The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-22
RumOFs Follow Conference Be-
tween GOmpers and Rubin.
A NEAR TIEUP IN CHICAGO
Between 10000 and $4,000 on
Strike in Ohio.
Estimate SIS Per Cent of Men
Out in Gary District.

tween representatives. of the unions
and the United States steel corpora
tion were circulated here today.
The reports followed a conference
between Sampel Gompers, president
OF the American Federation of Labor.
and w. b. Rubin, general council for
the steel workers.
Rubin said he had just received a
telegram from Strike Secretary Will
liam q, Foster, at Pittsburgh, saying
the strike thus far indicated com
plete tie up"
The iron miners In the Lake Su-
perior region and the sailors working
on boats of the Pittsburgh Steamship
company will strike in due time, IL 1t
becomes necessary to call them out"
Rubin said.
Affects 50 Big Chicago Plants.
Chicago, Sept 22.-Operating with
greatly reduced forces or ''closed
down. was the report from most of
the big steel plants Of the Chicago
district at noon today. South Chicago.
Gary Indiana harbor and Hammond
conditions differed so widely, how
ever that the influence of local con-
ditions in the various establishments
was paramount.
Union leaders were either quietly
satisfied or openly Jubilant, but COM
pany officials had little to say il they
talked at ALL those who discussed the
strike asserting that II was too early
to give out statements.
All told, AZ big steel plants, were
directly affected by the strike order,
the number of employees being esti-
mated at more than $1,000. Union
claims were that 90 per cent of this
number had struck for recognition Of
their unions, but no company official
would acknowledge more than 20 per
cent actually out. Where more than
this proportion had failed to report
for work the plant officials said they
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There were no reports of disorders
from any municipal officials in the
district in the first twelve hours of
the strike. The men generally fol-
lowed the directions of their leaders
and went home from the mills. At all
the mill towns. however. extra police
were on duty or in reserve and sup
plemented by company guards kept
the streets leading to the plants clear
of loiterers.
tf Arrest n Bartender.
Agents of the bureau Of investiga-
tion Of the department of justice were
rushed to the steel centers on reports
that radicals were trying to incite
strikers TO violence. One South Chi
cago bartender was arrested and
charged with serving liquor and with
threatening an Investigator with a re-
volver. Federal officials here said the
Investigator in question had gone into
the saloon in connection with gen.
efal pan OF preventing the safe OF IN
toxicants in the strike centers.
"ChicagO Has Proved Itself"
Chicago. Sept. 22.-"The Chicago
district has proven itself" said John
II. De Young. union organizer OF steel
workers. in commenting for the first
time today on the steel strike.
1t is indicated in reports that IS to
SO per cent are out, he said. The
points we believe the weakest proved
TO be the strongest. notably Indiana
Harbor and Milwaukee. We are of
the opinion the strikers will hold out"
May Tie Up Building.
St. Paul, Mimi. Sept. 22.-The
steel strike. II maintained, may tie
up the structural and building trades
according to union leaders here today.
Il understand II the steel companies
send out 'scab' material we won't
handle Il, and IL they 'scab' on us we
will be asked 10 quit" said Dave Nc
kee, business agent for the struc-
tural and ornamental iron workers.
reinforced concrete steel settlers, ma
chinery movers and riggers
The steel strike and its effects will
be discussed in general meeting at
building trades council tonight, he
said.
Many Out in Ohio.
Cleveland. o.. Sept. 22-Between
10000 and $4,000 steel workers were
on strike in Ohio, II was estimated at
II a. III. To-Day according to reports
here by union and steel mill officials
and police.
Approximately 10000 men are out
in Cleveland, according to II. w.
Baisse. union organizer. In Canton.
Ohio, only 400 out Of the 10000 steel
workers struck. Two hundred left the
steel corporation plant there.
Reports from Youngstown stated
tho strikers there numbered all the
way from 5000 to 10000. Allied in
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were not affected. GAINESVILLE. Ohio
reported both mills open and unham-
pered.
In Massillon. Ohio. 1000 steel
workers were on strike and all plants
closed. The steel mills in Elyria.
Lorain and Alliance, employing APP
proximately 10000 men, were normal.
Only a few men struck.
No trouble has been reported from
any part Of the state. Police and
deputy sheriffs are on duty at all
plants. Union officials said they will
permit no violence Of any sort.
Many Out I'm Calumet Area
Gary, Ind, Sept. 22.-Between 80
and IS per cent OF the $4,000 steel
workers in the Calumet district an
swered the strike call today.
Union officials claimed $4,000 men
were out. Company officials admit
ted less than 1900 reported for duty.
Fires in eight of the twelve blast
furnaces operated by the United
p States steel corporation in the district
b; were banked today.
= The first statement issued by Off
icers of the Gary works of the Illinois
Steel company today said;
"Thirty-five per cent of the men are
at work. Many OF those who stayed
away today called on the telephone
and said they would be back tomor-
row. The situation is expected to
gradually improve"
The statement was unsigned. but Of
ficials declared the situation looked
favorable" and they were satisfied.
Bethlehem Men Hold Out.
Bethlehem, Pa, Sept. 22.-Dele-
gates representing all the unions Of