The sun., 1901-07-10
STRIKE SETTLEMENT.
Outlook For Ending Steel Troubles
Now Deemed Bright.
sHAFFER rs VERY HOPEFUL.
AmalaRmated's President Thinks
That Whole Dimculty VIII be Adj
Justed at Conference to he
Held In Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, July "A more hopeful
atmosphere pervades the headquarters
of both the steel combine and the Anal
gamated association.
As the result of preliminary con-
ference between President Shaffer of
the Amalgamated association and War
ner Arms, presenting the combines in
terest, the Wellsville trouble. which
had threatened to undo all that had
been done toward effecting peaceable
settlement of the strike, is not referred
to. and everything points to an amica-
BILE adjustment Of all differences at the
general conference arranged for next
Thursday in this city.
President Shaffer said he considered
the questions TO be considered at the
conference to be most grave. and for
that reason he thought it best to call
in the general executive board, com
posed Of the highest officers of the as
sociation. instead of consulting with
the conferees, who usually meet to con-
slider such questions.
This board has only been called to-
gether once before. and that was dur
ing the trouble at the Woods plant at
McKcesport last April. II is composed
of President Theodore ]. Shatfer. Vice
President Il. J. Williams Of Brming-
ham, Ala; Vice President Glen Jar
Wis of Anderson, Ind: Vice President
Charles 5. Davis of Newport KY;
Vice President Walter Larkin Of
Wheeling, W. Va; Vice President
John +. Ward of Youngstown, O; Vice
President John w. Quinn Of Granite
City, Ills; Vice President ID. X. Rees OF
Pittsburg; Vice President John Chap
pell of Youngstown, o.; Secretaries
John Williams. NJ f. Tighe and Y. |
Davis and National Trustees John
Pierce and John II. Morgan.
Conference Plans.
"Onr board said President Shaffer
'.will meet the committee representing
the combine in conference ut the Ilotr
Lincoln, in this city, ut 10 o'clock on
Thursday morning. | ain now pretty
well satisfied that the trouble will III
settled 1T this meeting There seems
to be spirit Of fairness prevailing
dIibhS lHDSp lU MHOln nave ialktl
officially OH the subject and think WI
will fix matters up. The meeting vii
be for the signing OF the scale for til,
mills as Il WHOLE
In response To the query as to wht
would make up the combine commit
tee, MI. Shatfer said that he did no
know.
do You think President Schwab vii
be one Of them:" was asked.
II don't know" was his reply.
Among those on the outside who pro
fessed to know, however it was sal,
that the conference would iii this cas-
be governed for the United States Stee
corporation by general officers and no
by any of the operating officials of til
underlying companies.
Should this he the case, it will mari
decided departure iii the method 6
dealing with labor questions with III
Amalgamated association The f0rmp
determination Of the officers OF iii
United States Steel corporation to ri
main out of such negotiations an
allow them to be settled by the oil
cihls Of the subsidiary committees wi
have been entirely changed. and /
their place the general officers wi
undertake 10 settle the labor matter
for the entire interests of the create
corporation.