The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-28
TO SETTLE STRIKE
COMPROMISE BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON.
OPPOSING LEADERS CONFER.
..,,cor1ATIoNS WE'RE VERY QUIET
LY CONDUCTED.

r.o STATUS QUO in Union and Nom
Y,iou Mills Is to Be Maintained
roept where 1t Has Already
peen AItered-UniOn and Nom
rrion Men May work in All Mills.
s,a.l Company Will Pay the Scale
l., An Mills, But Will Not Sign for
All.
New York, July 27.-Formal negotia-
,ore for a settlement of the great
.+rike we're opened here to-day at a
conference between President Shaffer
ord Secretary Williams of the Anal
rorated Association and j. Pierpont
s,orqan and a group of his associates
81 the United States Steel Corporation.
The conference and the movements of
~. conferees were secret and no inti-
nation of the result of the delibera-
+ions has come from anyone in author
itv II is believed, however, that sub
stantial progress toward an agreement
vas made and that formal announce
r,ent of the compact for peace will
con1e within a lew Gays.
There has been much speculation as
N the terms of peace, but much of It
has been pure conjecture. 1t was said
that the strike would be called off, and
that there would be a resumption of
the negotiations of the general labor
nuestions at the point where they were
broken off at the Pittsburg conference.
In financial circles, however, the opin-
ion was general that the prospective
agreement would go further than that,
and in itself dispose of the serious
questions at issue. The conference of
to-day resulted from several days of
preliminary discussion, all of which
was kept secret.
Was Very Quietly Arranged.
A representative of the Amalagamat-
ed Association was here on Friday,
and was given a lengthy interview by
an official of one of the companies
forming the United States Steel Cor
poration. The conference of to-day is
believed to have been practically ar
ranged at that time. Shaffer and
Williams slipped quietly out of Pitts
burg, and were in New York several
hours before a hint of their presence
reached the public. Mr.. Morgan and
President Schwab of the United States
Steel Corporation met first at the office
Of the former. and were cloSeted for
some time. The meeting with the Ia
Dor leaders followed. The names of
those who participated in the meeting
aside from the leaders on either side
and the place at which the conferees
met were kept from the public.
Mr.. Morgan was seen after the meet
ing, but would say nothing beyond de-
nying that he had any appointment
with President Shaffer of the Amalga-
mated Association. President Schwah
of the United States Steel Corporation
also was seen. but as he declined to
make any statement whatever, he
would neither admit nor deny that
there had been a conference.
Terms of the Compromise.
New York, July 27.-The World to-
morrow will say:
The basis of settlement of the steel
Strike is a compromise, concessions be-
ing made by both sides The terms, ii
Is understood, will be about as follows
First The mills recognized as non
union on July l will be continued as
such save, possibly, where the Anal
gamated Association has effected a
strong organization.
Second. The Amalgamated Associa-
ton will recede from its demands that
the steel company sign the scale for
all mills.
Third. The steel company will pay
the scale in all mills, union or nom
union.
Fourth. All mills shall be open to
an men with or without union cards
Inc association shall not attempt to
force men into the union or to oblige
the steel company to employ only un-
ion men.
Fifth. The steel company will per-
NIT the organization of men when they
manifest a desire to join the Amalga-
mated or other associations.