The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-13
Considerable Turbulence Re-
EOrted in Ohio Steel District.
Crowds of Strikers Stone Strike.
breakers-One Dead.
UNION STRONGHOLDS FALL
Three Plants Closed Since
Strike Started Reopen.
Many Men Return to Work In
All Districts.

siderable turbulence is reported thru
out the Makoning valley this morning
as the mills are resuming operations
in greater volume. Crowds Of strikers
about each plant stoned strike break
ers and many arrests have been made.
At East Youngstown an engine struck
hand car filled with men on their
way to work, killing one and seriously
injuring two others
A crowd of strike pickets stoned the
automobile occupied by Sheriff Ben
Morris and a number of deputies late
Sunday night in Poland avenue, mis-
taking the sheriff's automobile for a
car conveying strike breakers into the
Hazelton plant of the Republic Iron
and Steel company. A call was issued
by the sheriff this morning for 100
men to go to East Youngstown, where
pickets were surging about the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube gates threaten
ing men returning to work. Sporadic
operations were reported at all the
mills this morning.
Cleveland, Oct. 13.-Three hundred
steel workers, said to be former en-
ployes of the Lakeside plant of the
Otis Steel company, returned to work
this morning. according to company
officials. Early this morning there
were no indications of any local steel
plants resuming operations today.
Three Union "Bastions" Fall.
Chicago, Oct. 13.-Three steel plants,
closed since the strike of steel workers
three weeks ago. re-opened today with
approximately fifty per cent of a nor
NAL working force, according to re-
ports from the police. The plants to
reopen were the Wisconsin Steel COM
pany, interstate Steel company, and
the Federal Furnace company.
TO4Tf To- ,fGV- cfea
toned at the gates of the plants in an
ticipation that trouble would flare up
between the union pockets and men
who would attempt to return to work.
There were M disorders. however.
The situation at the plants of the
Illinois Steel company was unchanged.
Police reports said that 200 of the
500 employees of the Federal Furnace
company returned to work and that
500 men reported for work at the Wis
consin Steel company, where the nor
NAL force is said to be from 1900 to
200. Two hundred men, according
to the police, reported for work at the
Interstate Steel company.
Back at Canton, 1000.
Canton, o.. Oct 1S.-Striking iron
and steel workers began to return to
work in the mills here this morning
sand in all went to work, company
= officials said.
c. A. Irwin, president of the Canton
Sheet steel company, announced that
his plant was running 100 per cent,
while the American Sheet & Tin Plate
company was reported running 80 per
cent by the manager.
John Fitzpatrick. chairman of the
national committee for organization of
steel workers. said the situation from
the strikers standpoint looked bright
and he did not believe more than three
per cent of the men in the Gary plant
of the United States Steel corporation
had returned to work.
Federal agents at Gary, with the
hid of United States troops, continued
oday their raids on the homes of
~adical agitators. many of whom have
cen taken into custody.
More Back In Pittsburgh Area.
Pittsburgh. Oct. 13.-Steel COM
anies with general offices in this city
-oday reported that from their stand
point conditions as a result of the
steel strike, which today entered upon
its fourth week, continued to improve.
There was no general return of strik-
ers reported but without exception
company officials where plants are In
operation said there were increased
numbers of men in the mills today.
The entire Pittsburgh strike district
was quiet.
Strike leaders at the steel workers
national headquarters continued tc
express satisfaction with the SITUATION
They said they had no reports of any
considerable number of men DESERVING
but on the other hand. said that their
ranks show an unbroken front. The
American Sheet & Tin Plate company
O. Subsidiary of Unated States Steel
g corporation with many plants scat
3 tered over the eastern half of the
country, gave out the following re-
port:
I'VE are running about IS per cent
of our sheet mills and about IS pei
cent Of our tin mills. We are making
steady gains right along. This morn
ing at our McKeesport plant, which
is running 100 per cent. more mer
reported for work than were required
There is no disorder of any sort We
are operating fourteen of our plant:
100 per cent"
The American Steel and Wire com
pany, another steel corporation sub
sidiary, announced that steady prog.
ress toward normal resumption wa:
being made.
All the plants in the Pittsburgh dis
trict it was stated, were in partia
operation. It was further stated tha
in the Chicago district the company
had more men at work today than OF
any date last week.
Warren. Ohio, Oct. 13.-The Trum
bull Steel company of this city today
resumed operation of sixteen hot milli
this morning.
Killed in Oklahoma Wreck.
- Wagner, Okla. Oct. 13.-Matti,