The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-04

View York, Aug d.
-. o permanent truce between the
- army of steel workers and the
-. -,r1orarfon which employs them
f,iIa5 and tonight the conflicting
-.5os are as widely divided as ever The
,-.5s-s On either side met here again
This morning. and after day oil Irult-
Las conference and discussion, parted
n a spiril that shows no unse o. 1g'I
citation. Neither side would sur LSl'ul-
. D1sitiOn or ConCede point IN I4e rl7
T1ts i'm which they are involved aIiI
nrasent indications point TO rene" '''
vim vjruI of the struggle
me hrsI conference of the cay WaS
ba-gaan President Shaffer and twelve
ri his associates on the executive
hoard of the Amalgamated assoclauoh,
and a group of officials III lle L iil go
states Staes corporation, Ieaded Dy j.
70 ,Forrau and President ocnNab- AL
tbs End of an hour The conference
Dsrted. having failed to reaca an agree
m-nt. The second conference was pa
ricfpated I'm Only bF the 'IlclalS OF lile
AmaIramated association 10 was d
ea-ref session. lasting over Two hours
ar the close of which the Following
statement was given TO the press
,.yva the members of the executive
r,s~5 Of the AruaIgamated Association
III Iron. Steel and Tin WORKERS con-
sf5sring if incumbent upon US to en-
Febten the public through the press
with reference To the relations between
our association and the United states
efasi corpOratiOn present the IOliOWlhs
statement:
Statement Of the Workers.
..Tba officials of the United States
Steel corporation. instead of resumlng
negotiations where they were suS-
n.Tdad al the conference held on July
IL " and Is. have Withdrawn the prop
usiuous made at that time, ana are no"
oHarine much less than they agreed ia
sign for then. Following is the prop0-
sifion which the United States Steel
corporation gave us today as its ultl-
matum. Ii win be observed that the
preamble states simply that the United
States Steel corporation officials viii
advise settlement.
Preamble. Conditions 4nder which
we are willing 10 advise q settlement OF
the labor difficulties.
Tin Plate cOmpaEy-ShOuld pro-
coed under the contract signed with
the Amalgamafsd association Of July
J. '90I
American Steel Hoop company
Company should sign the scale for al
the mills of this company that wer,
signed for last year, except the Ok
Meadow mill and the Salisbury mills
Position Of the Strikers.
The strikers proposition is: I'VE de
sire 10 preface our proposition by di
Tecting attention to the fact that il
modification Of that which was of
ferad originally At the last confer
ence. as al those preceding Il, we re
Qulred the signature of the scales 70
al The mills owned and operated by tn
United States Steel corpora ton, Will
N the proposition given below we asl
tn2s The scale be signed for none bu
tnoSe mills which are organized an,
W2efa the men CeaSing 10 work haV
sgnihed their desire 10 be connecte,
Wiz The Amalgamated association.
.hls modification has been made be
cause she trust officials declared tina
We wished 20 force men into the organ
,1tlon against their win and desire
we, therefore, asked that the scale b
sighed Tor only those men who de
slIed IL. Now comes the proposition o
me Amaigamated association:
We Inc members of the executive
9laLa ol tle Amalgamated association
gpy present the following prOpOsi
LEOI
"e liied states Steel corporation:
Sheet mills-AU mills signed 70
a>l year, with the exception of tn
Seo-.lele and Salisbury, and with tn
eTSgp''on ot MckeespOTt and Wells
neop mlls-All mills now known I
'laanlzed, viz Youngstown. GirarC
S1S1Nlie, P0merOy. Warren. LINDSAY
81 'SS (on Clarke, BarmiIl. Mones
@aAso Finch. 9-inch and hoo
r ''.-. % me Cleveland Rolling Mil com
s.. Tia mals-An mills except Mones
Note-An other matters Of deta
lsIt for settlement by conference
Hope for a Settlement.
op- furthermore wish to state tha
t-se IN coming 10 New Yor
fss~. 10y ~ because we doubted orr pres
I'm ~ n, .. Shaner, and our secretary
d. NliAams. who have our conf
Of .S,. S-a endorsement but in the hoI
Tb-.lllng settlement OF the strike.
meeting between the representa-
ths -, '-le strikers and the officials {
etlet corporation was arranged Z
s.epl last night and sprang frOl
Sss-,sal desire for peace. PresideT
sDsI- anu MS brother officers of tE
h 5~ildled association left Pitt.
iast night and reached New Yorf
b. 0.ock this morning. They parte
o.,,-l Terry 90 meet again at To-.
So, az the offices of the Unite
orporaton, The hour and plaC
b.su Tor the conference.
rs,. s-lent Schwab of the steel con
iabr -1lelFed the representative
49,. ana nducted them TO the cor
,s room Of the steel directors.
s an came TO the conference. a,
ie, --i1a by Robert Bacon. one of n
- j. - tnerS. and O.. = Dswkins. hea
n 1lgllsh house o. Morgon & G
s,-s,- --eia OF the American Tin Pla'
rsrsHs ana other officials of the con
80 tolerated in the general ste
as s.auon also Joined the conferenc
s-s vas some time after the tin
aspNnted that the conference VIZ
finally ope2ed.
Morgan and schwab Speak.
49, chwab spoke first for. the en-
Hr ana was followed by hir NO
Icy declined TO make any mod
w ~ me terms offered by the
tra-5 eek ago, when Messrs. Sha
-sts5 ne other men of the Amaig
ns.Y association insisted that mo
rs Ems be offered to them. The
ears sgnefal discussion as 20 q
proposition involved. and eaI
- -e unionization OF which i
ID sputed, was considazed IN q
e'es. side had fully express
steel officials withdre2 fro
s - " order TO let she labor repr
confer privately. The Iatt
oaso--.sso reject the offer Of the ste
tarnas 'sa. and when Mr.. Schwab +
snss ne TuOn he was So /
AH Morgan and his two pa