The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-30
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE srrrL STRIKE.


Various papers firing Of the conflicting reports con
corning conditions In tho steel regions have sent
liable representatives there to ascertain and write the
facts Tho Kansas CITY star Is ~ these, aud the
daily stories It s carrying show beyond III" poradven
ture Of doubt tha the strike was not brought on by
dlssatisfnotion among the American cmpoyc" OF the
mills s not being participated In by them and t.
not In any sense strike for higher wages or better
working conditions but is class appeal to the foreign
"hunkies" byerevoutionhry agitaors Tor he purpose
OF acquiring power
The wage scale Of the payrols from tAbo, the
lowest to as high an $40 the highest There is want
ana hunger no place The children Of the foreign
lAborers are fat sassy and defiant There s fifth ana
nauaIor in pleniy-n the foreign quarters OF tho Ho
tements hut this ia an unnecessary condition caused
by the different social standards OF nationaties aud
not by financial inability to live better,
In many Instances tho companies have erected mod
ern sanitary houses for their employees and arranged
a plan whereby they be purchased on the easiest
posslble terms This IL for the purpose cncourag
ing home owning aud nwaking conservative View
point In other these houses are rented ns
nominal rate below the scale prevailing for rents
generally Yet In these homes the bath tubs are used
TO store coal while the basement remains empty ana
the toilets are never used-the back dooryard being
used by the occupants Of tho house just as by tho
chickens or pigs
Yet the occupnnts OF the fIthy domlcles have we'll
flled money belts In preparation for their return 10
Russia or Austria, Poland. 1t s not their re-
motest intention to- reside permanently In America.
and they have no desire to become AmcrcnnlEcd They
do not excepting In rare Instances speak the EnsI7h
language They have vote. Bu, they ar" ftled
with the red Revolutionary spirit that consumed Rus.
sa and is disturbing the society OF all the ,rAcr mid
die European nations anordng Ideal material fok Jho
revolutionary labor leaders work with ana to use in
fh m ,Nor
and accept its leaders
Tho stars correspondent sets forth some OF the
wild promises made the "hunkcs' hy the union orgnn
lers IN order to get join the union one day and
strike the Among these may be mentioned
The promise OF 81 an hour for the lowest paid.
That President Wilson is with the unions will see
that they win; and that Il great fleet or afshlps va-
being assembled and would be used To drop bombs
on Tho house OF any ahorcr who refused to join the
union
II s with these and similar promises and threats that
m., foreign element Of highly combustihlc nature
has been hcrdcd into idle group ~ rcvouuonss Tor
the purpose " Ning up the industries Of country
In which they have permanent interest or cs'ah-
,h,d legal rrh, II ls hc early days Of the kercnshy
rcriuI, Eusn over again.
And NOW leading NOW driving these dumb, unron-
sontur creature. D., Foster deliberately repeating hi,
purposes
ho r,u,ud s'r.lc Of the future VIII ho one In
which the whole working class viii hisorcaniF"
all the industries ana force the whole ,apittisto
class TO give up is ownership To- thcm.
Fitzpatrick. too. and c',n Gowr'rs. hoad ~ nD
American Federation - thnr whether .nruurh tc1r
Of losing hi- influence With "o >morlnn oraau.s,ti'n
or because hc has az nst become converted ', tho
program 81 the syniioalist may no, say nut snr.
porting Foster and his kud. are aruuod against gov
ornment and nu 'h1, it stands '.r
Real Americans should understand NOT only what .s
involved IN the steel strike. but should search ar.nr