The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-31
Work of Steel Strike Conference at
New York Likely to Come
to Naught.
Executive Board of Ana1gamated
Association Held Fruitless
All-Day Discussion.

tonight as being the. real status Of the
case. The intimation comes from excel
lent authority:
1t is not hitch over any one clause in
the propositions for a settlement. sub
mltted by j. Pierpont Morgan, of the
united States Steel corporation, to the
Amalgamated association, that is holding
back an early settlement of the strike
Ihe real cause of the trouble is that
there are two pronounced elements
round IN the makeup of the executive
board Of the Amalgamated association,
The conservative force headed by Presi-
dent T. j. Shaffer, Secretary John Will
lams, Trustee John Morgan, and some Of
the older and more experienced leaders.
are understood to look with favor upon
the proposition submitted. On their face,
1t is said, they may not appear to be as
complete a Vindication for the workers
as was hoped for, but the possibilities for
extending the influence of the Amalga-
mated association through the mills of
the corporation are manifold The more
radical clement, which is largely made uD
OF the aggressive and younger men, Il
understood to be anxious to hold out for
more favorable terms. The controversy
between the members of the board while
calmly conducted, it is understood was
not near an agreement when an adjourn
ment was taken tonight. The hope Was
expressed by President Shaffer that tho
members would nave time to sleep over
the serious subject that they have been
called upon to decide and by morning
they would be in a better mood to con-
slider the matter and act wisely upon IT,
1t was impossible TO gain the slightest
mixing Of the nature of the propositions
that have been made to the workers.
Tney all openly pronounce the PROPOSE
tons thus far outlined in the press as
'guesswork' and declare that It would
De impossible for anyone to give the true
statement. The paramount issue Of tho
strike was the unionizing of the nom
union mills. 1t is natural to suppose
that the propositions submitted by Mr..
Morgan dealt with this issue The in
terests OF the Amalgamated association
are jealously guarded by the officers who
are now endeavOring TO wrestle with the
important problem before them If they
become convinced that the propositions
OF Mr. Morgan contain some of the ele-
ments OF subterfuge that would eventual
~ bring to an end the influence OF the
association, the matter would be quickly
settled by negative vote. On this ac-
count every word Of the document that
has been presented to the executive
board is being carefully weighed before
being acted upon.
Tne feelings Of the members Of the ex-
ecutive board, who were seen tonight.
were far from a disturbed state. Tho
members were apparently enjoying
quiet hour and were not half so disturbed
as those interested in the situation who
were not in touch with the events thaT
were transpiring. If the situation was
regarded as critical the bearing of the
men would probably indicate it. A pc
culiar feature of the matter was the
totai absence OF the officials of the United
States Steel corporation from Pittsburg.