The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-02
CRUSHES
HOPES OF STRIKERS
Steel Trust Will Yield No Point
to Workers.
WILL BE BITTER FIGHT
OFFICIALS AID
JOURN TO MEET TODAY.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 1.-The Com
mercial Gazette viii say: The Amaiga-
mated executive board last evening re-
ceived by telegraph fat refusal from
J. Pierpont Morgan to reopen the wage
conference where it was broken off at
the Hotel Lincoln nearly three weeks
ago. The powers Of the steel combine
insist in this communication that the
only basis of settlement will be on
terms which the financial hacker of
the combine, President SchWab and
Chairman Ebert H Gary laid down at
the meeting with the Amalgamated eX-
ecutiVe board in New York last SatuT-
day. A member of the executive board
of the association last night said:
These terms are dominated by those
who haye the best interests Of the or
ganization of the steel workers at heart
as the most unfair, the most unjust
ever proposed to any body Of working
men by a set OF employers or a cor
poration. The terms are such that the
executive board of the Anlalgamated
association cannot accept, ana has al
ready gone on record to that effect"
Tomorrow morning the answer OF
Mr.. Morgan is expected by mail. There
is scarcely a fragment of hope that the
Amalgamated association viii back
down from its Well-knoWn position. The
leaders OF the workers Will, in reply,
outline their plans to the steel cor
pOratiOn for a continuation of the great
struggle. They will include the stop
ping OF every wheel possible in the
works Of the combine. and the extern
sion of the strike in all possible direc-
tions by the Amalgamated association.
Today may develop much, but if the
combine cannot be made to WaVer
through the influence that will be
probably be fought to the bitter end.
After two days of patient waiting,
at about 5 o'clock last evening the
Amalgamated men in waiting at head
quarters were Informed by telephone
from the Carnegie Steel company's Of
fees that the answer from the New
York headquarters of the steel cor
poration was awaiting them. Hasty
preparations were made to adjourn and
90 TO the Carnegie building without
letting the newspaper men know what
was in the wind.
President Shsffer. in making his exit
from headquarters, was asked II he
would return. HIS reply was, If it is
necessary, I viii
Shafer. Williams and one or two 9TH
ers, by making long detours, eluded the
reporters and reached the Carnegie Of
fees unnoticed. The reply from New
York was shown them. and without
much comment the members dispersed
with the announcement that the mat
ter would be presented TO the entire
board and action taken without delay.
Meeting Without Results.
The third ail-day session of
the Amalgamated association ex-
ecutive board has passed with
out action being taken on the New
York conference peace proposals. An
other session viii be held tomorrow.
The executive board of the associa-
ton is. in facE waiting for word from
J. p. Morgan After the board had
heard from President Shaffer concern
ing his trip to New York last week, it
was decided 10 request a change in the
propositions of Mr. Morgan, and a mes
sage was sent to Mr.. Morgan annOunc-
ing their decision on this matter In
CONTINUED On naga .