The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-05
FIGHT TO The DEATH
WILL The STEEL WORKERS
All Organizations in Big Trust Will be Ordered
Out This Week.
Both Sides Prepared for LPng, Bitter Struggle Why
the Conferences Have Failed

Il
The various vice presidents of the or
ganiZatiOn, after the meeting in New
York. had scattered to their respective
homes, and there they viii assume
Charge of the members in their dis
tr1cts- The only members of the official
family OF the Organization left in Pitts
burg viii be national officers, and Pres
,dent Shaffer Will act with full power
IN directing affairs in the general Of
ices.
President Shaffer tonight said that
he had given up all hope Of a peace
full settlement Of this trouble, and
looked for no further attempts TO bring
about renewal of conferences.
Secretary Williams was not disposed
to discuss the situation at such great
length as his chief. He did, however,
have this to say:
"Au possibility of settlement Of this
difficulty appears to be at an end. We
carefully considered the proposition of
the trust. It was decided that the
terms were such that we could not ac-
cept. To accept would have meant
practically the disruption of our or
ganizatiOn. S. We could not have agreed
and returned TO face the men we rep
resented.
WILLIAMS CONFIDENT.
1t is now a case of fight. I think the
contest will be the greatest industrial
battle the world has ever known. I am
thoroughly convinced that we will win
the victory
AS anxious as the members Of the
executive board Of the AmaIgamated
association were TO settle the steel
workers strike, their refusal to accept
the terms Of Mr.. Morgan was the only
alternative left them at the last mo-
ment. For the association side TO have
agreed to the proposition would have
declared all the hoop combine mills now
idle as nOn-uniOn, and would have
meant the desertiOn Of the thousands
or WOrkmen who were employed in
them and who organized and came out
on strike since the trouble began. To
have deserted these men now would
have been the death blow of the organ
lZaIlon and It would have died in dis
honor I'd fight the trust in an honor
able battle with a good chance to win
means at least chance for life, but, il
beaten, a demise Of the Amalgamated
association with honor
This was the explanation OF Vice
president David Reese of the Amalga-
mated associatifu, who returned from
New York today after attending a con-
ference there Of the United States Steel
corporation.
WHERE CONFERENCE FAILED.
As TO the agreement which President
Shaler is alleged to have signed with
Mr.. Morgan and which il was charged
that 1t had been proven COnClusiVely
that Mr. Shaffer had done all that he
agreed TO do. The board are a unit in
al things and they have no internal
troubles. as has been alleged. This
proposition of Mr.. Morgan had been
discussed by the members in a free and
dispaSsiOnate manner It was agreed
that q settlement of the strike was
preferable 10 long and bitter con-
test, and the board was willing to con-
cede all that they could in an honor
able manner They were willing to
accept the proposition that the trust
retain as nOn-uniOn the Old Meadow
and Salisbury mill at the time Of the
conference in the Lincoln hotel, but
they could not desert WeIlsviIle, Nc
keespOTt and such other mills as they
knew were organized to 3 man. The
manufacturers were willing to give the
Amalgamated ass OciatiOn the Wells
vile. NCKeespOTt, Salisbury and Old
Meadow mills at the Lincoln hotel con-
ference, but they would not consent to
any more Jad they added the Lind
sey. MCCutcheOn and the Painter mills
Of the hoop combine the strike would
never have gone any further. Since
then the Amalgamated association has
organized and gotten all the men in
the hoop combine, with the exception
OF one NH. These men have shown
their desire TO Join the Amalgamated
association, and the trust officials said
they would not interfere with their
men If they wanted to Join the organ
izatiOn. Tt was proven by the organ
ization that the men did want to, and
the executive board took the officers of
the trust al their word and offered to
compromise on the scale being signed
for all mills that were known to both
sides to be fully organized.
The proposition was declined. 1t
was declined without any exp anation
from the officials. and in return they
offered worse terms than had been re-
jected during the Lincoln hotel confer
enCe.
STATUS OF STRIKE.