Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-07-31
Big STRIKE MAY Be
DECLARED OFF TODAY
Conference of Labor Leaders
at Pittsburg.
MORE HOPEFUL OUTLOOK

General Belief Is That the Executive
Committee of the Amalgamated AS
sociation Will Ratify Proposition of
Combine and End Hostilitfes.
PITTsBURG, July 30.-That the great
steel strike would be declared off before
the close of the day was the general i'm
preston Lere this morning and the feel
ing OF exulUaUion manifested among the
manufacturers, as well as the strikers,
was the best indication that both sides
were glad that an amicable agreement
Of the differences was in sight.
The hour fixed for the meeting of the
general executive board of the Amalga.
mated association was 10 o'clock, but
an hour earlier than that President
Shaffer was comforting with the west
ern members of the board and at $40
o'clock the entire committee was called
together. Those present were:
President Shaffer, Secretary John
Williams, Assistant Secretary Tighe,
David Reese, vice president district No.
|; Walter Larkins, vice president dis
trict No 2 OF Wheeling; Charles H. Da-
Wis, vice president district No Of New
port, Ky; W. @. Davis, vice president
district No. 4 of South Chicago; Glenn
Jarvis, vice president district No. of
Anderson, Ind. John f. Ward, vice
president district No. 7, Youngstown,
O.; +. K. Williams, vice president dis.
trict No. Z, Birmingham, Ala. John
Chappelle, vice president district No. s.,
Castle; John w. Quinn, vice president
district No. 8, Granite City, Ills; Ellis
Jenkins of Youngstown, John H Nor.
gan of Camb bridge, o., and John Pierce
of Pittsburg, national trustees.
Immediately after the committee had
filed into the room the doors were lock-
ed and a sentinel placed outside. Pre-
vious to the meetings all efforts to get
an expression from the officials as to it's
probable outcome were unsuccessful
Secretary Williams stated that they had
all been pledged to secrecy, and to say
anything whatever would be breach
of faith.
Terms Placed Before Committee.
When the committee assembled Pres.
ident Shaffer placed before it the terms
upon which the United States Steel cor.
poraUion will settle the strike, and the
concessions the Amalgamated officials
agreed to make when III conference with
J. PierpOnt Morgan last Saturday. A
long discussion then ensued. If the deal
is approved, there will be q conference
with the combine officials later. Little
doubt is entertained, however, that the
action of President Shaffer and Secre-
tary Williams will be ratified. The
representatives of steel interests are in
easy communication by telephone and a
conference will at once follow.
The combine conferees probably will
be the same as the previous conference,
and will include Veryl Preston, late
president of the American Steel Hoop
company, Vice President William Leeds
of the American Tinplate company;
John Warner, general superin tendent
of the American Sheet Steel company,
and |. W. jerks, manager of the Amer
iCan Steel Hoop company.
The important question to be decided
is what constitutes a union mill. The
Amalgamated people claim a mill is
union as soon as they have secured a
foothold in it. On the other hand the
steel people argue that a mill is not
union until at least a majority of the
skilled workmen have joined the Anal.
gamated organization. Upon the settle
ment of this question it is thought will
hinge the settlement of the strike.