The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-08-04
TO REACH
AGREEMENT FAIL
Neither Side Will Make Any
Concessions.
THE DIVISION WlDENS
Indications Point to Fiercer Strug-
gle Than Before.
THE UNION GIVES OUT A STATEMENT
Terms the Steel Trust Offer Declared 10 be
Harder Than Those Offered al Begin
ming Of Strike. More Negroes
For the Mills.
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Aug. 3.-Another effort to
perfect a permanent truce between the
great army of steel workers and the
giant corporation which employs it has
failed and tonight the conflicting sides
are as sharply and widely divided as ever.
The leaders on either side met here again
this morning and after day of fruit
less conference and discussion, parted
in spirit that shows no tinge of con-
ciliation. Neither side would surrender
a position or concede a point in the dis
pute in which they are involved, and pres
ent indications point to a renewal with
vigor of the struggle. The first confer
ence of the day was between President
Shaffer and twelve of his associates on
the executive board of the Amalgamated
Association and group of officials of the
United States Steel Corporation headed
by j. Pierpont Morgan and President
Charles NJ. Schwab. AT the end of an
hour the conferees parted having failed
to reach an agreement The second con-
fenence was participated in only by the
officials of the Amalgamated Associations
1t wa a secret session lasting for over
two hours, at the close of which the fol-
lowing statement was given to the press:
I'VE, the members of the executive
board of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, considering
1t incumbent upon us to enlghten the
public through the press, with reference
to the present relations between our as
sociation and the United States Steel
Corporation, present the following state
ment:
THE officials of the United States
Steel Corporation, instead of resuming
negotiations where they were suspended
at the conference held on July 18th, 18th
and 18th. have withdrawn the PROPOSE
tions made at that time and are now
Offering much less than agreed to sign
for then. The following is the PROPOSE
tion which the United States Steel Cor
poration gave us today as it's 'ultimatum
ut will be observed that the preamble
states simply that the United States
Steel Corporation officials will advise
settlement by the underlined companies
" Preamble, conditions under which we
are willing to advise a settlement of the
labor difficulties:
." Tin Plate Company.-Should proceed
under the contract sikned with the Anal
gamated Association as of July 1st, 1901.
p" American Steel Hoop Company
Company should sign scale for all mills
owned by the American Steel Hoop Com
pany that were signed for last year
American Sheet Steel Company
Company should sign the scale for all
the mills of this company that were
signed for last year, except the old Mead
ow MILL and the Salisbury Mills.
The strikers proposition:
I'VE desire to preface our proposition
by directing attention to the fact that it
is modification of that which was offered
originally. At the last conference. as at
those preceding it were required the sig
nature OF the scales for all the mills
owned and operated by the United States
Steel Corporation, while in the PROPOSE
tion given below, we ask that the scales
be signed for none but those mills which
are organized and where the men ceasine
to work have signfied their desire to be
connected with the Amalgamated Aso-
citation.
This modification has been made be-
cause the trust officials declared that we
wished to force men into the organization
against their will and desire. We there
fore asked that the scale be signed for
only those men who desired it.
Now comes the proposition of the
Amalgamated Association:
I'VE, the members of the Executive
Board of the Amalgamated Association.
hereby present she following proposition
as reply to that received from the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation:
''Sheet mills-all mills signed for last
year, with the exception OF Salisbury and
Scottsburg and with the addition of Nc
Keesport and Wellsville
Hoop mills-all mills now known to
be organized, viz: Youngstown, Girard.
Greenville. Pomeroy, Warren, Lindsay,
McCutcheon, Clark, Bar Mill Monessen
Mingo. II inch, inch and hoop mills of
the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company.
Tin mills-all mills except Monessen
Mote: II other matters of detail to
be left for settlement by conference
I'VE furthermore wish to state that
our purpose in coming to New York was
not because we doubted our President
T. j. Shaffer and our Secretary, John
Williams, who have our confidence and
endorsement, but in the hope of obtaining
a settlement of the strike"
The meeting between the representa-
tives of the strikers and the officials of
the Steel CORPORATION was arranged by