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Show 'RICE PROBLEMS MUST AWAIT PEACE, SAYS WILSON 9HTY-EIBHT is m IS llEfi ions Tell Wilson iey Must Have As-rance As-rance That Judge iry Will Arbitrate. ,ders Express Regret Necessity of Step; jcision Reached Af-r Af-r All-Day Session. hlc-.s-o Tribune Special S-rvice.) .SHINiiTON. Sept. 9. I'nless "lo:i: Wilson can give assurances l forty-eight hours that K, II. oLairr.'.aa or the board of the 1 S;:i:es Steel corporation, will it to arbitrate irrievances with er-si er-si s:oe! workers a strike will be aoiir-st t lie coqvration. ' j cieoisien was reached tonight aQ all-day executive session of on ir.d steel orar.i.tation eommil-lj eommil-lj the presidents ot tweuty-ot'.e : the twenty-four international it-sed in the steel industry. Meujh V.'illiam Z. Foster, secretr.ry t conference, reftised to give ou: ..aawrow any publie statenieiit of - transpired, it is known thai - Bowtrie decisive steps were taken: . . telegram was sent to President i iaforming him that much as the leaders regret the necessity of the ' te strii.e will be called, unless he "..ye assurances within forty-eight : ti.at Gary will eonfonl to arbi- coiaauttee of five was appointed " i conference to launch the strike . t iJe'.ay ia case the president is to give a satisfactory reply. - )poin:n;ent of this committee in " evidence of the turn of events I1 by the sti.:l workers. ;-.nnfj-jr.cpir.ent was made that aft- lorry-eight hours ultimatum ex- : will not take more than a week '.-eh the strike, and the attitude of 1 afcrence was set down in black -.- lite in resolutions adopted unani-; unani-; which it is expected will be c itiblic tomorrow. ! WILSON : SCOURAGED. ; -niajion as to President "Wilson's i "i to Saaiujl Gompers on the tr.ation was also obtained today. ,- eleeruin stated in effect, it is ;-:0'l, that the 'president is very ... nragcj-" over tiio belligerent at-ft at-ft the steel corporation heads. ' the labor leaders to post- mal action until after the ses-,. ses-,. f the joint industrial conference ; 'Fned at the White House Oc-... Oc-... The telegram virtually ndmit-: ndmit-: t ail efforts of the president to Judge Gary to arbitrate had i,vai". out pleaded with the labor . show- themselves more roason-ucceptinu, roason-ucceptinu, rebuff p;,ssively ie October conference had given ; "nit-v 'o straighten out the is- f her or not to abide by the presi-r presi-r fe'iuest was the principal sub-... sub-... ''Hussion at the executive ses-; ses-; '.v. It is stated that this could '"ivc boon accomplished but y tMt,;.s: c "' ''he killing of striking steel and the wounding of fifteen ""pany guards and police at .ar,t Steel Car company's plant Ind., today, repeated " jersocution " of ' a,or rgaim.ers in the Pittsburg . one of four organizers fined Piece yesterday for holding ''-' mgs being William Z. Fos- '-'Jiy of die oreanizatiou com-: com-: ',,,! "f today's conference. ' leaders said that with these ' eulniinating a long series i I""1 r'rP:lni;'-l labor in the "- would be impossible to '. "nwd on PagelfJoliiinjiTr- STEEL WORKERS' III BP Ef S (Couiinuoil From Fujifl O110.) lunger hold their rnnk ami lilt' in lino. Tho temper of oraiiicd 1 ; 1 1 m r in lint sUud coul rnlleil cities of western I'enn-rtylvnn'ui I'enn-rtylvnn'ui mid 1 hereabout s h s;iid to bo strained to tin breaKin ni til . Thorn is undisguised regret, nniotij; tho steel iiuMi that no oiiteomo hut. tlio strike seems possible, but this ivret is now submerged by a (let erin i ua t inn to make the strike successful when il is called. And them seems little likelihood likeli-hood now of averting it. TI10 labor leaders point out that unless capital is willing to reconi'.e the existence of oran i,ed labor nothing can be gained by having representatives of orcein i;vd labor con for with re prose 11 1 a t i es of capital at the October conference called by the president. They are extremely bitter with the attitude of .ludo,o Oary in refusing to hold any conversation wilh the duly elected vi it ion represou-tat represou-tat ives. TK' nr(jaii ia t ions represent od in the conference were as follows: linilher hood of Hindi sm it lis, I Irot li"ilimnl of lloilen Makers and 1 ron Shipbuilders of Anierioa, I'nited Uriel; and 'l:iy Workers; Work-ers; Hricklayors, Plasterers and .Masons ' 1 a t erna t ion a 1 un ions ; i'.riib'e ami SI rue -tnral Iron Workers; Coopers' Iniorna-t Iniorna-t ional union; International I i rot ho i In od of Klectrical Workers; I'touolrv I!m-I'lovees; I!m-I'lovees; Iron. Steel ami Tin Workers; Machinists; .Metal Polisher Mine, Mill and SinelU'r Workers; failed Mine Workers ; Mulders' union; I 'a 1 1 era Makers ' league ; J 'lumbers and Steam Kit tors; (Quarry Workers; Kail way Carmen of America; Seamen's Vnion of America; KluW Melnl Workers; Sta tionary firemen; Steam and Operaiiny fn pincers ; Steam Shovel and Orede-men; Orede-men; Switidimen's union. |