The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-12
FAILED TO AGREE
Labor Conference at Cts
burg Comes to Naught

P~ftsburq, pa, July 1.-THE labor
tonforonoe at thu Hotel lincoln today
sailed Go como to any agreement. Az
other conference win be- held tomorrow.
THE object Of The conference was the set
timcnt Of the strike ordered by the Anal
ramatcd Association Iron, Steel and Tin
rorEcrs in the mills Of the American
gbesd steel company and IN those Of the
Arorican steel dip company. The con
ference also had another purpose I'm view.
tho prevention OF a general strike ia an
ihc mills controlled by the United states
sioe corporation. the two compauics in
whose mills the strike had been orieted
bonr constituent companies of the sr.ot
stel combine
Two sessions Of the conference were
acld today The FIRST convened shortly
after 10 o'clock in tho morning. az
uoon he meeting %1diourner for uinner.
"a O'Clock in the afternoon the second
session was convened and was continued
until 0 o'clock As o. ctument within @
rsasonabio time was solu 60 zee out Of
lhe uuosuoa. the conference adjourned 20
meet AZ 20 % clock tomorrow morning
Tho Amalgatoatod association was rcp-
rrsnted ~ the conference.
TIE steel interests AZ the conference
nre r~prcsented by John Warner Of New
York. chief Of the operating department
a. the sheet secl company J. A. Ienls,
OF Philadelphia manager OF The steel
oopH company. voyl Preston, New
York late president Of the American steel
Hoop company. Warner Arms. and w.
II. Leeds. New York. vice presidents OF
the American Tin Plate company, and
Charles w. bray. Of Pittsburg. chief en-
zinedr OF the slme company. The NIT
"a states steel corporation is saiG to
have been indirectly represented by
Messrs. prcton and Warner.
A the afternoon session. President
SKATER. iu behalf OF the A-malganatcd
association formally presented the case
for the organized workers and the strik.
trs. re lald stress upon the fact hat
antil this wear the union had made no
effort directly to force a lnluu IN an
The ptlnts, CT the combine, FOR the reason
That ~ rs thought best TO nave taat move
mont originate and be carried on among
NE eorku,n ln tAo mills. Since last
year however. a new condition confront
ed che union men The officials OF the
various companies had plainly indicated
n, said. that they are working on A pol
ICY for operating their n%on-union plants
la preference 20 the union mills. and
sut working the latter when Il is ABB
scsuteiy necessary. This plan. he dcc,ai-
20. 80 forcing The union men to doss 'rt
thr organization in order 20 get work.
Thc ick mills being union and the un-
on men being rendered poverty stricken
ts the price for being member OF Ito
Drsaniatizon means either that the Anal
inmaud association ia going TO be dis
eandcn soon. or all the no-union raills
riii have 90 be made union so that equal
justice vii be given to en-.
"a was a matter OF life and death for
lbe Am~algamated association that The
son union mills be done away with Mr..
shaner said, The alleged methods adopt
ed rs the American sheet Steel com
fany IA practically starving the employees
Of the old Meadow mills In soottdale into
a non union agreement was elaborate II
"a and the demand made by that COM
pany that the mill be loft out OF The
scale entirely In the future was taken
as indication of what the general plan
pf the company IS IN dealing win the
Arnaigamatcd association. II meant he
sad. slow starvation or else capture un-
der tbe company and tho giving ,p Of
ni rights 10 organized unions I'm tlvir
plants
IN reply 60 the statement Of President
Smaller the officers Of th.c various cora
pames present gave an outline Of their
position They denied amy intention OF
working an inustjice toward union work
mst IN their mills The feeling for the
~AmalGamated mon had always been
friendly they said, and they had 10
5esire 90 force any trouble among tanm.
The tone on each side was amicqoly.
aud Il WINS apparent that the manu-
faciurcrs representatives We're preparod
70 80 a long way 20 get m a p~eaccful
ISOLATION OF the existing difficulties.
Iho mombers OF tho two conference
cam nittcos began presenting arguments
m favor o. their different position an the
lroubie, and th's continued untl s O'Clock
b the afternoon when by agreement the
aoeting was Adjourned until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning.
Both sides said that they mad more
Arguments 20 present la support OF l,eir
proposition before the issue Is taken up
fer . good reason.