The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
A new MOVE
FOR SETTLEMENT.
Probable Intervention in the Big
Steel Strike.
PULLING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
Major Farquhar, Of the Industrial Commission,
Goes to New York In Compliance With
Request to Confer With the Members Of the
Ohio Board Of Arbitration, to Try to Find a
Way Of Bringing About an Agreement

New York (SpeciaD 1t is believed
here that a meeting may be held in a
few days for the purpose OF discussing
the possibility OF bringing about media
ton in the great steel strike. Major
John NJ Farquhar, OF the Industrial
Commission. received telegram asking
him to come on to New York at once.
Major Farquhar is former member OF
Congress. and is the oldest living ex-
president OF an international trades
union, having been president OF the In
ternational Typographical Union some
40 years ago He will meet in New
York the members OF the Ohio State
Board Of Arbitration and other men
who are anxious to arrange some meth
cd by which the present strike can be
brought to an honorable end.
The Industrial Commission, as a
body. can hardly take cognizance OF this
strike" said Mr. Farquhar. The COM
mission expires by limitation in Deem
Der and we need all the intervening time
for the preparation OF Our report. 1t is
not possible for us to intervene Tor the
purpose OF bringing the strike to an
end Such intervention would be going
beyond our powers. The commission
was created for the purpose Of inveSti-
eating the industrial situation and
recommending legislation for is better
ment. While we are required - report
on mediation and arbitration. we are
not empowered as body to mediate or
arbitrate.
Mediation, in my own opinion. is the
only thing that can be attempted in this
strike. Arbitration. as President Shat
fer saws. is out OF the question. 1t is
impossible for this reason: Schwab is try
ing to Carnegie all the plants con-
trolled by the United States Steel Cor
poration. He is going to try to repeat
his success OF 1892, when he converted
the Carnegie plants into a non-union or
ganzation. His testimony before the
Industrial Commission indicated his
purpose very clearly | have also heard
the same story from President Shaeer
But he will not succeed. Shaffer
has the power to give the Steel Cor
poration a harder blow than has been
delivered. He has the Amalgamated
Association at his back to a man. The
American Federation is also supporting
him
Shaffer's purpose is to unionize all the
plants by having the Steel Corporation
or the constituent companies sign the
Amalgamated scale for all the shops.
Here are these men working on op-
posing lines That is why arbitration
is impossible
"Shaffer cannot succeed in full either
and that is why mediation is the only
course left open Mediators may induce
each to modify his purposes somewhat
Shaffer can never hope to force the cor
poration to sign the scale for all the
mills But | do think he will succeed
in persuading Schwab that it will be bet
ter for the corporation to quit trying
to make the mills non-union. | think
he will also persuade him to agree to
unionize mills in which an overwhelm-
ing majority OF the men are members OF
the association"