The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-13
NO AGREEMENT YET
SECOND DAYS CONFERENCE WITH
OUT ItESULT..
STILL A SHOW FOR PEACE.
ROTH SIDES APPEAR AMICABLY
DISPOSED.

President shafTer Says That in Cnse
Every Steel Corporation Would he
Called-Eie Is Evidently Anxious
for Any Reasonable Compromise,
and Hopes for "a Proposition From
the Other Side To-day.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 12.-The second day
of the conference between the ,Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers and the steel manufacturers
came to close tonight without an agree
ment having been reached. Another ses-
sion will be held tomorrow, and from
indications late tonight, a settlement or
general strike will be decided upon. AL
though the meetings are held behind
closed doors, and the proceedings guarded
with great secrecy, it is learned that the
entire day was given over to discussion.
each side putting its BEST foot forward
to gain point. Nothing, however, was
accomplished. When the conference ad-
journed all of the conferees were appeal
ed to for Information as to the status
of affairs. but nothing definite could be
learned.
Late tonight, however President Shaf-
fer of the Amalgamated Association con-
sented to be quoted in the following
statement:
Nothing actually was accomplished to-
day. No proposition was submitted by
either side to controversy. No time limit
has been set on the conference, but it
must come to an end. Tomorrow must
settle it one way or another If no agree
ment is reached, the general strike, which
was set for last Monday, will proceed.
am still hoping for a settlement"
Would Order General Strike.
When asked if in the event of a strike
it would involve all the plants of the
United States Steel Corporation. Mr..
Shaffer replied: Every union man in
every plant in any way connected with
the steel corporation will be called out,
and we have many members in mills
where they are not suspected by the man.
ufacturers"
A general strike, if ordered, would III
clude the union workers in the Federal
Steel Company, the National Steel Com
pany, the American Tin Plate Company,
the American Sheet Steel Lympany and
the American Steel Hoop Company, and
all members in no-union or open mills,
aggregatng about $4,000 men who would
be affected. But it is believed by conserv-
atve steel men that a compromise will
be reached tomorrow and a strike avert
ed. President Shaffer himself while not
stating that he Is prepared to initiate a
compromise, intfmated that should one
come from the other side he would gladly
meet it halfway and concede anything
not compromising the interests of his peo-
pie.
Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of the
United States Steel Executive Commit
tee was in the city all day, practically
incognito. He did not take part in the
conference directly, nor did he appear
in the meeting, but it is learned from
high authority tonight that he was not
far away from the meeting and was fully
cognizant of everything that transpired.
Without making public in any way the
purpose of his visit here, he left for
Chicago tonight on the Pennsylvania
Limited.
Independent Mills Resume.
The big Independent steel sheet mill of
Zug & Co.. one of the largest mills out
side the United States Steel Corporation
has resumed operations after a suspen-
sion of nearly two weeks for repairs.
While the mills OF the big company were
closed by the strike of the Amalgamated
Association members, Zug & Co., signed
the scale and prepared'to resume opera
tions 1t will pay the same wages as
the scale provides.
All of the other independent sheet mills
that have signed the scale will start
Monday after the customary suspension
on InlY 1 whether the strike in the trust