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ing conditions as we'll as the better
feeling between the employer and em
ployee.
shafer In a Good Humor.
President Shaffer and Secretary Will
liams We're both early at the Amalga-
mated headquarters and In rare good
huInor. They still maintained their
position of secrecy, however, and be-
yond admitting that call had been
sent out to all the members of the ex-
ecutive board for a meeting to be held
in this city refused to give any infor-
nation as to the probable settlement Of
the strike.
To all questions President ShaffeI
replied that he had nothing to say, but
in a friendly talk of some length he
conveyed the Idea that newspaper men
would little longer be following him
and watching his movements. From
this 1t Is believed that Mr.. Shaffer is
satisfied that the executive board will
agree to the proposition he will pre-
sent. With the approval of his recon-.
mendations a joint meeting could be
held and settlement effected. The
moment common ground for negoti
ating such a question as this one is
found, it Is believed, there will be little
difficulty in getting down to a general
agreement which will bring peace with
it.
There remains little doubt that Off.
cials of the United States Steel corpo
ration are now as anxious to have the
| big strike settled as are the strikers,
| During last week number of con.
| tracts intended for and practically let
| to mills of the combination We're shift.
I'd to independent mills, with rush
clauses attached. Independent mills
have done much business booking or.
ders in the last few weeks, and they
are reported to have been able to make
| their own terms.
| Reported Terms of Settlement.
Terms of the prospective settlement
are being carefully guarded by all par.
ties concerned. but from source be.
| lieved to be reliable ii is stated that
Mr.. Morgan proposes TO permit the
| Amalgamated association to continue
/ its union lodges in the mills that were
nonunion prior to the strike, but which
went out on President Shaffer's strike
order. In addition, II is said the
Leechburg, Duncansville and Mones
sen plants are permitted to be union
lied.
The United States Steel corporation
is to he permitted to operate all Of the
mills of the Carnegie Steel company
as they are now operated, as well as
the big sheet mills at Apollo, Wander
grift and Salisbury. provided the wages
paid shall be on the same basis AS IL
| the mills where the union scale |.
signed.
This would mean gain for the work
ers' union Of the following plants:
Lindsay & McCutcheon, In Allegheny
| Clark's Solar Iron works, Thirty ftl
street: Painters. West Carson street
Wellsville, o.; w. Devices Wood, a
McKeesport: Leechburg, Duncansyille
NIingo Junction.
Secretary Williams of the Amalga
mated association says the reported
terms of n compromise have beer
guessed at by some one who is familiar
with the situation and II is not official
I'VE are pledged TO secrecy" said he
"and am sorry the fact that we met
officials of the United States Steel cor
poration was made public. Our intcn
ton was to keep the entire matter quie
until something definite was done. n,
statement will be made from our head
quarters
Condition of the Strike.
The strike of the workers in all o
the mills is proceeding as though moth
ing had happened. There is the sam
care taken i'll watching any attempt t
open the mills now closed and to pre-
vent, If possible, the return of the me-
Or the securing of nonunion men frou
the plants of the companies still in OF
Grafton. The conditions are as the
have been since the opening of hostil
ties.
The strikers In the vicinity of NJ,
Keesport spent night of great Wig
lance despite the rumors from Ne,
York that truce had been declared b,
tween representatives of ]. L. Morga
and President Shaffcr Of the Amalga
mated association
The works of the National Tin Plat
company at Demnler were a storm Ger
/ ter during the night. Rumors that til
/ mills We're to be operated by me
brought from the Independent mills d
MonFSsen, Pa, brought the strikers I
= the banks of the Monongahela, whel
i they remained on watch until long af
er midnight, and then after three rou
: ing cheers they went home.
The outhurst was caused by NOV,
ment on the part Of the pipe filters an
millwrights who have been at wor
fitting up the mills since the strik
! started. They finished their work abol
u midnight and sent to the mill manag
= ment asking what they should now d
The reply came thanking them fc
faithful work and telling them to 9
e home and enjoy a vacation until Il
7 company needed them to start I'll
mills. then they would be sent fo
/ This word was carried to the striker
v who, much pleased at this positive ey
dence that no effort would be made
start the mill, went home.
COMPANY OFFICIALS SILENT.