The Iola register., 1901-08-09
STEEL
STRIKE
Conference Between Anal
9amated Association and
The American Steel Company
Comes to Naught-NegO-
tiatiOns at an End
BITTER FIGHT NOW CERTAIN
Both Sides Preparing for the
Biggest Contest in History
Company Seems to Have best
of Situation nOw-Strike
Order Expected

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fight to the finish. No quarter will
be given. We are prepared to spend
all the money and time necessary to
wipe out the Amalgamated Association
in all of our mills"
This was the message that came
over the wires from New Yorkto local
officials of the United States Steel COR
poration this afternoon. Officials
were waiting long after the usua. Sat
urday afternoon closing time to get
word from the conference in New York
between the executive board of the
Amalgamated Association and tie
general officers of the big trust.
Some of the officials heard the mes.
sages with misgiving; others with un-
concealed satisfaction.
The only regret heard among the
strikers who we're about was tina
President ShaiTer had temporized with
the trust officials so long.
The meeting between the representa-
tives of the strikers and the officials
of the steel corporation was arranged
by telegraph last night and sprang
from IA mutual desire for peace. Presi-
dent ShafTer AMI his brother officers
of the Amalgamated Association left
Pittsburg last night and met at 1890
at the offices of the United States
Steel corporation, the hour and place
appointed for the conference. Presi-
dent Schwab, of the steel company,
received the representatives of labor
room of the steel directorate. j.
Pierpont Morgan came to the con-
ference and other officials Of the
companies federated in the general
steel corporation, also joined the con-
ference.
Mr.. Schwab spoke first for the en-
ployers, and was followed by Mr..
Morgan. They declined TO make any
modification of the terms offered by
them just one week ago. when Messrs.
Shailer ana Williams journeyed here
| for the first conference. Mr.. ShafIer
and the other men of the Amalgamated
Association, insisted that more liber-
al terms be offered to them. There
was general discussion as to the
whole proposition involved, and each
mill the uniOni2ation of which has been
disputed, was considered in detail.
When both sides had fully expressed
them mselves the steel officials withdrew
from the room in order to let the lab
or representatives confer privately.
The latter decided TO reject the offer
of the steel corporation and, when Mr..
Schwab returned to the room, so in
formed him Mr.. Morgan and his
two partners withdrew almost at once
and little later the Amalgamated
men took their leave also,
Just before leaving for Pittsburg to-
night Elias jenkins, of the Amalga-
mated Association, said:
"All negotiations with the United
States Steel corporation are closed
so far as our association is concerned
We came here this morning with plen'
airy powers and hopeful that the pres
ent conference would mark the close
of the struggle which has meant loss
both to employees and employers. We
return now to our various headquart
ers to renew the struggle. Now the
matter will be fought to n final ISSUE
unless we are sent for by the officials
of the corporation.
That the officials of the United
States Steel corporation have beel
$ preparing for this battle was mad
apparent during this afternoon,
was learned on the best of authorit
t that an attempt is to be made at one
n to break the strike by the importatio
S of non-union men into all the idl
y mills. One of the officials of the CON
n panies now involved said that, so ia
e as furnishing skilled men for the idl
a plants was concerned, it is only nece'
It sary to distribute the skilled worker
n in the present non-union mills in a
d the plants and make them genera
y instructors of green hands to soon dc
velop more of this class of trade
men.
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l. after the good things of this worl
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