. The National Civic Federation review . -ing to secure harmonious relations between laborand capital in the great industries of iron and steel,inland water transportation, and iron molding, have re-cently been formed. These agreements _ are of impor-tance even wider than these industries, since they affectfavorably, because of their interwoven relations, manyother spheres of production, and have a direct tend-ency to ensure stable conditions in every branch oftrade. In addition to these, the Chicago, Burlington& Quincy Railroad, which has refused to recognizeorganized labor since its bitter a
. The National Civic Federation review . -ing to secure harmonious relations between laborand capital in the great industries of iron and steel,inland water transportation, and iron molding, have re-cently been formed. These agreements _ are of impor-tance even wider than these industries, since they affectfavorably, because of their interwoven relations, manyother spheres of production, and have a direct tend-ency to ensure stable conditions in every branch oftrade. In addition to these, the Chicago, Burlington& Quincy Railroad, which has refused to recognizeorganized labor since its bitter and noted strike in1886, has resumed the policy of conference and col-lective contracts with its employees. IRON, STEEL AND TIN. The assurance of peace in the iron and steel industryduring the coming year, accompanied by the abandon-ment of the restriction of output by the AmalgamatedAssociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, is thehighly important result of conferences in June andJuly between delegates of the organized wage earners. HENRY PHIPPS,Director U. S. Steel Corporation. and representatives of two of the largest employingcorporations in the country. These are the RepublicIron and Steel Company, with which an agreementwas reached at Detroit on June 9, and with the Ameri-can Sheet and Tin Plate Company, which was signedat Pittsburg on July 3. Among those active in thenegotiations on the part of the Amalgamated Asso-ciation were its President, Theodore J. Shaffer, itsPresident-elect, P. J. McArdle, and its Secretary andTreasurer, John Williams. The Republic Iron andSteel Company presented its terms through its Presi-dent, Alexis W. Thompson, and its Vice-President,Archibald W. Houston; while on behalf of theAmerican Sheet and Tin Plate Company, the scaleswere signed by its President, John A. Topping, andits First Vice-President, C. W. Bray. The new scalefixes eight hours as a days work in finishing millsworking three turns, which is to be done whereverpracticable; and eig
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