The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-07-12
|STEEL CONFERENCE ON
Effort at Pittsburg to Settle the Big
Strike.
GREAT SECRECY OBSERVED.
Stated Concessions viii BE Allowed
Manufacturers Having Agree
ments With Men Made Prior to
Last Years Wage Settlement.
Special TO The Sun.

Sltclal 10 Inc sun.
rttsburg. July 1.-THE conference be-
tween the Analganiated Association off
cialS and the representatives of the steel
combine was held mt the liotel Lincoln
here. The combine conceded many points
and Il satisfactory agreement was reach
ed between the men and their employers.
When the conference opened, the
combine conferees present We're War
her Arms, vice president of the Ameri-
can Tin Plate company; Neryl Preston
of the American Steel Hoop company
and William Leeds of the American
Sheet Steel company.
The workers organization was rep
resented by the general executive com.
mittee, the highest body In the associa
ton. 1t Is composed of the national
officers and the vice presidents Of the
different districts, and this was the
second time In the history of the asso-
citation that 1t had been called together.
The members of the committee are:
President j. 4. Shaifer, Secretary
Treasurer Johu Williams, Assistant
Secretary NJ. f. Tighe, business Man
ager Benjamin |. Davis: trustees John
Pierce, rittsburg: Elias Jenkins,
Youngstown, o.; J. ii. Morgan, Cam
bridge. o.. vice presidents First dis
trict, David Rees. rittsburg; Second
district, Walter l.arkin. Martins Ferry,
o.: Third district, Charles III. Davis,
Newport, Ky: Fifth district, Glenn Jar
Wis, Anderson, Ind; Sixth district. John
l.. Ward, Youngstown, o.; seventh dis
trict, L. j. Williams. birmingham, Ala. ;
Eighth district, John chappell, New
Castle, Pa. Ninth district, John w.
Quinn, Granite city, Ills.
W. G. Davis of the Fourth district,
Chicago, WAS not present. The greatest
secrecy Is being observed.
Reports From Conference Room.
Ii was noon before the conference
GOT down to business. The situation
WAS gone over carefully. Every one
present seemed III good humor, and
everything pointed to Il harmonious
meeting, but II seemed that there would
be some difficulty in getting close to.
gethcr III tho opening session. as both
sides appeared determined not to yicll
any more points
1t was authoritatiyely stated that the
combine offered to sign the Amalg;l.
mated scale for all the plants and make
lie wages uniform. but declined to
tionze the plants operated as non.
tion for years. Trustee Morgan Of
the Amalgamntrd said that proposition
would not be accepted.
Tntnr II UuS iutiu.ltnd thnt "A poupps
sion would b. allowed the nanufac
turerS in the mills that lave agree
mrntS with their men made previous tG
last years wage settlement. These
mills ii WAS said. would be allowed IL
work ont their Individual agreements
which expire Jan. /. After that time
these mills also would come under the
jurisdiction OF the Amalgamatrd rs
socintion. or sooner il the men beconl,
members Of the association previous IL
the expiration of the annual agreement
The Nandcrgrift and l.ecchhurg
sheet mills are, So far rs known. thu
| only ones that will come under the cX.
ccption clause. The agreements Will
| the workmcn ut these mills antndatc
| tile formation of the sheet steel com
pnny and remained III force when til,
plants were absorbed