Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-13
SRAFFER IS INCL|NEDT
ORDER GENERAL STRIKE.
SAYS 4 SETTLEMENT MUST BE AR
RINED AT TODAY OR STRIKE
WILL FOLLOW.
WILL REACH EVERY PLANT
UNITED STATE STEEL COR
PoRATIoN.

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day of the conference between the
Amalgamated Association OF Iron. Steel
and TinWorkers and the steel manufae-
turers came 10 a close tonight without
an agreement having been reached by
them.
Another session will be held to-mor-
row, and from indications late tonight
a sttlement or general strike will be
decide dupon.
Although the meetings are held be-
hind closed doors and the proceedings
guarded with great secrecy, 1t Is learn
ed that the entire aay was given over
to discussion. each side putting its best
foot forward to gain a point. Nothing,
however, was accomplished.
When the conference adjourned, all
OF the conferees were appealed to for in
formation as to the state of affairs. but
nothing definite could be learned. Late
tonight, however. President Shaffer. Of
the Amalgamated Association, consent
ed to be quoted in the following state
ment:
Nothing actually was accomplished
to-day. No proposition was submitted
by either side to the controversy. No
time limit has been set on the confer
ence. but it must come To an end. To-
morrow must settle it one way or an
other. If no agreement is reached, the
general strike which was set for last
Monday will proceed. | am still hop
ing for a settlement"
When asked, If in the event of a
strike. it would involve all the plants of
the United States Steel Corporation Mr..
Shaffer replied;
Every fnion man in every plant in
any way connected with the steel eorpo-
ration will be called out, and we have
many members In mills where they are
not suspected by the manufacture
ers."
A general strike order would include
the union workers in the Federal Steel
Company, the National Steel Company,
the American Tin Plate Company, the
American Sheet Steel Company, and the
American Steel Hoop Company, the Ma
tional Tube Company. and all members
In %non-union Or open mills, a%ggregating
about &C, 1000 men who woulu be affect
ed. But it is believed by conservative
steel men that a compromise will be
reached tomorrow and a strike averted.
President Shaffer himself, while not
stating that he is prepared to initiate a
compromise, intimated that should one
come from the other side, he would
gladly meet it half way and concei lie
anything not compromising the inter
ests of his people.
Judge f. H. Gary, chairman of the
United States Steel executive committee,
was in the city all day practically in
cog. He did not take part in the con-
ference directly, nor did he appear in
the meeting, but it is learned from
high authority tonight that he was not
far away from the meeting and was
fully cognizant of everything that
t%ranspired. Without making public In
any way the purpose of his visit here,
he left for Chicago tonight.
The conference was resumed to-day at
fn.oE - r.f+b tho cona ranracanta-
tives in attendance as yesterday.
The Chronicle says:
AT the meeting OF the Amalgamated
Board preceding the general confer
ence this morning, it is reported that
President Shaffer made a vigorous
speech to the members of the board, in
which he objected to the delay in COM
ing to some kind of an agreement. He
declared that decisive action should
have been taken on July /, and said
that the Association had temporized
too long with the delinquent companies.
From the tenor of Mr.. Skaters re-
marks, it is believed that unless a set
Element is made soon on the terms pro-
posed at the first conference, a general
strike will be ordered and several i'm
portant industries will be tied up
Signatures to the Amalgamated scale
received to-day were: Newport Rolling
Mill Company. Newport, KY; Ewald
Iron Company, Louisville; Detroit
Spring Company, Detroit, Mich.
The big Independent sheet mill Of
Tug & Company, n of the largest
mills outside the United States Steel
Corporation, has resumed operations
after a suspension of nearly two weeks
for repairs. While the mills of the
big company were closed by the strike
of the Amalgamated Association mem
bers, Zug & Company signed the scale
and prepared to resume operations. 1t
will pay the same wages as the scale
provides.
All of the other independent sheet
mills that have signed the scale will
start Monday after the customary sus-
nension on July LIST, whether the strike