Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-27
$4,000 BETHLEHEM
. STEEL EMPLOYEES
TO Be CALLED OUT
Workers of Jones and
Laughlin Plants to Re-
ceive Same Order.
ON THEIR RESPONSE WILL
DEPEND FATE OF STRIKE.
Mill Operators Declare Worklnen
Arc Returning by the
Hundreds.
MORE DISORDER AT CLAIRTOS
Several Shots Arc Exchanged and
Clubs Are Swung in Pcnnsyl-
vania Town.
MORE DISORDER AT CLARION
Several Shots Arc Exchanged and
Clubs Arc Swung in Pcnnsyl-
yania Town.
tBv Universal Servicc.l

PITTSBURGH. PA, Sept. o6.-The
steel strike Will reach a climax Mon
day morning. accordi~S to statements
from mill owners and union leaders
tonight. On that day the 10000 en-
ployees of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany Will be called on to walk out,
simultaneously the $4,000 employees
of the Jones & Laughlin plants will bn
confronted with the same demand On
their response the fate of the whole
strike may depend. for these two cor
porations are the largest independents
steel interests in the country.
Mill owners in this district were
confident that comparatively few of tho
employees OF the two threatened COM
panies will quit work. Every day that
passes without extension OF the strike.
the idle men. =
Little Progress Made.
Even William z. Foster, the strike
made ,Sader, dn, conceded that no progress was
The Situation is practically. sta.
iiro1narE; in1msE WIN lS per cent OF tho steel
| industries OF the country shut down."
op,eratiins companies met this state
crS were returning by the hundreds
Between the conflicting claims there
! is no method by which an unprejudiced
II the daily reports from the Tiii mill
owners were true, enough men would
nhee the a re, returned 10 keep every plant in
=. big supply OF labor for emersency.
~ inc union leaders, statements were
men now in any mill TO grease the
machines, much less operate them.
Shots Exchanged In Clarion.
rhon But violence has decreased steadily.
burst of disorder at Charlton. in wbinh
2nf were exchanged and clubs swung
tdd todaS. SiScr Sns Inc devS,ny only clash recorded
secretary Foster called a meeting
OF OF. me ne national organization commit.
me bethlehem strike and consider how
10 10 interest the railroad brothcrhoods
III thc steel situation. '
Governors Cox, OF Ohio and Corn.
wei, OF West Virginia. made arranrc
ments to halt, with 500 deputy sheriffs,
-. aGpoItSu 6S movement of labor agitators
State. ""eti
,. The ceroner's jury virtually exon
Grated inc forces OF law and order from
Sneliings the union organizer. at Ma.
trona last month. and condemned tha
strike agitators.
Company Heopens Plant.
Bracke1rISss Les Msst Penn Steel company at
department the first operating func-
ton started this week This gain for
the mill owners was Offset by the for
We" SioHinS Oh the National Tube
WORKS l,s at Wheeling. where spasmodic
Ihc unions scored at YOUNGSTOWN.
where. in vote taken by strikers at
the brier Hills mills, it was decided.
by 10 TO 81 votes, not 20 return to
work.
The feasibility of cx ,ndins the
STRIKE into the shipyards of Charles
NJ. Schwao, who also controls the Beth
lchem Company. was discussed today
at union hcadqua rtcrs
carnegie CompHny's Statement.
Inc night statement of the Carne-
Cic steel Company reported continued
Improvement. adding:
by Monday morning we expect a ma
1orltE OF the men who went out will
nc back at work. This is the sentiss
mcnt OF the men themselves. The ten
dcncE TO return is evident in greater
number with every shift. More men
reported for work than ever today and
IN one plant there were more than We
conlI ~