Warren sheaf., 1901-07-11
SETTLEMENT IS N SIGHT.
Great Steel Strike to Be Avoided as
Direct Result of J. P. Nor
gan's Efforts.
MAIN POINTS At ISSUE ALL SETTLED.

D1ScharGe of AmalEamated Assoc
citation Men by Wellsville Plant
President Shaner Much Worked
Up Over Turn of Affairs.
New York, July e.-The World
says: A plan has been agreed upon
which will settle the great steel
strike within the next five days. AS
matters stand all that remains to be
done is to hold final meeting to
formally ratify the plan and an
nounce it's terms. The programme
now is to hold that meeting and
make that announcement on Wednes-
day or Thursday of this week in New
York or Pittsburgh.
The main points at issue have been
settled and there will be no great
steel strike, such as was contem-
plated week ago. It may be stated
that this early settlement is the di-
rect result of J. P. Morgan's efforts.
If the conference which is to for
mally end the strike is held here, it
will be at the Office of Mr.. Morgan;
if in Pittsburgh at the Office of the
American Tin Plate company. Rep
resentatives of the general board of
the United States Steel company, all
the subsidiary companies whose in
terests are affected, as well as the
leaders of the various labor bodies
in the Amalgamated association,
were notified on Saturday night of
the coming conference, and were in
vited to send representatives.
Charles M. Schwab, president of
the United States Steel company,
who is at Manhattan Beach. declines
to discuss the strike. He was asked:
''Will you see Mr.. Morgan Tuesday
to discuss the terms for ending the
strike?''
"Oh, I don't know about that; I
see Mr.. Morgan every day and we
discuss many things
Complicates Matters.
Pittsburgh, Pa, July 9.-The per-
emptory dismissal on Saturday of ~
citation at the Wellsville plant of
the American Steel Sheet company
may seriously affect the expected
settlement this week of the iron and
steel strike. When seen Monday
morning. President Shaffer, of the
Amalgamated association, was very
much exercised over the turn affairs
where the conference will take
place. said he, "but one thing is GER
tain, there will be no conference un-
til the men discharged at Wellsville
are reinstated. These men come to
US. They violated no law of the land
and we shall protect them. If they
are not reinstated and the confer
ence postponed, the general strike
will come. This is a repetition of
what the sheet manufacturers did
last year. They signed the scale for
Salisbury and Old Meadows and then
stole these mills from US. The men
at Wellsville have been organized for
months. I sent word for them not to
come out, as I wanted a peaceable
settlement. I do not blame the chief
officials. As usual the trouble comes
from some middleman, who cannot
realize that he may be undoing the
conservative work of thoughtful
men on both sides, or that his action
may involve the commercial world"
The following concerns signed the
Amalgamated scale Monday: Stand
ard Chain company, Columbus, o.;
Niles Iron and Sheet company, Niles,
O.; Lake Erie Iron company, C1eve-
land; Empire Rolling Mill company,
Empire, O., and the Pittsburgh Forge
and Iron company, of this city.
All the independent companies in
the Pittsburgh district have now
signed the scale but A. M. Bycrs &
Co., and their signature is expected
as soon as the repairs to the plant
are completed.
The Strike on the Reading.
Reading, Pa. July 9.-The strike
of Philadelphia & Reading Rail-
road company freight handlers is
still on. The company has over 100
cars blocking traffic in its yards here.
The strikers have received word from
Wayne Junction.. near Philadelphia,
and Newberry Junction, near Will
Transport, the only points along the
line where the company would be III
position to reload its freight, that
the men there will refuse to allow
that work to be done at either point.
Monday morning the company be-
gan putting green hands to work.
Five of the old men remained and
the company has about rs men on
duty.
E} Trying to Coax Them Back.
Reading, Pa, July 9.-Acting Pres
ident Welsh sent another offer to the
striking shopmen Monday afternoon.
He extends the time for them to re-
turn to work until Tuesday and Of
fers to pay them three days. wages,
for last Friday and Saturday and
Monday. He asks the freight
handlers to return Tuesday, and also
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