Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-08-01
II. F. Tighe and Others in cIeve-
land to Confer With Senator
Hanna Regarding the Strike.
10 Change In the Siluation-An.
other Session OF AmaIgamated
Board To-Day.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 31.-"Hope
deferred maketh the heart sick"
This is expressive of the feelings of
The majority of the Pittsburgers to-
night, outside of the inner circle of the
Amalgamated Association Executive
Board who have been considering the
proposals for a settlement of the steel
strike for two days without agree
ment.
How the members of the Board feel
is known to no man on the outside.
The second day of the Executive
Boards deliberations was notable for
ire many rumors in circulation and
for the conspicuous dearth of results.
The absence of three of the principal
members OF the Board from the ses-
sons to-day gave rise to the story that
tie members were divided in their
iaeas as to the peace proposals, and
that in order to satisfy all. Secretary
Williams had been sent to New York
10 secure modification at the hands of
Messrs. Morgan and Schwab, while As
sstant Secretary Tighe and Trustee
Morgan had received a commission TO
visit Senator Hanna to secure his aid
In bringing about an amicable arrange
ment Nothing tangible could be
learned concerning these supposed
trips, however, and all talk in relation
to them must
Remain Merely Conjecture
until the return of these members and
their lips are unsealed.
The newspaper men in their endeavor
to get news concerning the progress of
the conference, spent weary day on
the sidewalks around the headquarters,
orders having been issued that report
er7 should not be admitted to the
building during the sessions of the
Board
The condition of affairs tonight may
be summed up in this paragraph:
The steel workers strike
against the United States Steel
Corporation is still unsettled.
The status of the contest is
unchanged, the men are fight
ing for every advantage, while
the companies involved are
strengthening their positions
ns much as possible, The con-
g. nf Of
general executive board of the
AmaigHmated AssO alton
which was expected to settle
the trouble one way the 9th
er to-day. adjourned Mt G
o'clock without accomplishing
its purpose.
he history of the day follows:
II was after IL o'clock when the COM
mtttee finally got together Three of
th ofiicials. Secretary John Williams,
Assistant Secretary M. F. Tighe and Ma
uonal Trustee John Morgan were not
present 1t was subsequently learned
mat the three absentees were out of the
ely and had taken their departure on
tifly trains. After elusive answers re-
earding their location, it was said that
taey were not very far away and were
expected to be present when the board
VAS called together tomorrow morning.
Where they had gone and what their
mission was could not be learned.
President shaner Was Called
10 z aecret conference with some one
imposed to be a representative of the
aited States Steel Corporation, during
de early morning hours. After the
Aeeting began its forma! proceedings,
te discussion was apparently lifeless.
Aueh of the time was spent by the mem
'eFs wandering about the other offices
the organization, only returning to
ike VI points that were apparently I'M
'er dispute.
Al noon the officials adjourned for
uheh. Taei remained away until after
clock, and then took up again the
oAterence with the same uncertain dis
-9sslons. President Shaffer was called
t7Aeatedly to the telephone and talked
ohs and earnestly with some one at
sae other end of the line. A recess
tdhen at frequent intervals showed that
much of the meeting was devoted to the
"Aiing of time, during the absence OF
eue officials who were on mysterious
missions.
Joseph Bishop, the secretary Of the
ohio Board Of Arbitration, was present
a' the discussions to-day. He left the
headquarters late in the afternoon with
Out making any statement At o'clock
resident Shaffer and Vice President