that the officers at the
Fittsburg headquarters had no authority
70 accept or decline it.: that the advisory
CFriday). The officers of the AmaIgamated
Association expressed their conviction to
us that the proposed terms will not be an
proved. We entertain the hope that an
amicable settlement of this conflict will
yet be reached"
Mr.. Mitchell declined to make public the
proposition made to the Steel Corporation
or the answer made by Mr.. Schwab, or TO
state whether the time limit set for the
acceptance of the later proposition has
been extended. When asked whether the
conciliation committee would be in ses-
sion tomorrow he said he would say moth
ing more, nor would he say whether there
would be any further conference with Mr.
Schwab. Late tonight Mr.. Mitchell started
for Hazleton, Pa, on business of the
United Mine Workers
n report from Pittsburg that Mr.. Shaffer
and Mr. Williams were supposed TO have
started for New York was discredited by
the positive information that the advisory
board Of the Amalgamated Association will
meet IN Pittsburg tomorrow to consider
Mr.. Schwab's proposition. This. 1t is un-
derstooe differs from Mr.. Morgan's propo-
sition. only that il stipulates the mills I'm
which the United States Steel Corporation
had succeeded In opening as nonunion
mills should remain nonunion the company
being unwilling 10 abrogate the contracts
which II has made with the men who are
now al work in those mills.