Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-24
DEAD TOTALS
SCORES
ARE INJURED
Night Disorders Continue
Little Change in Walk
out Situation.

Four men were stabbed, two
probably fatally and two 9TH
ers were beaten near the en-
trance of the American Steel
and Wire company, NeWburg
| plant this morning, in the first
serious local disorder Of the
steel strike. The trouble broke
out when a street car stopped
near the plant to let OF men
bound for work at the mills.
Farrell, Pa, Sept. %. - Al
though all was quiet here to-
day following last nights out
break in which one man was
killed and several persons
we're wounded, the situation
was tense.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 24.-Disorders
incident TO the strike continued in
the Pittsburgh district last night.
The most serious outbreak occur
red at Farrell, Pa, where one man
was killed during a clash between
strikers and their sympathizers.
and state troopers. In the disor-
ders of Monday and Tuesday, at
Farrell, Newcastle and other
points, four persons have been
killed, more than a score shot,
many others have been slightly
wounded and hundreds Of arrests
have been made.
One Killed at Buffalo.
Buffalo. n. Y, Sept. 24.-With
the plants of the Laczawanna
Steel company, Rogers, Brown &
Co, and the DoDner Steel company
closed and a detail of state police
patFoling the streets OF Lacka-
wanna today, there appeared to be
little likelihood of a reoccurrence
OF the trouble which led 10 the
killing Of one man and the wound
ing of several others last night
tBy Associated Press.J
Reports from all steel centers
today recorded little change in the
alignment Of the opposing forces
of the labor unions and the steel
companies.
In the Mahoning Valley of Ohio
the strikers success is complete.
The industry which is the back
bone of Youngstown and a score OF
neighboring villages. is paralyzed
and all Of its $4,000 wage earners
idle. Elsewhere the struggle is
being carried on with varying sue
cess. the issue still being doubt
full on the great strategic sectors
radiating from Pittsburgh to Chi
cago.
Claims StiU Conflict.
In the Pittsburgh district the
Carnegie Steel company announced
today that the situation looks
good" and backed up its optimism
with claims that men were return
ing TO work in considerable mum
bers. As usual these claims were
stoutly denied by William D. Fos-
ter chief OF staG for the unions.
who reiterated his assertion OF
yesterday that the strike was
spreading, claimed that two addi-
tional large plants had been clos
ed today and that Homestead would
be idle by the end Of the week. The
strikers placed pickets around va
rious plants for the first time.
Outbreaks Sporadic.
Rioting and disorder still mark
the progress Of the struggle but so
far only sporadically The latest
outbreak occurred today at Cleve-
land where four men were stabbed
in a battle between strikers and
non-strikers, two probably fatally.
AT Farrell where the gravest dis
turbances to date have been re-
ported. the town executive. Bur
CESS Moody, is under special
guard as the result of numerous
threats against his life and the
streets are patroIled by large
forces of state troops and deputy
sheriffs.
Encouraged" Says Company.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept 24-"We
feel very much encouraged" was
the word that came from the Car
negie Steel company officers a few
hours after the day shift went to
work in the plants Of that COM
pany which are in operation
The city mills OF the Carnegie
company, it was given out look
good"
According to officials Of the West
Penn Steel company, up the Ale
gheny Valley. an independent con-
cern, over ninety per cent OF the
more than seven hundred Ameri-
can born employees there were AT
work today, while but six foreign
born out of approximately $50
were on duty.
Foster Does Not Agree.
William D. Foster. secretary OF
the steel workers national com
mittee, did not agree with the re-
ports given out by the Carnegie
people. He reiterated that The
strike was spreading" He pre-
dRted that the Homestead plant
would be closed down by the end
of the week.
I'VE closed two large independ-
ent plants in Pittsburgh today" he
added. "They were the plants of
the A. M. Byers company and the
Oliver g. Snyder Steel company"