Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-29
SUNDAY PASSED QUIETLY
 IN PITTSBURGH DISTRICT

Pittsburgh Pa Sept 2S--Sunday passed quietly in the steel strike zone irES- called by union organizers. were held in halls in several plants of AL legheny county under the supervision of the sheriff and the authorities had trouble in handling them The crowds gathered and dispersed with o,i- disorder
 Steel companies expect that tomor- TOW will show radical change in their favor. Operating officials of the corporations have bene bending all their efforts toward making a good showing when the plants in this city resume operations for the week.
 Assurance that they would be pro- tected. the company officials say. will lead tEaolIsa nds of men who quit a week ago to venture l N K to the mills.
 Leaders at strike headquarters ex- pressed confidence that there will be m breaks in the ranks Of the union men They say they don't look for the return of many men and that the number going back will be more than courte-balanced hy those who will join in the walkout
 Speaking of the situation outside of the Pittsburgh district today Secre- tzFy William 2 Foster. of the steel workers national committee, said the union expects "eVerv man in the steel plants of the Bethlehem company. against which the strike becomes ef- fective tomorrow morning, will re- Spond .O the call
 Secretary Poster also said that the drive against the Jones and L.aughlin Company in this city. the largest in dependent plants of the Pittsburgh field. is b-aring fruit and that the full effect will be felt tomorrow.
 House 10 House Canvass.
 Many organizers and strikers spent Sunday in making personal house-to- house canvasses in mill towns to in duce wavering men to join the strike
 Reports that the strike was wan ing were vigorously denied at union hezdouarters- Telegrams were eXhib- ited from number of organizers ask ing that thousands of the red. white and blue union cards be hurried 10 them We are much stronger today than the first day of the strike" he said.
 The organizer from the Sharon Far rell district reported that the men were holding solid there. despite sources that strikers were gradually returning He said that the employees Of the Sharon Steel Hoop Company, at z meeting last night. voted not to re- turn to work Monday. The south works of the Carnegie Company at Farrell. which has been reported to be operating is only running the ma chinery and not producing" the or ganizer said. The strikers in that sec ton. he added. are holding daily meetings over the Ohio state line without interference
 Corps of Best Organizers.
 C. J. Boyle. general organizer of the International Brotherhood of Elec- tricai Workers. arrived at headquar ,ers today and said a corps of twenty of the brotherhood's best organizers was being sent into the district to and the steel workers.
 J G. Brown. who was one of the leaders in the Seattle strike. and has been in this field for some time aiding in the organizing of steel workers. is Investigating all arrests of strikers by state and local police He said today that more than 15O union men are now locked up in jails in Allegheny county
 Following up the vote of confidence given Secretary Foster yesterday by the national steel workers committed union Headquarters today gave out letter said to have been written by Judge Samuel Alschuler. of the Unit ed States circuit court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit bearing on MT Posters alleged radicalism. The let ter is dated sChica go. March 2S. 1e19 and is in reply to one written by John J-itzIa trick chairman of the strikers national committee In it the judge states that his acquaintance with MT. | Foster began in February. 191s in connection with the hearing of arbi- i tration cases in certain of the packing 1 house industries The letter further Bays- ' sza his representation of the em-