The Ely miner., 1901-09-06
BURNS IS STILL HOPEFUL
Has Not Abandoned His Efforts to
Bring About Settlement of
Steel Strike.
RUMORS OF CONFERENCE WITH SCHWAB
At New York 1t Is Stated That Moth
ing Is Known of Proposed Confer
ence-Amalgamated Officials Sign
Scale with Republic Iron Works.
RumOrs Regarding the Signing.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 31.-It is re-
ported here that conference by
long-distance telephone has been ar
ranged between Charles NJ. Schwab,
president of the United States Steel
corporation, and Simon Burns, pres
ident of the National Window Glass
Workers association.
Mr.. Burns is in this city and is try
ing to arrange another meeting be-
tween the Amalgamated officials and
the officers of the steel corporation
for the purpose of settling the
strike.
President Burns said he expected
to hear from Mr.. Burns at any mo-
ment. If the latter is still opposed
to his plan of arbitration, he will re-
quest him, he said, to suggest what
ever modification he desired. Any
thing, he said, would be acceptable if
the United States Steel corporation
can be induced to arbitrate and get
the mills started.
Important Conference.
The most important feature pre-
sented in the steel strike Friday was
the conference of a committee of the
Bay View Amalgamated lodge of
Milwaukee and the officials of the as
sociation, at the headquarters. The
meeting began early and was contin-
ued several hours. Those taking part
were: J. d. Hickey, an ex-official OF
the Bay View lodge, and j. F. Cooper,
both of Milwaukee, and President
Shaffer, Secretary Williams and AS
sistant Secretary Tighe, who has just
returned from the west.
It is said that the Milwaukee COM
mittee was sent here by direction of a
secret meeting of the lodge to look.
into the situation and report at
meeting to be held upon their return
home. 1t is understood that since
coming here the committee has made
a careful canvass of the situation in
Pittsburg, which is regarded as the
center of the strike. They have Wis
tied the various mills now in operation
and have carefully gone over the field.
There is no certainty as to what their
report will be to their Lodge, but their
mission, it is said, was to arrange, if
possible, for their co-workers to re-
sumo work in the Bay View mills.
At Fridays conference, it is said, the
committee critically cross-examined
the president of the association on his
attitude on the wage agreement with
the Federal Steel company. Teh COM
mittee will probably start home in the
evening. Soon after they arrive at
Milwaukee a meeting of the Bay View
lodge will be held to determine the
course to be pursued.
Denied by shaffer.
President Shaffer denied at noon
that there had been any conference
with the Bay View committee.
Certain statements attributed to
them and rejecting on the national Of
ficers had been printed and the pur-
pose of their visit, he said, was to per-
sonally deny these stories.
Trustee Pierce, of the Amalgamated
association, said the report was un-
true that Secretary Mutt, of the Re-
public Iron company, had called at the
headquarters to have the annual scales
signed for the reason that he feared
that President Shaffer would call out
the Republic employees, as was done in
the case of the American Tin Plate
company. Mr.. Pierce said that if the
report was true that the United States
Steel corporation had secured control
of the Republic plant the men would
be called out and would be expected
to obey the order as the tin plate and
other constituent companies of the
corporation did.
Denial from New York.
New York, Aug. 31.-It was stated
at the officeof the United States Steel
corporation Friday that no conference
with Simon Burns, of the Window
Glass Workers association, or anyone
else representing the Amalgamated
association had been arranged or that
any conference was contemplated.
Returns with Signed Scale.
Youngstown, o., Aug. 31.-Secretary
James II. Mutt, of the Republic Iron
& Steel company, returned from Pitts
burg Friday with the wage scale bear
ing the signature of President Shaffer
and other officers of the Amaigamated
association. This is the first. instance
in which the company has insisted on
the scale being signed officially.
To Discuss Divorce.