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clare. That He win Even Protect
Imported WORK men viii Alss Guard
the Property Of the steel Csrpsrstiea
ia the Las, says Ne One Need Fear
4. Invest Money In the Tewu willing
4. pe Is,s Iun Duty 60 An Men.
NcKrEsrorr. Pa. Aug N.-Mayor Rob
ar ] Black has become alarmed at the
,hrea, of the merchants Of Mckeesport
% take a hand In the strike situation as
q .,ists in that city. He haA issued q nav
statement In which he takes back nearly
al that hs has said and promises To he
GOOD He offers the fullest protection 10
svery man deslrous of working. says he
r1u furnish protection TO the niis Of the
oIty. and generally admits that he has
made a mistake which ho seems anxious
"a rec,tfy Tho statement he gives out
to-day. and which he says he desires to be
considered as Official. is In tho form Of anpn-
,.ryiev. Tho questions and answers are:
.WIll YOU enforce all the laws you. az
Mayor. are sworn TO upholdf'
Yes
VIII YOU enforce the laws regardless Of
.hom they aneot''
Yes
III the United States Steel Corporation
opens ,,s mills In this city. win you protsct
n. property. a. y provided by lsw''
'Yes'
will you permit crowds OF man 70 oon-
sr.ss,s about the mills and interfere with
the prosecution OF work.
Il will allow no violence or disorder.
but strikers can uss all moral suasion With
.trks breakers and win not be intcrfered
With, 40 long a. they do not ovsrstep ths
provisions Of tho law
will you permit any lavlesmsss on the
streets Of McKsesporti'
NO
DO you guarantee the safety OF property
and persons 30 far a. the law contemplstes''
Yes. to extent Of my ability,
'will you guarantee to manufacturers
now here. or who may contemplate settlinG
here. all the protection they are entitled
TO under the laws Of the conmonweshhf'
Yea
viii you. 30 far A. your duty a. Mayor
1. concerned, make Il safe for all workunen
N proceed with their labor without un-
lawful molestationi'
While have no Use for what IL termed
sab whom consider q traitor to his
fellow-workmen. could not, as Mayor Of
the city, permit him 90 he injured 10y any
per-on IL a so-oalled 'scsb' is an orderly
man and causes no breach OF the peace.
the police department cannot interfere
With him. would not s~e him abused.
hut I reserve the right, and II is my duty,
70 svr~~t an persons coming under the head
Of suspicious characters. who may assemble
lere to create disorder on the streets or
about tn, milIs.
4 am personally in sympathy with the
striking mill men Of Mckessport. ! be-
hove in organized labor and l think the
men nov on strike are Justified In the stand
they have taken and hope they will win
,h..ir strike. ] believe I have the conf
depce Of the strikers and that every one
~ them will help me. IL necessary. TO pre-
serye order and protest property In this
div
Srcakiug further on the subject In q
general way the Mayor said;
4 want every property owner and mill
owner IN the city To understand that their
troperty Is safe here. There has been
ro danger IN that direction and do not be
love there will be- No mans Possessions
nr,, VA ieopardy here and no one need fear
the future Strikes are bound TO come
i1 every manufacturing town. but that is
rn reason for People To become panic
stricken or fearful that their property will
lss destroyed. l do not beheve that there
!. a uartirle of danger IN Mckeesport.
- far as am concerned, | wart every
prnp.ri owner la Mckeesport to f,el secure
In liz roS-sssion that the law ~ill be en-
forced n long as am Mayor Ia case oi
ronc-al disorder the law ve-.s In me all
N. powers possessed 10y tho Sheriff OF the
county | can enlarge tho police force
indefinitely I can depitize every citizen
IN the city IL necessary, and swear them Ia
a- special pnliccmen. have list Of names
~ INV orice now. to he uscd In case OF emer-
rancy, and the first li-t ! shall call viii
cover tho merchants and newspaper men.
The strikers will volunteer TO assist me
u " be necessary. .
l want 90 say again that factory and all
other property IL safe In Mckccsport.
mortgage securities or real estate here
In" city u not going TO the bow-wows.
The strikers do not wish to destroy property.
1t l. remarkable the good order we have
In this city. Here are about i2.cco idle men
On the streets II IL unnatural for them
TO have nothing TO do. and " they were
lswless body we would be having lots OF
trouble. but there i- no trouble. The city
l. as quiet as Presbyterian church gatf er-
ing There has been no disorder here
during my administ ration, and there In no
danger In my mind Of trouble now CT In ;hs
near future We are a law-abiding people.
and 40 far Ne my administration gos.-, we
viii 49, that u continues to br Law abiding.
Il am not arrsyed against corporations;
! grant them everything they are entitled
Ia under tine laws and win see that they g~t
their deserts When they break tho law
'hey must take the consequence the same
~ anv individual. My r~cord as n city
councilman proves that l always favored
an that was right and proper FOR the cor
p-lrAilnn- Nv record as Mayor proves
hat treA, them fairly. hut do not hc~i-