The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

great dTfbS ol oicCt hANAc ',~ giant corporation which employs 1t has failed. and tonight the conflicting sides are as sharply and widely divided as ever. The leaders on either side met here again this morning and after day of fruitlees conferences and dis cussion parted in a spirit that shows no tinge of conciliation. Neither side would surrender a position or concede a point in the dispute inwhich they are Involved and present indications point , to renewal with vigcr of the strug- gle. The first conference of the day was - between President Shaffer and twelve of his associates on the Executive Board of the Amalgamated Associatfon and a group of officials of the United States Steel Corporation headed by J. Pierpont Morgan and President Charies M. Schwab. At the end of an hour the conferees parted. having failed to reach an agreement The second conference was participated in only by the officials of the Amalgamated Association. IL was a secret session lasting Tor over two hours. at the close of which the following statement was given to the press:
 Statement Made Public.
 eve the members of the Executive Board of the Amalgamated Association z of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. consld- ering it incumbent upon us to eniighten the public through the press with reference to the present relations ne tween our association and the Unlteo States Steel Corporation, present the following statement:
 ''The officials of the United states Steel Corporation instead of resuming negotiations where they were suspend ed at the conference held on July II. 10 and 13 have withdrawn the propo- sitions made at that time and are now offering much less than they agreed to sign for then. The following is the proposition which the United states Steel Corporation gave us today as its ultimatum It will be observed that the preamble states simply that the United States Steel Corporation ofti- ciale will advise settlement oy the eom- panies named:
 Preamble, conditions under which we are willing to adv1se settlement of the labor difficulties:
 .'Tin Plate Company-Should proceed under the contract signed with the Amalgamated Association July l, 1901. "'American Steel Hoop Company Company should sign the scale for all the mills owned by the American Steel Hoop Company that were signed for last year.
 "'American Sheet Steel Company Company should sign the scale for all the mills of this company that were signed for last year except the Old Meadow mill. the Saltsburg Mills
 The Strikers, Proposition.
 The strikers propositions: We de- sire to preface our proposition by di recting attention to the fact that it is a modification of that which was off, fered originally. At the last confer ence as at those preceding 1t, we re- uuired the signature of the scale for all the mills owned and operated by the United States Steel Corporation. While in the proposition given below, we ask that the scales be signed for none but those mills which are organized, and where the men Ceasing to work have signified their desire to be connected with the Amalgamated Association. This modification has been made because the trust officials declared that we wished to force men into the or ganzation against their will and de- sire. We, therefore, ask that the scale be signed for only those men who de- sire it.
 Now comes the proposition of the Amalgamated Association: We. the members of the Executive Board of the Amalgamated Association. hereby pre- sent the following proposition as re- ply to that received from the United States Steel Corporations:
 Sheet Mills-All mills signed for last year, with the exception of Salts burg and Scottdale, and with the ad- dition of McKeesport and Wellsville, Hoop Hills-All mills now known to be organized. viz: Youngstown, Girard, Greenville Pomeroy. Warren. Lindsay, McCutcheon, CIafke bar mill. Mones- sen. Mingo, 12-inch. 9-inch and hoop mills of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company.
 Tin Mills-Au mills except Mones- Sen.
 "Note-All other matters of detail to be left for settlement by conference.
 Confidence in Officers.
 we furthermore wish to state that bur purpose in coming to New York was not because we doubted our Presi- dent. T. J. Shaffer, and our Secretary, John Williams. who have our confi- dence and endorsement but in the hope of obtaining settlement of the. strike. The meeting between the represen- tatves of the strikers and the officials of the steel corporation was arranged by telegraph last night and sprang from mutual desire for peace. Pres ddept Shaffer and his brother officers of the Amagamated Association. left Pittsburg last night and reached New York at 8 o'clock this morning. They parted at the ferry to meet again at 7n'"n at the office of the United States
 on. the hour and place
 the conference. Presi-
 the steel company re-
 esentatives of labor and
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 eel directorate. J. Pier
 anne to the conference
 Robert Bacon. one of
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 1glish house of Morgan
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 Company and other of-
 companies federated in
 corporation also joined
 and it was some time
 first appointed that the
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