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Show I SI::! Firms Malic Bid, To End Sfrito AKT, ted," KoV-g XTV CIO tTaUed ateehverheni broke off eeatraot talks with Ialaad Btael at aooa, taet twa boon after they bad beea re sonmL A repreeeataUve of Gary local 141 saM eonpemy effleials refased to bMUeata whether they wonid aooep the Bethlehem Steel eettlenMat aa a Sana for a new eoatraot. ;By UnteaPnas 1 .' . 'f Two big steal companies announced an-nounced strike settlement offers Saturday, but coal industry sources predicted it would take Intervention Interven-tion by President Truman to end the mine walkout. Settlement offers in the steel strike were announced by Republic Steel, Ike nation's third largest producer, and by Jonas Laugh-lis Laugh-lis of Pittsburgh. . The striking CIO United Steelwork Steel-work ere, with President Philip Murray participating personally, promptly agreed to resume discus, sions with Republic. Both atdes aaid they were "very hopeful" of a quick settlement Like Bethlehem Pact .Republic ofAdabj said the offer was "similar" to tha Bethlehem Steal Co. pension and welfare seU tlemeaL An-agreement ertth Republic Re-public would send 44000 workers back to the nulla. Jones Laughna said it would present its offer to the union at a meeting at Pittsburgh Monday. Details of the offer arere not disclosed, dis-closed, but company officials said it was "somewhat similar" to the Bethlehem olan. Negotiations between the union and Inland Steal Co. at East Chicago, Chi-cago, Ind, wars broken off after brief meeting at which company com-pany officials asked that strikers be returned to their jobs pending settlement The union refused, but left the door open for further talks. , Besenee Meat Week . Pittsburgh Steal Co. announced that negotiations would be resumed re-sumed neat week, although tha company has mads no offer. The union extended the walkout I Sea Page t. Celonm 2 Sleel Firms Make Offers Conthroed tram Page On to five Timken Roller Bearing Co. plant Saturday but officer! met with Inland Steel officials to discuss dis-cuss the new demand baaed on the Bethlehem settlement. Two small firms, Luksn Steel at Coatesrille, Pa, and Northwestern North-western Steel and Wire Co. at Sterling, 111, agreed to the union terms last night. - The MOO Lukens workers will vote Sunday on the agreement The 1700 Northwestern Northwest-ern employes will vot on ratification ratifica-tion Saturday afternoon. Caus Monday Meet Chief federal mediator Cyrus Ching called a Monday meeting with southern coal producers but Industry sources believed President Presi-dent Truman would be forced to take Taft-Hartley action. John L, Lewis, who meets with his United Mine Workers policy committee at Chicago Monday, was expected to step up his campaign for separate peace with Illinois and Indiana mines although owners own-ers swore they would not settle apart from the rest of the industry. in-dustry. CJfilug net fjswhr 4ncvt0 faos 1 la Washington Friday, reportedly to warn him that the Taft-Hartley law would be used unless the strike ended soon. |