Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-18
STEEL WORKERS
HEADS VOTE TO
STRIKE monday
Say They Cannot Now Turn
Back" and Wait fOr
Wilson.
FEAR MEN WILL MAKE
CHARGE OF "SELL-OUT"
Gary Declines TO Make Statement
Writes Letter to Subsidiaries -
LEADERS Say Call Won't
BE Revoked.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 17.-When
the national committee for organic
ing iron and steel workers which met
today to consider matters in con-
nectlon with the proposed strike of
steel workers adjourned tonight I'M
til tomorrow morning, John Fitz-
patrick, chairman of the committee,
made the unequivocal statement that
the walkout would take place next
Monday morning as already decided
upon. He said no action was taken
at today's meeting to postpone the
strike, and that the decision reached
at Washington last week, would not
be revoked Mr.. fitzpatrick said a
statement would be issued tomorrow
afternoon.
The meeting discussed the ques-
ton of postponing the walkout until
after the industrial conference in
Washington beginning October 6, as
requested by President Wilson. Argu-
ments were made against postpone
ment on the ground that the steel
workers, having gone SO far in their
campaign for settlement of grievan-
ces by collective bargaining, cannot
now turn back. Speakers said they
would not care to go back and face
workers with the news that the
walkout had been postponed. One
speaker said the union leaders would
be accused by workers of having
"sold them out"
Few details of the meeting were
permitted to leak out and newspaper
men were excluded from the meet
| ing. A report was circulated that
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor had
been wired to come here tomorrow
but Chairman Fitzpatrick tonight
said the report was not true.
Fish Instead of Picket.
Mr.. Gompers. according to report,
| is not unfavorable to a postponement,
| if it will not work injury to the steel
workers.
When Chairman Fitzpatrick made
the positive statement that the strike
would go into effect next Monday
morning he was asked if the strikers
would picket the steel plants.
"No. there will not be picketing: the
men will go fishing" he said. eve
will leave the mill guards and pro-
fessional gunner to run the plants "
A letter from E. H. Gary. chairman
of the United States Steel Corpora
ton, to the president of subsidiary
companies, made public here today
gives the reasons of the corporation
for refusing to meet with the union
leaders to discuss the affairs of it:
employees. These reasons are along
the line given the union leaders ir
New York several weeks ago wher
Chairman Gary refused to meet {
committee representing the unions
The letter added that cit is the set.
tied determination Of the United
States Steel Corporation and it's sub
salaries that the wages and workinf
conditions of their employees shall
compare favorably with the highes
standards of propriety and justice"
Gary is Silent.
New York, Sept. 17.-E. H. Gary
chairman of the board Of the U. S
Steel Corporation, declined today t
comment on the strike situation. I
was learned however, that Mr.. Gar!
has written a letter to the heads o
the steel corporations subsidiaries il
connection with the threatened strik
and it was intimated this might b