Arizona republican., 1919-09-26
$ MORAL |SSUESPREvENT
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 NON SAYS CARY
U. s. Steel Directors Act Only in Behalf of Thous- ands of Stockholders = Declines Proffer of Fitz- patrick, Who Promises Wars End
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NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-After being shown an Associated Press dispatch quoting John Fitzpatrick, director gen. eral of the steel strike, as saying the walkout would end immediately if. the United States Steel corporation would arbitrate differences, Ebert H. Gary, directing head Of the corporation, de- clared in a statement tonight, speak ing for himself, that he believed the board of directors "can not negotiate or confer with MT. Fitzpatrick or his associates
 Mir. Gary was shown the dispatch while he was attending a dinner given here today by Baron Kondo, president of the Japan Mail Steamship company and was asked to make some com ment. Breaking the silence he has maintained since the beginning of the strike, MT. Gary wrote a statement while seated at the table, and then calling the newspaper men into the hall, read it to them.
 ''The board of directors of the United States Steel corporation are the representatives of nearly 156, 900 stockholders including from 60,000 to 10000 employees said the statement. We are their servants and are se- lected to represent and protect their interests and also the interests of all our 250.000 employees, the majority of whom I think are not members of labor unions.
 Moreover, I believe our corporation is under great obligations to the gen eral public concerning the issues in- volved in the pending strike. In these | circumstances I would not at present assume to answer the question pro- pounded to me.
 | However, I will say for myself thai questions of moral principle can no be arbitrated nor compromised and 1T my opinion such questions are in cluded in the present unfortunate | struggle. I also think we can moi negotiate or confer with MT. Fitzpat rick and his associates as union leader. concerning our employees whom thest gentlemen have volunteered to rep sent"
 PITTSBURG, Sept. 25-President E R. Grace of the Bethlehem Steel com pany has refused a conference to tn steel workers national committee ant declares that his company will not de part from its present system of col lective bargaining with it's employees William z. Foster, secretary of the na tional committee for organizing stee and iron workers, announced here to night
 l After considering the steel com pany's reply, Secretary Foster said tha the national advisory committee ha decided to notify the employees of tn Bethlehem company of MT. Grace attitude and refer the matter to tn
 national committee for organizing fro and steel workers.
 Mir Foster said that the nations } committee would be summoned to mee in Pittsburg at the earliest possibl [ moment He indicated that the callin l of a strike in the Bethlehem plant l to become effective Monday morning September 29 was quite probable.
 The Bethlehem Steel company is tn
 largest independent steel corporatio
 in the United States, employing be
 tween 10000 and 50,000 men. M
 Foster said. The company has plant
 in South Bethlehem, Lebanon, Titus
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