The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-07-05
CONFERENCE Is FRU|NESS|
Iron and Steel Employees and EN-
ployers Unable to Agree
on Wage Scale.
STRIKE ORDER IS IMMEDIATELY ISSUED.
Twenty Thousand Skilled WOPkmen
Called Out by Order-Statenient of
President Shafer, of the AmRlga-
mated AssOciatiOn-AnOth Effort
Mt Settlement to BE Made. f&

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conference committee of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers and the AmericanShee
| Steel company, which has been in Sec
| sion here, was unable to reach an
agreement on: the wage scale for the
| ensuing year, and adjourned finally
after a session of less than, 20 min
| utes. The Amalgamated association
| officials asked that the scale be signed
for all the union mills, and the manu-
facturers presented counter propo-
sition not only refusing to sign for all
the union mills, but STIMULATING that
two that were Included last year be ex-
empted These mills are the Old
Meadow plant at Scottdale and the
Salisbury Pa.) works.
The conference then broke up and
President Shaffer at once issued a
strike order. The strike will involve
all the union sheet mills in the country,
and about. 10000 skilled workmen.
Statement of President Shaffer.
When seen by representative of the
press, President Shaffer said: :.
1.-The American Sheet Steel company
signed the scale last year in all our union
mills except the Woods mill a Mckees-
port
During the year they took advantage of
the conditions existing at the Scottdale
and Salisbury plants to lead the workmen
from the organization and now they offer
to sign the scale at the reduced number OF
union mills. The policy of the Amalga-
mated association under my administra-
ton has been conservative and for peace,
but now it is merely matter OF which sloe
holds out the longest
When asked what the strike order
meant, he said: ~.
Its fight. They threw down the
gauntlet and we took it up That'swh it
means; :e..
Number of Plants Affected.
A shutdown of the union plants of
the American Sheet Steel company will
involve nine of the largest sheet steel
plants in the country. The company
operates a total of "a plants, but the
largest of these are the organized es-
Establishments. The Amalgamated as
ISOLATION controls 65 per cent. of the
production of the company, and long
shutdown of this proportion of its
plants would mean aninestimable loss,
with the present crush of orders.
Notwithstanding President Skaters
order, it is thought another effort will
be made next. week to effect a settle
ment, as it is well known that neither
side is anxious for protracted shut
down. The Amalgamated officers would
not object to a suspension of two or
three weeks, for the reason that the
ho cfao6u
run ever since the first of the year..
Conference Resumed.
Pittsburgh, Pa, July 1.-The bar
iron wage conference between the
officials of the Amalgamated associa-
ton and representatives of the Re-
public Iron company and American
Steel Hoop company reconvened at
the Hotel Lincoln at two o'clock Sat-
urday afternoon.
None of the officials of either side
would offer to make a prediction as
to the outcome of the conference.
I. w. jerks, of the American Steel
Hoop company, admitted that num-
Der of points in the scale had been
agreed to, but they were subject to
an agreement on the entire scale.
It is believed that if settlement is
not made Saturday both sides will
come to an agreement soon.
Strikers Will Return to Work.
Meadville, Pa, July 1.-Develop-
ments indicate speedy settlement
of the boiler makers strike on the
Erie road. President Neill, of the
union, was at Susquehanna Saturday.
He was here this week and will visit
Hornellsville. The men will return
to work in one week. Both sides
have made concessions and every
striking boiler maker will be rein
stated. The strike has been on since
January.