The sun., 1901-08-03
STRIKE LEADERS HURRY HERE
WHOLE EXECUTIVE hoard WyYL
TRY TO MOVE MN. NORMAN.

Inclined to Doubt SKATERS Coed Fsith Rs.
cause II Teok Him Two Weeks 10 Get
werse Terms well, Just Come sad
Sec what I've Becn Up Against"
PIrrsBURo, Pa, Aug. 2.-One last biz
effort Ia to be made by the Amaleamated
Association Of Iron and Steel Workers 70
induce the United States Steel Corporation
to modify it's terms In pursuance Of this
plan almost the entire Executive Board a.
the association, fifteen men In all, left foe
New York tonight to see MIR. Morgan.
The Executive Board wants to get from
Mr.. Morgan himself a statement OF the
terms Shaifer and Secretary Williams say
he offered them. To most Of the MEM
bers Shafer's insisterce that they acceux
conditions less favorable than were offered
them at the futile conference ia the Hotel
Lincoln, three weekh ago tomorrow, seerns
40 unreasonable that they desire to hear
Tor themselves. Insinuations were made bv
one OF the hot-headed members yesterday
against the honesty Of ShaiYer and Wiliama
and both men protested Indignantly and
The suggestion that the board 10 10
New York. try its own luck In efYectine
a settlement and investigate the doinsa
OF the two superior officers, came from the
officers themselves. Shaffer is said IN
have explained that he advised the AZ
ceptance OF Mr.. Morgan's terms, even
though they were not favorable. simply
because the association was making a losing
fight. that the United States Steel Cor
poration would not submit TO the associa-
tons original demands, and that IL Mr..
Morgnn's terms we're not accepted thu
next conditions he would impose. ~ he
agreed to parley at ALL would be far
more rigorous; that public opinion would
not countcnancc strike accompanied
with violence, and that the spirit and the
actions Of the strikers at Wellsyille and
Mckeesport showed that violence wss
imminent
This explanation was not satisfactory
and after It had been made the member
before referred 20 then made the remarks
which panied Shaffer and Williams just
how the board expects to learn whether
Shaffer and Williams are honest no one
can find out. Men who knew him before
he became a steel worker do not doubt
that the explanation he gave for his reasons
for wanting Mr.. Morgan's conditions &C.
cepted are the true ones, and that the record
OF himself and Williams is clear, whether
the board Is able to learn that or not.
Shaffer sees In the visit OF the board to
New York the only chance for peace. He
believes it is possible that when the men,
bers see Mr.. Morgan they will realize the
fight that will be on hand In case they do
not settle the strike now. He also sees an
opportunity to relieve himself from re-
sponsibility either for the settlement Of
the strike on terms unfavorable to union
labor or continuance Of the fight
II the whole board advises peace the
rank and file OF the association will be
more apt to consider il wise move. II
the board refuses to accept Mr.. Morgans
conditions Shaffer will disclaim RESPONSE
bilty for the ensuing strike and any vio-
lence that ACCOMPANIES it.
The Executive Board left on the 10 o'clock
train over the Pennsylvania Railroad.
President Veryl Preston Of the American
Steel Hoop Company was on the same
train.
The story that President Shaffer pledged
himself at last Saturdays conference with
Mr. Morgan was repeated with emphasis
to-day. The Vice Presidents OF the board,
the men who must deal directly with
he men In the mills and on strike, are tn
ones, It is said, who are responsible 70,
he rejection of the offer to the trust. Il
= declared that they would not dare ga
pack home with a settlement that gave tho
association less than it could have had at
he Hotel Lincoln conference without
trike. They are in close touch with the
nen Of their district and know their feeling
IN the questions at issue on the strike.
Notwithstanding the official statement
u the board that there IL harmony among
Is members, IL is being repeated to-day
hat the ma aiority has rebuked President
Shaffer for even promising to consider the
erms offered by Mr.. Morgan, much less
,iving a promise 10 use his influence to
AVE them accepted 1t IL further pointed
,ut that in his subsequent meeting with
!. f.. Schwab Veryl Preston and other
ssser officers of the trust he was accom-
'aniad by a Vice-President so that there
night be witness 10 all that passed. ~ Ia
ala that Shafer insisted on this precaution
rhen the Vice-Presidents began to question
is peace motives, declaring that he did not
ntend to give his enemies an opportunity
0 spread false reports. He regrets that
q went to New York without taking with
i'm representative OF the radical element
I the board
From "A labor source to-day came a state
lent that Shaffer had blundered in accepting
lIch an offer as was made In New York.
lie should have turned II down at once
nd come back to Pittsburg, 1t is declared,
nd If necessary called out the union men
/ the other mills of the corporation. The
anne man said that certain written agree
rents exist which are entangling the as
)ciation, they having been signed with
vt clear understanding OF their mean
lg He continued: President Shafer
his desire for peace has got himself
ito trouble up to the neck by attempting
'om which IL will be hard to extIicats
imseh with any kind Of grace Presi-
ent Shaffer when asked concerning the
ory that he had given Mr.. Morgan his
ledge TO settle the strike. said he had
othing to say and that no statement In
nswer would he given without the sanction
the Advisory Board. Assistant National
Tighe reported az headquarters
his morning and participated In the execu-
We session, but no nkling was given as
what points he had visited since his dis
opearance Wednesday.
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