Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-22

trates mean to maintain civic order at all
costs. Hereafter l want it very clearly un-
derstood any one who is arrested In con-
nection with the strike disorders Will be
made to feel the utmost penalty of the law.
The police department, myself, director j.
O. Brown and Superintendent Leslie, no
matter how our personal sympathies go,
have but one duty to perform. and that is
to protect the commonwealth, and this
duty will be fulfilled at all hazards.
officers VIII Do Their Duty.
Inspector Henry Whitehouse is an eff
cient officer and he and other officers are
sent down to the various works to do their
duty and they will do it. 1t is now the
duty of the officers of the Amalgamated
Association to inform the men who have
been arrested. Snd those not arrested that
strikers must not congregate at the mills
at the street corners, or even on the streets,
and that If they do sO especially after this
warning, it will be the duty of the magis-
tIates to impose on them the utmost pen
atty of the law. 1t is a disgraceful state
of affairs when the police, as in this case
had to draw their revolvers to protect those
whom they had arrested from being taken
from the patrol wagon The excuse that
these men did not understand English VIII
not count. On other and less important
occasions they understand it very well,
but when they get into trouble they plead
as an excuse the fact that they are from
foreign country. speaking foreign tongue
understood that the laws of this country
to which they have come to earn their
bread are to be fully enforced at an
hazards and that ignorance of them or Oh
the language will not be accepted as a
plea"
Excitement In McKeespOrt.
There was much excitement in Mckees-
port last night, especially about the DENIM
Ter tin plate works.
Saveral hundred strikers assembled about
the plant to thwart any attempt to intro
duce non-union men, which was expected
to take place during the night.
There was a report circulated that the
works would resume today, and the strlk-
erS kept up their vigilance until daylight
this morning, but no non-un1on men were
taken into the works and all is quiet there
now.
However, three furnaces were lighted yes
terday and everything points to an early
resumption of operations. The plant is the
pioneer in the tin plate industry in the
United States. and when running full en-
ploys about 500 men.
The report that the Amalgamated Asso-
citation will enter suits against the operat-
ing companies of the United States Steel
Corporation, charging violation of the
pennsylvania law respecting the discharge
of union labor, is denied by William ].
Brennan, solicitor for the workers organi-
zation, who said that the association will
not seek to terminate the strike by ltiga-
tion or attack the legality of the United
States Steel Corporation in the courts
Notices to the Strikers.
Notices have been posted at the National
Tube Works, McKeesport, requesting the
strikers to call at the company offices to-
morrow and Saturday and receive their
money
The strikers are guessing as to what the
move made by the company means. Many
think that the company is through with the
men, and effort may be made to open
the mills with new men in case the old
employees do not return.
1t was reported at McKeesport that the
National Tube Company would ask every
employe when he calls for his money
whether he wants to return to work, and If
enough men signify their intention to re-
turn the mill will be started Monday, but
the story could not be confirmed at the
companys Office. An official of the tube
works made the statement that the COM
pany was receiving letters from all over
the country from skilled workmen making
application for positions.
The fires in the bar mill of the Painter
plant were lighted this morning and prepa-
rations made to start the mill. According
to Manager Harper, many of the old men
are back at work and more are coming in
each day. He expects to have the entire
plant running next week.