Show 1 LA t I FAILED TO AGREE I Jt its ts to fo Stop St p the Strike e of oft t Trust Employees ees WILL TODAY TODA I I 1 I oa m mL s ABS tR A TO I Ir r L B t f t I 1 Pt rc P July 11 The labor Jabor at fh Hotel Lincoln today I failed to come to any agreement acree nt An A j I conference wilt will be held tomor tomorrow I row The object ob t of f the conference was wasI I the tile ett ett f of the strike ordered by byi bythe i the J Association of Iron IronI I 1 Steel aid Lid Tin Workers in the mills of j the American Sheet Steel company and andin andin in ba those of the American Steel Hoop company The conference also al o had bad another purpose e in view the prevention tion Uon of a general strike in all the mills controlled by the United States Steel i corporation the two companies in h Whose w mil the strike had been or 01 ordered ordered dered being constituent companies of or orthe the treat great steel teel combine Twe Tw sessions of the conference were held today The TIle nest first convened shortly I i after 10 in the morning At AtI I noon th hs meeting adjourned for dinner At t j in the afternoon the see sec second ond oDd session aelon was convened and was 4 t continued until 3 Ar At a settle ettJe settlement I ment nt within a reasonable time thee was seen to be out of the question the con conference conference ference adjourned to meet at 10 tomorrow morning The workers work organization organisation was represented seated by the general executive com cent committee committee centI I the highest body in the ocl a association I Mien It is I composed of the national and the vice rice presidents of the I t J 1 different districts and this was the th thI time in the history of the as association I sedation that it had been called to together together gether The TAe members of the commit committee L tee are President T 1 J Shaffer Shatter sec see secretary secretary rotary treasurer John Williams as assistant asi i tant secretary retry M IL F Tighe business I manager Benjamin I Davis Davia Trus Trustees Trustee Trustees tees tee John Pierce Pittsburg Ellas Elias Jen Jenki kills ki Youngstown 0 O J B Morgan organ Cambridge e O 0 Vice presidents First district dl Davis Reese Pittsburg See Sec Second ond end district Walter Larking Martins Ferry Fern er 0 O Third district Charles H HI I Davis Dv Newport Ky Fifth district Clem C Jarvis Jarvie Anderson Ind Sixth dis district John F Ward Youngstown Youn town 0 O Seventh district F J Williams Bir Birmingham j mingham Ala ls la Eighth district John Johnr r Chappe Newcastle Pa Ninth die dis district I trIet John W Quinn Granite City HI Dl Steel There Thre Th steel interests at the conference J were represented sited by John Warner of New York ef of the operating de department department of the Sheet Steel company I 1 1 W Jenka Jenks of or o Pittsburg manager of r th American Steel Hoop company k Hoyt Preston ton New York late president pre t of the American Steel Pi op company I L warner Wrner A Arms and V l SL M Leeds L j L K Ww w York vice presidents of or the f f American Tin Tift Plate Flue company and t L Charles W Bray of or Pittsburg chief en engineer I 1 meer of the same company The United States Steel corporation is said JT t to have been Indirectly represented by f Xe Warner and Preston gi At the afternoon an session lon e President 4 Shaffer Shafter er in hi behalf of the Amalgamated J r association formally presented the case toy for the organised workers and the g A strikers He lie laid stress ree upon up the fact fat that until tB this oi year the union hat had made madeno madet t no M 4 directly tit oree fA in all 0 th pianos of ot tIle tie c lor fr the mason that it is thought t best t to have that tUt mo movement t originate and aDd be e car er rd on among the workmen in the thet t mOIL mills Sine Sl Since last JUt year yr however a new con dillon confronted the union men Th officials of the various companies had plainly indicated he be said that they j are aft working world on Oft a policy for operating theIr nonunion plants in preference to the tile union mills and only working the th latter tetter when It is Absolutely b necessary TIlls This plan pisa P he ho declared is forcing foring the onion alden men to desert the organisation organization in order to get ft work The idle mills LeAD being and the union men being rendered poverty stricken as the price tor f s betes bela m berR n of or the organization 4 either that the Amalgamated as asH H is going to tn be disbanded 1 a or all a II the nonunion mills milla will have bave to 10 Y hi b r made union so RO that equal will Ill be given to all allt t Matter latter of Life or Death Deth Dea It was waa a matter of life Ufe and death for thc tho Amalgamated association that the tb nonunion mills be done away sway with Mr Shaffer haffer said Bald The alleged methods j adopted by the American Sh et t Steel t in practically starving the employees of the Old mills mil to in Scottdale into a nonunion agreement waa vaa elaborated on and the demand made by that company that Ut the mill miU be blet left Lef out et tf the tha scale eaJe entirely in the future was wu taken as an Indication of or I what hat the tha general 1 plant of the it is in dealing with the Amalgamated as association Sedation It meant he said slow star tar starvation i or else complete surrender Uneader to toffie tile the company y and the giving up of all nh rights to organized M union in thir th ir i antL In reply to the statements of Prest Preel f dent t Shaffer the officers of the various 1 companies present g ve an outline of l f their potion position They any intention IntenT Intention T I tion ton 01 oZ 01 working an sit injustice toward J c Hion Ion workmen in their mil mills The feel fl I I for the lad had al always always ing Amalgamated men j jw w ways a s been fri friendly they said saia and they 1 I had no desire to force any trouble I among them The Tb tone on was amicable and it was waa apparent that t the manufacturers turen representative were ere prepared to go a long way to gain n a peaceful pea so 80 solution of Hit u existing difficulties The member of the two conference committees began presenting pre entin arcu arguments ments in favor of ot their different positions positions in the trouble and this continued until S 5 in the Ute afternoon when whenby whenby by agreement the meeting was ad adjourned adjourned until 10 18 tomorrow morning Both sides said aid thi they had bad more arguments to present pr i 1 sup support support sUPport port of their propositions before the issue laue is Ig taken take up for arbitration I |