New-York tribune., 1901-07-16
EMPLOYERS WON'T YIELD.
ONE OF THEIR PRINCIPAL MEN SAYS
TO COMPLY WOULD LEAVE THE COR
PORATION WITHOUT A FUTURE

"we have intention of yieidinG!'-Such
was the emphatic statement made to Irioune
reporter late yesterday afternoon oy repre-
sentative of one of the leading interests IN the
United States Steel Corporation. man VINO
stands high In the counsels OF the steel mag
mates and knows exao>ly what he is talking
about. Then he added:
"A knowledge OF the exact status ana merits
OF the strike situation is necessary in order to
adjust the pubIic's opinion Of the trouble This
strike will probably affect the American Sheet
Steel Company the American Steel Hoop Com
pany and the American Tin Plate Company IL
might also affect the Federal Steel Company. be-
cause OF the strength OF the union at the Illinois
Steel Works. The American Steel and Wire
Company, which is a non-union company. can
OF itself duplicate the output of the steel hoop
company. The Carnegie company. also nom
union company. and several of the other con-
stituent companies. can together duplicate the
output OF the sheet steel company. In fact, the
only company whose business could be really
stopped by the strike would be the American
Tin Plate Company
UNION WAGES PAID.
'The demand of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton has no relation TO the question OF wages
or hours and the union wage scale is observed
even in our nom union mills. In short. the chief
d
the case of a non-union mill tell it's non-union
employe. who is receiving at least union wages
that he must join union or be discharged
That demand have refused 10 grant. ard
we have no intention of yielding
When asked what outcome was looked for by
the steel officers The Tribune's informant re-
piled:
For the United States Steel Corporation to
have granted this demand last week would have
meant that the corporation had no future"
Continuing he said: Some have thought that
because the anthracite coal strike was settled
here last summer settlement of the steel
troubles could be reached in the same way. The
two cases are absolutely unlike. In the case OF
the coal strike investigation showed that the
men had real grievances in regard to wages and
hours. but in the present case no such griev-
ances exist or alleged to exist"
s,,HwAB Is RETICENT
Charles NJ Schwab the president of the
United States Steel Corporation. was in his
office in the Empire Building. but he refused to
talk with newspaper men about the strike
Written inquiries as TO the number of mills
affected by the strike. the number of men who
had gone out and possible conferences to end
the trouble were sent to him. His secretary re-
turned the reply
Mr. Schwab has nothing to say
Warner Arms. the vice president of the Amer
team Tin Plate Company, declared that he was
too busy to talk about the strike. On Sunday,
when he returned TO this city from Pittsburg he
said the conference with the Amalgamated As
sociation had ended in disagreement because
the demand that the nOn-union mills should be
! unionized was regarded as unjust and unrea-
sonable He said then that he thought there
was no prospect for early settlement or the
strike and that the indications were that the
strike would become general He irtimated that
! the companies interested would not consent TO
compel men who had stood by them TO join the
ranks of the men who had been opposed to them.
as a matter of policy, and that there was n prin-
ciple involved in the protection of the non-union
workers that could not be violated He expressed
belief that there would be no settlement or the
strike until negotiations were begun by the men
who had gone out, and that for the present the
attitude of the steel Companies would be one or
mastery inactivity. Mr.. Arms referred news
paper men yesterday to d. G. Reid. director OF
the American Tin Plate Company. but MT Reid
declared there was nothing he could tell w. Nj.
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