New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
STRIKERS ARE SULLEN
SAY THEY WILL FIGHT
TO A FINISH.
Injunction Planned to End Steel
Strike at MGKee's Rocks-Out-
break at Lyndor1 Plant

Pittsburg July 17-Despite the assertion OF
| President F. N Hoffstot of the Pressed Steel
! Car Company that there is no strike " the enl
| tire plant of the company at McKee's Rocks
manned idle and in state Of siege to-day,
To conlpleate the situation, I'VE hundred strik-
| ing employees of the STANDARD Steel Company,
at Lyndora. Penn, rioted this morning Several
| foreigners were hurt
| With the exception of the office force and
( some two hundred shop employees, most Of them
| gang foremen without men, the Pressed Steel
| plant is entirely in the hands Of armed force
| Of deputy sherlffs factory police and mounted
! state consta buIary, who preserve an inpere-
! trable Gordon about the plant and ruthessly
disperse all groups as soon they formed.
! The strikers maintain a sullen and threaten
ing attitude, but save an occasional trivial dis
| turbance following the arrest of townsnlan for
jeering deputy sheriff, or for not moving fast
enough at the urging Of the eonstabulary horses
! the day passed without serious violence
In a proclamation issued o-nisht the striki
ers cite thirteen instances Of actual wages paid
| to workingnen under the pooling system which
they assert are illustrative Of the conditions
existing at the McKees Rocks plant In one
lnstance forty five hours work brought only 80
cents pay; in another. a riveter working f30
hours received only s14 80. In not one Of the
| thirteen cases cited was the average hour wage
more than Il cents. The proclamation closes
with the assertion that the fight is to be TO
finish" and with the promise that violence
shall be used.
The mounted troopers OF the state constabu1
larry ruling the affected section with an iron
hand Tonight several hundred idle sight
seers who had journeyed 10 the plant from
Pittsburg expecting further rioting found their
way barred by q detachment OF the troopers.
who occupied the bridge leading into McKees
Rocks over the railroad tracks.
There were some minor clashes at this point,
but the forcible arguments used upon tndivid-
ual members Of the crowd by the mounted con-
stabularv prevented whatever organised dernoni
stration had been planned.
Two representatives Of the Austro- Hungarian
Consul at Pittsburg addressed the strikers this
afternoon. They advised against disorder and
impressed upon the men the fact that rtoting
should NOT be indulged in
INJUNCTION TO BREAK STRIKE.
\ court injunction as a means Of breaking up
the striko was introduced to-day. when the
Pi.tstury Public Defence Association fled suit
In tae Common Pleas Court gainst the Pressed
steel Car Company the striking me7 and the
Sheriff Of Allegheny County. The piIl of equity
while an amicabie one. WILL IT IS thought, pre-
ent serious rioting of any kind in the future
hearing viii probably be held on Wednesday
For the first time since the beginning of the
strike an effectual attempt the part OF the
strikers 70 organize themselves into some SEM
hIance of order was brought about to-day at
meeting held on the famous Indian Mound. near
the car company's plant.
The meeting of the strikers was peaceable
and quiet Orators asked the men 10 be patient
and exercise Judgment in what they said and
did Cheers greeted the remarks Of the speak
ers who were OF different natioHalities and
spoke in several languages.
A fair sized fund was raised at the meeting.
Strikers and their sympathizers gave from 81
to s. to general account TO be used in lighting
the car company for ct least a month
The situation is summed up In the statement
Of lieutenant OF the constabuIary, who said:
L thoroughly convinced that for the pres-
e1t We have the riot tide on the ebb. I antic.
pate no further trouble. What tho first OF the
week win bring forth 1 cannot say We are
prepared for a long siege here and intend to put
down tho mob spirit that seems TO pervade these
strikers If we remain here the rest of the sum-
mer"
DISTURBANCE AT FERRY.
The chief disturbance to-day took place at 9
O'Clock, when the Office force Of the COM
pany attempted TO cross the ohio River In a
ferryboat and report for work.
The strikers pickets stationed along the river
bank signalIed TO comrades near the car plant
crowd Of half thousand persons formed from
seemingly nowhere. The Office force on disem-
barking was greeted with boots and catcaIls
Bricks and stones began flying. The Office men
beat hs sty retreat to the ferryboat, While of
icers arriving on the scene rushed the crowd
and beat about them with riot maces. 1t was
renorted that one striker was beaten uncon-
scious by deputy
Fourteen additional alleged strike leaders are
now under arrest and held in the box car iails
Dv the constabulary. The arrests were made
ouietIy last night The men viii be brought to
the Allegheny County Jail and held over until
Monday 10 await filed information
active plans are now being made by the COM
nanv to resume operations on Monday with as
many men as possible. Eighteen months ago,
when the plant was running to capacity. l0.2S6 !
men were at work. Officials of the company
state that II, 900 men can be used when all de-
partrhents are working.
Relatives of the arrested strikers are coming |
t6 their assistance To-day six of the men being |
held in the county Jail we're admitted to ball. |
each in the sum of 1900 furnished by persons |
related to the prisoners. There are now sixteen
men. who are opposed to the strike
on charges of riot
VIOLENCE IN LYNDORA STRIKE
Violence occurred this morning at the plant of
the Standard Steel Car Company at Lyndora
savAral foreigners were injured one seriously |
Sheriff Caldwell directed urgent messages 10 |
Harrisburg asking FOR state constabulary- A |
message from Harrisburg instruets the sheriff |
n swear in deputies, and says no troops viii be |
sent unless the situation becomes more serious
Five hundred foreign workmen at the plant |
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