The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-23
$4,000 ON STRIKE
IN EAST PITTSBURG
13.OOO Westinghouse En-
plo,ccs Walk out and De-
mand an q Hour Day.
SOFT coal MEN TO QUIT

r%,rrsprri. April 22.-With more than
,1onu employees. including 5000 wonen
and eif.. on strike AT the Fast Iit;shure
r.,at e jc Westinghouse Electric and
Manu- turing Company. tho climax has
t,e, reached Nv ,hc worst epidemic Of
il.tri,i strikes in the history OF the
V.tt~ AK district.
Tvruty-f NJ thousand coal miners in
,Ae hilmlnous fields NJ this section were
.,Irr,d Tonight to strike by President
Van Rttucr and other union officials OF
plstii,t 40 =.
TN action toll wed refusal of the
o,cr,i,rs II the Iittsburg Coal Company
to abide by the agreement recently
reached i'm Sew York.
When TIE men were paid late this
afternoon those on yardage and dead
work did not get the . per cent increase
axed py the JOINT scale committee. The
order to strike followed Immediately.
Thi,tN-s.N strikes in all are alreaoy in
progress in this district. according to
Sheriff George W. Richards. About
30. ooo men are involved. In a majority
q, cases men employed by plants making
munitions ave taken advantage Of the
labor famine anu have struck for htsher
vase, or AN eight hpur day.
Although mechanics and laborcrs are
receiving the highest pay known in this
district they are demanding more.
Knowledge hat the manufacturers are
seaplrG fortunes has melted the men to
geek a wage share in the huge profits.
strike u Surprise.
The Westinchousc strike was a COM
r,ste surprise To the company. starting
Yesterday afternoon when 1000 men
walked out. the strike spread to-day
until the total number on strike was ee-
tma,ed by the company To be more than
10000. The company says the strike
took place without notice. The men re-
rly hat they sent a letter containing
demands for an eight hour day and got
no reply.
Al ,i-ht hoIr day is the chief de-
mand of the strikers. Most Of them
have been working nine n "A half hours
a day. They demand the same pay for
the reduced working hours. The strikers
also demard the reinstatement Of j. II.
Hall. a workman who was active In
previous strikes.
TIE days DEVELOPMENTS consisted or
p'cketirg the plant by strikers, thus pre-
venting hundreds from entering the
sn0klS, anu a ItIdlt anu u HIRES Y
ing AZ which plans were discussed for
extending the strike to include all the
Westinghouse industries In Turtle Creek
Valley. About $4,000 men are employed
/, ,he various Westinghouse plants.
THO arrest of two men for fighting In
the streets resulted in GOO strikers visit
,Ug the last rittsburg police station
and notifying chief Adam Sode that they
would tolerate no Interference from him
or his officers. As chief Sode had only
nine policemen he accepted the ultima
.uu iu great grace The men arrested
we're released on SO bail for trial. Chief
sol, SAID he you'd not increase his force
OF. hc declared that fifty men would he
o. no more use han nine men agains
'he strikers. The Sheriff would have to
protect he companX's property II pre-
serve rcsce. he said. Sheriff Richards
ard a squad Of deputies We're on the
~'epo al day. but there was no marked
disorder and 10 attempted violence
sSaiust ~. company's property.