The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-23
GREAT STRIKE


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i tConrinnaa from fnEv nnr,
4 Il shcuid sas the sifnuaicn lock
4 very MIR. for my he said. I'VE ar
greatly encouraged and anticipate /
\ stessdy extension OF thu Strfks="
i Sewen persons Including twn wpsr,
ZEN were shot in The streets of New
| csaatel today during n fight betwees
! strikers and their sympathfzers o,
ore eide and police, deputy sheriff
and ts,nl guards pfi tha ofhar 1-hi
| was the fsaast serious Of several epet
! CLASHES between officers Of the Law
| and the nnieu forces. Tisewher,
crowds were driven from assernbl,
/ nv mounted ceustabuiary and hun
/ arNus OF hesds ware bruised by batons
The Newcastle clash occurred Ii
front of the Carnegie Steel Co. plant
on Mesavsa street MT sundewn wher
| the day shift came off and tho might
shfft began tn file through The Eatea
| Fer half an hour the crowd of aof
mon and w1men Rurgsd back and
forth wfI1a the pallce and special
guards attempted To heats thera back.
kvolver shots sounded bcYe tiaa
tura,ilt at frequent intervals and b
woman seeking. her son. who ss e.r,-
piuysd In the plant, dropped bleeding
| from n bullet wound. Anrthcr wo-
man standing In q doorway fell with "a
bullet IN her neck and another III her
leg. Stones and bricks came II, vol
less as the mob struggled until by
sheer physical force the guards and
police scattered them.
AT the Carnegie plant In Homo
stead "a crowd gathered and refused
TO disperse at the command of state
conatas 5alary. Eleven men were ar
fy@r nh a
through the raassea ruen.
Al Clarion. where union men claim
one striker was killed. the police re-
ports show eight shots were fred.
strikers were searched fer weapons.
Deputies ahertffs claim to have found
seventeen Tevolvers In workrnens
pock cts Union organizers denied It.
Investigation Of the clash at Clair
ton yesterday revealed that three men
and women were beaten by n1aces In
tho hands Of constabulary
Secretary Forester charged that in
Elwood City disc harged soldiers were
wearing army uniforms white guard
ing steel mills. 10 make workmen be-
lleye federal troops had been called
outs and he added
The operators think they can In
umidate our men by turning Ameri~
can soldiers into hired gunner. Its
the same. policy that inspires them Ia
threaten with arrest ANY persons who
refuse TO return 10 work in the mills
the s5une policy that has compelled
snopkaepers To refuse credit to our
mem berg"
the Carnegie company mills began
to develop as centnrs of violence aftgr
il was stated that three OF the seven
mills at Youngsto own were out of
comm iaSion and that the unions were
making deep inroads into the rest OF
the plants
CARN E&IE 60. OPTIMISTIC.
The mill operators in this district
concede that The industry has been
hard hit by the strike but maintain an
optimistic outlook In the end they
Viii WIN, they assert. though the strug-
gle may toe long and unpleasant
The unions drive is focusing to-
! night on the blast furnaces Of the
+ rolling mills, Every fire banked or
I drawn means thousands Of idle men.
although they may not All be strik-
/ ers,
Union leaders and company officers
admitted that tomorrow night will
show a situation sifted down 10 hard
facts from which clean~cut estimates
may be made.
| The Carnegie Steel company. in q
denial tonight OF claims made by
| union men az to tire extent of thf
strike, authorized this statenent.
| we are in better general shape 10.
night than we were during tho day
and the situation In pleasing under
the circumstance, Our greatest con
Germ IL at the blast furnaces, some p
which have been banked because o.
the shortage of common labor Bu
as far as the skilled element lis con
cerned, the detection Ia practically
nil. Ninety-tjye per cent of the Amert
| can mon remained at work"
| The companys statement review.
the events OF the day, telling which
plants are operating at 100 per cen
! OF efficiency, which are on a graded
! percentage and which have beer
closed.
The statement contained no nota O
peesinlisrn over the ultimate outcome
Two prominent labor lenders wer,
arrested yesterday in Nick eesport
l Pa, after the police were informed
| that "A mass meeting WAS to he held
Il The frlsn arrested were John fatter
son. Of Chicago, vice-president of tn
! Brotherhood of Carmen, and J. /.
! Reaghcn, Vice president Of the Cen
! tsa k. A~ahar' fErson ct r5ytshure Bat1
ff;we,n .utft Ia ja j, ~eha9ged si9h3tatsas
derby conduct
7 More than 500 persons vera ar
rested In Fittshurr and vicinity las
/ night on various chargss, and Their
arc many more suffering from NOR,
OF less serious injuries.
/ a man's ear was torn half off II
| Braddock, and virtually every one O
the 100 communities in the distric-
reported one or more persons hurt II
clashes between lahorers and officers
Al midnight the whole eAfleghen,
district was under the appearance 8
martial Law and an oruinous tensit'
| prevailed among the hundred towns
and cities supported hy steel mills.
| Secretary Foster commented an
! grily on the action or tho authors
! tffsF,
'"rher0 would he no disorder al al
were IL not for the state eonstabu1ary
who arc here to make disorder The,
are carrying out their instructions II
n" last letter. Cossneks. tho work
mcn call hem. but the word It's no
strong nnough They are profess
sional nfprderers ard they work well
MAN REPORTED KILLED,
In Charlton. / ana told that the,
ktilad one of our men. IN Bradaoek
our organizer has been thrown into &
coll. Yesterday. while throngs of ON
. men were coming from mass in the
village church they were set upon ant
/ beaten gp, We sent "A protest TO Gov.
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