Warren sheaf., 1901-08-01
SETTLEMENT IS IN SIGHT.
Indications That Trust Officials and
Strike Leaders Will Reach
Agreement.
PRES. SHAFfER TO SUBMIT PROPOSITION
Conference Of Amalgamated OM cials
to Occur Tuesday When Accept
ance Of Terms Made by Shaffer
Will BE Considered Probable
Agreement Is Victory for Strikers.

lttS puISn, IA, July oU.-ElCtS-
burghers generally express the great
est delight in anticipation of the set
tlement of the steel strike and no
one seems to have the slightest doubt
that the negotiations for peace will
have any other result but cessation
of hostilities, a laying down of arms
to take up the tools of trade.
So far neither of the contending
forces has suffered greatly. The
weather has been exceedingly hot
and the men look upon the last
month as vacation during the heat
ed term. Working under the severe
strain of the oppressive heat lately
would have been an unusual hardship
at best, and the men think that on
this account, perhaps, many lives
have been saved by the strike.
So far as the companies are con-
cerned they are also in better posi-
tion for work now than they were
before the strike. Many of their
mills have been repaired and the con-
ditions for an increased output are
greatly improved.
1t is true that a computation of
cold figures foots up a total loss of
S6.516,O0O on account of the strike, of
which immense sum $3,960,000 is
charged to the combine and $2,556,000
to the strikers, but this loss will soon
be made up, owing to the better
prices which now prevail and the i'm
proved operating conditions as we'll
as the better feeling between the en-
ployer and employe.
shnfer in Good Humor.
President Shaffer and Secretary
Williams were both early at the
Anna lgamated headquarters Monday
morning and in rare good humor.
They still maintained their position
of secrecy, however, and beyond ad-
hitting that a call had been sent out
at night to all the members of the
executive board for meeting to be
refused to give any information as to
the proba bic settlement of the strike.
To all questions President Shaffer re-
plied that he had nothing to say, but
in a friendly talk of some length he
conveyed the idea that newspaper
men would little longer be following
him and watching his movements.
From this it is believed that Mr..
shatfer is satisfied that the executive
board will agree to the proposition
he will present With the approval
of his recommendations, a joint
meeting could be held and a settle
ment effected. The moment COM
mon ground for negotiating such
question as this one is found, it is
believed. there will be little difficulty
in getting down to general agree
ment which will bring peace with it.
Conference Held.
Secretary Joseph Bishop, of the
Ohio board of arbitration. reached
the Amalgamated headquarters about
ten o'clock and the newspaper men
were requested to leave the room.
The conference lasted more than an
hour, and when it was over Col.
French, Secretary Bishop and William
Collier were seen, but they refused to
say anything concerning the matter
under discussion. Shortly before noon
President Shaffer quietly slipped out
of the office through a rear door, and
all efforts to locate him have so far
been fruitless.
Later Col. French, vice president of
the Republic Iron and Steel company,
called at the Anal Samated headquar-
ters and was admitted to the inner
office where President Shaffer and
Secretary Bishop were in conference.
Col. French was largely instrumental
in settling the McKeesport strike last
April. and his presence Monday was
regarded as significant. William Col
lier, a prominent labor leader of this
city, was also taken into the meet
ing.
Probable Terms Of Settlement.
Terms of the prospective SETTLE
. mcnt are being carefully guarded by
all parties concerned, but from a
source believed to be reliable it is
stated that Mr.. Morgan proposes to
permit the Anal lgamated association
to continue it's union lodges in the
mills that were nonunion prior to the
strike, but which went out on Presi-
dent Shaffer's strike order. In addi-
ton, it is said, the Leechburg, Dun
cansville and Monessen plants are per-
mitted to be unionized.
The United States Steel corpora tion
is to be permitted to operate all of
the mills of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany as they are now operated, as
we'll as the big sheet mills at Apollo,
Vandergrift and Salisbury, provided
the wages paid shall be on the same
basis as in the mills where the union
scale is signed.
Secretary Williams, of the Amalga-
mated association, said the reported
terms of a compromise had been
guessed at by some one who is ia
mliar with the situation and is not
official. "We are pledged to secrecy"
said he, "and 7 am sorry the fact that
we met officials of the United States
Steel corpora tion was made public.
011r intention was n kann tho firo