Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-23


\ clash between Pennsylvania state
in the Pittsburgh steel district. At
broke it up. Resistance was Offere
vigorously. Nineteen persons were
their work to man, and there is alb
SOlutclv no disorder.
"Thc Edgar Thomson works con
tinuc to operate. and more men reported
for work here than yesterday. The
Open hearth. too. is in better shape.
This plant reports that quite few of
the foreign speaking men have re
turned to work this morning.
"All told. tho situation in the Mon
ongahcla region where our four big
mills are located. is considerably i'm
proved and is encouraging.
Say Homestead Works Are Idle
William H. Foster, secretary of the
steel workers national committee. said
today reports from men in the field
showed that the strike was spreading.
He said his reports showed that the
Homestead works of the Carnegie Com
pany wcrc virtually dead.
Mr.. Foster said he had telegram
from birmingham. Ala. that 1000 men
arc out there. This. he said. was pleas
ing. because inc union had not eNpert'd
to max" so good a showing there as the
telegram indicated.
Orders have gone out. Mr.. Foster
further said. to pull out" the men
IN all the pants OF 'he zones l'ausl'
tal hoo,, r,odo 70 hrir, tho Io,os G.
VA" H.. . 49,. -, a.r;,,o 80 - .L;,
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Mr.. Foster appeared IN the Allegheny
county court today as defendant for
alleged violation Of an ordinance at
Duquesne. He was arrested several
weeks ago.
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hraddo'K ana hahkin pants "l TN"
American steel ana WIRE tompany'
both OF Whirh operated Yesterday were
closed today Tor an lnd'hhite PERIOD
These plants employ approximately
q Out of In bOrprS that the DlnntS were
closed.
Althouoh crinpled in nil departmonts.
tho Allegheny and West Penn Steel
Companies at Rrnckpnridgc were Oper
ating. Union organizers said fewer men
reported for work today than Yesterday
while the company officials declared that
greater number of men appeared
r,.,
marked the first dav of the strike in thc
Pittsburgh district. Two men were
killed nj Farrell. pa.-one during a
clash between state police and local of
ficcrs and a crowd of about 1900 persons
near the American Steel and Wire
plant. The other victim, Alexander
Russ. was murdered by a fellow boardcr
when he is said to have refused to &C
on strike. A state policeman was shot
during the Farrell outbreak, while
seven persons were struck by bullets
during clash between mill guards
and a crowd at New Castle, Pa. OthcI
disorders occurred in the district anC
many persons were slightly wounded.
Farrell Mills All C,osod
-,
an steer anu "lFr "liiis IN thls dlS
,r'c' are cioseu UouaE' not Whlstl'
nlants closed are the south and nortI
mills of the Carnegie Steel Company a.
Farrell and Sharon; the American
Sheet and Tin Plate Company and tn,
American Steel and Wire Company
; These plants operated part of the tim,
yesterday.
Tho shooti,, boro ooorr-od ro.o 1os
riabt Cror.Gs bod oonratoa ,ao
Rroadvar +ho roi, s.r0ot anJ -. tb
roorost nf tbo horn,,rh o,than;.;o~ "i ~,
stato noIioo tni,J - ,t;n. ~","ol tL ,, d. ~
80 ,Ln nt,t w 'l'e.. ', 'l.n' ~
~ tho mno,,,,a .Le e ni,,. p%a I ~nI "%n n.t'l
nn;.siIos 49, o" 10 .t wv" y, "NS sa anu osns
snaJ 80 " VI, .'o"i,e'', onoIS mei
li,ru H. a"u Wv "tr was rsturheu' 1t !
"iSs" ~ "'n ,n' S"o1'!ns was oN'
anu '"' 'loNu "iSlerSeu II was loun
lu"' a' leas' 'hree persons were Sno
anu many were Injured oS n!ih
niiSSlleS'
l"ui lrach' 'hirty -lour'> OF farrel'
was Snot In the race ana dled at TN
puui hoSpltdi' f. Mlillgan' OF hutier
State trooPer' was snot IN the hand
; ana NSruS Lowe, OF sharon, receive
! ouiiet WOUNDS In the hand and leg
Nine Shot at New Castle