New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-10-08
SSTRIKE RS
IN STE EL /
WORKERS AT ALL PLANTS STAY
OUT ONE HUNDRED PER
CENT.
OPPOSITION is MET BY LEGAL
MEANS; MEN REFRAIN
FROM VIOLENCE.


The steel strike is one of the biggest.
industrial fights this country has Wit
messed. But it is almost impossible to
| learn the truth regarding the strike.
from the columns Of the daily press.
1T MAY therefore be Of interest to our
readers to hear something about the
facts in the Chicago district from an eve
witness, Miss Dorothy Walton, who
wrote the following article for the MIME
apolis Labor Review. Editor. 4
Chicago, Sept. 80. Mis-Judge Gary
/ and his Steel Trust have suffered con-
siderable disapp continent this first week
of the Big Strike. Shoulder to shoulder
the workers have stood, regardless of
race, regardless Of color the vision Of a
new future for those who toll inspiring
courage and an ideal Of international
brotherhood which nothing can ever
erase
Is We are in the midst Of a revolution.
And yet there is no slaughtering, no
rioting, no army. It is a revolution to
overthrow the autocracy Of the Steel
Trust. Workingmen are picnickng in
! the parks with their children. Fathers.
are wheeling baby carriages along the.
sidewalks during the day. A holiday
spirit is in the air. There are more.
men on the streets than usual quiet
orderly men who walk up and down.
chatting amiably And there are police
men with nothing to do, for the mass
5of workingmen have appointed their
own number to keep order within the
ranks. They are not in uniform, except
here and there returned soldier in
khaki. They wear white ribbon,
symbol of peace, with '.picket" stamped
in black letters upon it.
At the headquarters Of this strange
revolution one invariably, finds leaders
3 who understand men efficient,
kindly and human, their eyes burning
with the passion Of a new social order
men who know what the word democra-
Icy means and practice it; With appa-
rently no effort they have eradicated the
differences Of race, Of temperament and
Of language. They have welded to-
gether masses Of men,, in a common
) cause the liberty Of the human race.
"A revolution that can be conducted in
such spirit cannot fail. This week
| has done more to enrich the spirit of
democracy and the spirit Of progress in
the world than four and a half years Of
| war, with untold bloodshed and sacri-
I fee has succeeded in doing B.
Gary's Intrigues Fail.
There has been undetermined OPP
] position at every turn. In vain the.
owners Of the steel mills have endeavored
to get the men to go back to work with
brides Of money and threats of various
kinds Frantic attempts have been.
made to influence government officials
ito send militia so that something might
/ be started. The press has done its best.
to undermine the morals Of the workers
/ by printing false stories Of mills running
and men returning to their jobs. Count
/ less traps have been set to provoke men
& to violence. And lyet scarcely man
has been caught. s &
Labor is more solid today than it
has ever been before. Z Z The steel strikers
have already won the greatest victory
industrial history has ever known
Mis-Judge Gary will sooner or later
suffer downfall as have the Gar Of
y Russia and the Kaiser of Germany.
4 Tt is indeed as one Of the speakers. at
Indiana Harbor said this week, "a con-
} test Of brains against money and the;
/ brains will VIM Z
For the first time since the monster
1 steel mills were built, people in the
I Chicago district have been able to see
q; the sun this week The big chimneys,
!: which usually belch forth volumes Of
/ black smoke day and night, today
stand sharply outlined against the
sky. Once IN a great while 4 thin
stream Of smoke is to be seen. The
strikers only laugh when their attention
i is called to it. They know the smoke
IS q farce to fool people into believing
the mills are. working. ii every part
Eof the Chicago district 4 percentage