The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-08-08
Still. NOT SETTLED
No Agreement Yet Reached Between
Steel Workers and Employers.
GENERAL STRIKE MAY FOLLOW.
The Text of the Settlement Offered
BY Each SIDE Il .spsc:iveIy- Not
Likely to Agree.

New York, Spccial-Another cffor
to perfect a permanent truce between
the great army of steel workers and
the giant corporation which employees
it, has failed. Saturday night the
conflicting sides were as sharply ana
widely divided as ever. The leaders
on either side met here again and af.
ter day of fruitless conference and
discussion parted in spirit that
shows no tinge CT concil!iation- Neitn.
er side would surrender position or
concede a point IN the dispute il
which they are involved and present
Indications point to q renewal With
viSor of the struggle The first CON
ference of the day was between the
boald OF the Amalgamated Associa
ton and a group OF officials OF the
United States Steel Corporation
headed by j. p. Morgan and President
Schwab. At the end OIL an hour the
conferees parted, having failed to
reach an agreement. The second CON
ference was participated in only by
the officials OF the Amalgamated AS
sOciation. 1t was q secret session.
lasting for over two hours, at the
close Of which the following state
nent was given to the press:
I'VE, the members Of the executive
board of the Amalgamated Association
Of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, con
sidering it incumbent upon us TO en-
tighten the public through the press
with reference to the present rela
tionS between our association and the
United States Steel Corporation, pres
ent the following statement:
The officials OF the United States
Steel Corporation instead OF resumina
negotiations where they were suspend
ed at the conference held on July H.
y and 13. have withdrawn the propo
sition made at that time and are now
offering much less than they agreed tc
sign Tor then The following is the
proposition which the United States
Steel Corporation ride as its ulti
matum. 1t will be OBSERVED that the
preamble states simply that the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation oficial;
will advise settlement by the under
lined companies:
reamble-Conditions under which
we are willing to advise settlement
OF the labor difficulties:
Tin Plate Company-This com
pany should proceed under the con
tract signed with the Amalgamated
Association as of July II, 1901.
American Steel Hoop Company
This company should sign the seals
for all the mills owned by the Ameri
can Steel Hoop Company that were
signed for last year.
American Sheet Steel Company
This company should sign the scale
for all the mills Of this company that
were signed for last year except the
Old Meadow Mill and the Salisbury
Mills
The strikers proposition follows:
I'VE desire to preface our proposition
by directing attention to the fact thai
it is a modification of that which was
offered originally. At the last confer
enCe, as at those preceding 1t, we re-
CURED the scales 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 signi
fed 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
organization against their will and de-
sire. We therefore asked that the
scale lie signed for only those men
who desired it.
Now comes the proposition CT the
Amalcamated Association:
We lie members Of the Amalga
mated Association. hereby present the
following proposition as a reply to
that received from the United STATES
Steel Corporations:
''.Shee Mills-All mills signed for
last year, with the exception Of the