Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-09
Prospect for Amieable Settlement of
Steel Strike Troubles.
A CONFERENCE NEXT THURSDAY
Only Officials of the Combine
VIII Take Part.
CHANGE IN METHOD S

PITTSBURG. Pa, July GA more hope
full atmosphere pervaded the headquarters
of both the steel combine and the Amalga-
mated Association today.
AS the result Of the preliminary confer
ence between President Shaffer of the
Amalgamated Association and Warner
Arms. representing the combines interests,
last evening the Wellsville trouble. which
yesterday threatened to undo all that had
been done toward efrecting peaceable set
tlement of the strike, was not referred to
today. and everything pointed to an AMIGA
BILE adjustment of all differences at the gen.
eral conference arranged for next Thurs
day in this city.
President Shaffer said he considered the
questions to be considered at the confer
ence to be most grave and for that reason
he thought it best to call in the general
executive board, composed of the highest
officers of the association instead of con-
sulting with the conferees who usually
meet to consider such questions. This board
has only been called together once before,
and that was during the trouble at the
Woods plant at Mckeesport last April 1t
is composed Of President Theodore J. Shaf
fer, Vice President F. ]. Williams of Bir-
mingham. Ala; Vice President C1em JAR
Wis of Anderson. Ind; Vice President Chas.
s. Davis of Newport, Ky; Vice President
Walter Larkin of Wheeling. W. Va: Vice
President John F. Ward of Youngstown,
Ohio; Vice President John W. Quinn of
Granite City, Ill; Vice President D. r.
Rees of Pfttsburg, Vice President John
Chappell of Youngstown, Ohio, Secretaries
John Williams. NJ. F. Tighe and V. I. Da-
Wis and National Trustees John Pierce,
John H Morgan.
Conference Thursday Morning.
Our board" said President Shaffer, will
meet the committee representing the COM
bine in conference at the Hotel Lincoln in
this city at 10 o'clock on Thursday morn
ing l am now pretty well satisfied that
the trouble will be settled at this meeting.
There seems to be spirit of fairness pre-
yailing among those to whom I have talked
officially on the subject. and 1 think we will
fix matters up The meeting will be for the
signing of the scale for the mills as a
whole
In response to the query as to who would
make up the combine committee Mr.. Shat
fer said that he did not know.
DO you think President Schwab will be
one of them?' was asked.
Il don't know was his reply.
Among those on the outside who professed
to know. however, 1t was said that the
conference would in this case be represent
ed by general officers of the United States
steel corporation and not by any of the
operating officials of the underlying COM
panieS
should this be the case. it will mark
decided departure in the method of dealing
with labor questions with the Amalsamated
Association The former determination of
the officers of the United States steel cor
poration to remain out of such negotiations
and allow them to be settled by the officials
of the various subsidiary companies will
have been entirely changed, and In place
the general officers will undertake to settle
the labor matters for the entire interests Of
the greater corporation.