Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-24


 tion is better than it was yesterday. According to an authorized summary of conditions within the Pittsburgh district, more men were at work to- day at Homestead, Clarion, Duques- ne, and other places. "All told, the situation is better than it was yester- day. The situation in the Monongahe- :, la Valley, where our four big mills are located, is considerably improved and is encouraging" was the state ment of an official of the Carnegie company.
 William z. Foster, secretary of the national committee for organized
 iron and steel workers in charge of national headquarters here, said re- ports received by him during the day from organizers and others in charge of steel districts show that 327,1O0 men are participating in the strike. According to his figures. 5000 addi- tional men are out in the city of 1 Pittsburgh, 5000 more at Braddock and 5000 additional in Rankin. near here. He claims 10000 additional men are out in the Chicago territory and 5000 more in the Youngstown district, and 5000 more in the Wheel ing field
 Many Plants Close. While not giving any figures, cor poration representatives tonight dis puted the figures, asserting that if they were true, many of the districts included in Foser's list, would be ' lat a1x hut the case.
 The United States Steel corpora tion, according to reports, has not met with as much success in operat- ing some of it's subsidiaries in other parts of Pennsylvania as it has the plants of the Carnegie company. In several localities it's smaller works were closed down when it was found insufficient men had reported to keep the plants in operation. Representa- tlves of the Carnegie interests here declared that this was due to lack of adequate police protection for men willing to work.
 In the immediate Pittsburgh dis trict the second day of the walkout proceeded quietly but police authori- ties were apprehensive that when the late night shifts are made there might be more trouble as there was last night in several places. Numer- ous arrests in many localities were made.
 Following last nights riot at Far rell, Pennsylvania, where one man was killed, there was another distur- bance tonight in which two men were fyrn oth l. i New Castle, Pennsylvania, where seven were wounded last night, the situation was in complete control of the authorities. Many arrests were made there for minor infractions of the law.
 Organizers to Meet. Two more troops of the state police were brought to the western part of the state today and distributed at points where local authorities claim conditions are unsafe. Secre- tary Foster of the steel workers com mittee. charges that much of the dis order is the result of the presence of the state troopers Today he denoun- ced their alleged action in riding into | crowds and iniuring innocent persons The national committee for organ I izing iron and steel workers will meet here tomorrow for the purpose of dis cussing strike progress and making arrangements for prolonging the i struggle.
 l MT. Foster said tonight that the committee had not been called to dis cuss any "peace plans" but would devote it's time to problems that have arisen as result of the strike. "The first matter to be taken up will be that of the unproyoked assault of the state police upon innocent strikers" said MT. Foster. "They can not get away with such actions much longer. We are going to demand that the troopers be taken out of