New-York tribune., 1919-10-14
Committee of Is Rejects
1t, but Will Report 1t
to the Conference With.
out Recommendation
Public Group May
Draw New Scheme
Old Resolution Lost Re.
cause Employers Could
Not Accept 1t in Whole
keU York Tribune
WASHINGTON Bvreau
By Chester NJ. Wright

WASHINGTON, Oct. l3.-The Ma
tionai Industrial Conference will he
faced with fresh complication to.
morrow morning when the general
committee of fifteen reports the reso-
luton for arbitration OF the steel
strike without recommendation. SEN
tlment. which it had been expected
might change over Sunday, underwent
no change toward the resolution. but
became more fixed against it. This
was the chief development of an all
day meeting of the committee of ff-
teen.
The committee by unanimous yots
decided to maintain strict secrecy re-
gardlng what transpired in the meet
ing However, from unquestionably
reliable sources the chief facts con-
corning what had been done wers
learned
Emphasis was placed upon the con-
tentlon that the action OF the COM
mittce Of fifteen on the steel resolu
lon docs not mean the defeat of the
ldea expressed in the resolution. but
mat 1t means the dcfeaI of the resolu-
ton as IL stands.
Groups Sentiment Changes
lhe present resolution, there is the
pest OF reason for believing, would
nave passed the members of the puh
nc group IN the committee if a vote
had been taken on Friday. If that is
true, at least one vote in that groun
mas switched since that time. But it
Is regarded as highly probable that the
opposition IN that group to-day was
based upon the belief that support Of
the resolution as it stands would he
futile. ''
" hlle no one would characterize it
as such. there seems to be something
IN the nature OF an Understanding that
a new resolution covering the steel
strike wliI be presented TO the confer
ehce by the group of delegates repre-
sentlng the public. The resolution: it
IS sald, VIII aim to achieve the same
result as that contemplated in the res
olutlon disposed of by The committee
to-day.
1t will. however, differ in two main
respects. 1t will UNDERGO changes i.
language to meet objections Of .he en-
pioyers' group, and it will propose q
different method of selecting the con-
clliators. 1t is possible that reprcsen-
tatlon Of all workers in the steel in
dustry, whether at work or on strike.
may be sought in the new proposal
Employ ers Get Protests
Opinions differ here tonight as to
the outlook. Certainly something han
pened over Sunday that was not ex
pected. 1t is known that the employ
ers' delegates have been deluged with
le eiegrams. and it is not believed nat
General opinion seems 10 be that
nope need not be abandoned for an end:
of the steel strike. The employers will
not agree TO the resolution introduced
BY labor. II is regarded as possible,
however, that resolution coming from
the public group, altered in language
and selecting concilators in some
other way, may find favor with them.
How Committee Divided
As the vote stood to-day the steel
ie solution got the solid vote Of labor.
two votes in the group representing
ers' group. Among the employers. J.
\. Tittenmore, of the American Society
Of Equity, voted for the resolution. II
the public group Lillian d. Wald and
Charles Edward Russell cast the affirm '
stive votes. Had the vote been by ma
ioritv the resolution would have been
adopted.
Some Of the delegates are particu-
.ariy concerned over the outlook be-
cause Of the danger of q coal strike on
November !, believing that If tie steel
strike issue cannot De met with sue
cess the conference wlll be Of no ser
vice in either aVertlng Or settling any
other dispute. I. was with other strikes
n yiew. and probably with the pros
pect!vo coal strike itself in view, that
he general committee at the, outset
adopted n resolution regarding investi-
cation Of strikes that opened the way
for the conference TO inject itself into
any dispute that it deems Of sufficient
Importance.
Take Up Collective Bargaining
The work OF the committee day
vas not confined TO the steel strike.
The question Of collective bargaining
vas taken up this afternoon, but not
Of.
Three new committees were agreed
upon to-day by the general commit
zee. To these committees. it Is plan
ned TO refer q group Of subjects in
cluding wages. hours. working condi-
tions, women in industry and immi-
grafton. This makes total Of FIVE
committees, in addition to the general
committee which viii reserve 10 it
self the more important matters.
The committee also decided 20 recon-
mend for adoption q resolution pre-
sented by the employers group. asking
that whc. the 1920 census is taken
data be secured wchich Will BE 'illumi-
native o. the industrial situation.'