Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-09-24
NO VIOLENCE IN
BIG STEEL STRIKE
100000 Workers in Chicago Dis
trict Are 0ut-10,O00
!. Parade in Gary.
1iPs:ssaoTS fired AT PITTSBURGH
Union Leaders Say Industry Ia
Paralyzed and Manager Claim
80 Per Cent of Employees
Have Quit.

Chicago, Sept. 23.-Without the
slightest sign of disorder so per cent
of the upwards of 100000 steel work
ers In the Chicago district, comprising
Chicago, proper, South Chicago, Indi-
ana Harbor, Gary and numerous other
smaller steel towns in the Calumet re-
gion are on strike.
Claim Industry Paralyzed.
According to union leaders the
strike has ''paralyZed the steel indus
try in this section"
Mill owners, however, refuse to adj
NIT the industry is paralyzed, and ex-
pressed the hope that before nightfall
many of the great steel plants would
be operating, probably not full blast
but operating in way that will save
the mills.
Says 80 Per Cent Are on Strike.
A prominent Illinois Steel Co. Off
cial is authority for the statement that
but 20 per cent of the workers in the
Chicago district remained at their
work when the strike order went into
effect.
Union leaders and strike commit
tees in the various plants in the dis
trict, when told of this officials es-
innate. claim she Is modest in hts es-
innate" stating that fully 95 per cent
Of the men employed in the industry
In this, the second largest steel section
In the country, are out.
"This Is not fight for more money"
declared one striker. sit is for prin-
ciple, and we will win without any
disturbance"
No Violence Reported.
This statement is borne out by the
fact that up to a late hour not a
single case 81 violence had been re-
ported either by the union men or
the officials of the plants hit by the
strike. Guards are on duty at prac-
tically all of the plants. Union pick
cts are working in complete \har-
mony," according to all reports.
| Rail mills in the district are not
affected by the strike, as the men are
working under agreement which can
not be broken under 80 days notice.
Shots Fired Into Pittsburgh Plant.
| Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 23.-The first
| furry of excitement in the steel strike
here came in the morning when two
unidentified men fired eight shots into
the plant of the Clarion Steel plant,
at North Clarion. No one was in
| jureds
| The shots were fired from hill
overlooking the plant. State troop
ers made a, dash after the men, but
they succeeded in escaping through
| the woods.
| 10000 Out In Gary.
Gary, Ind, Sept. 23.-Union officials
here estimate that 10000 of the 10000
steel workers employed in the Gary
works of the United States Steel cor
poration, are on strike. At the Amer
ican Sheet & Tin Plate CO., and the
American Bridge Co. works. less than
so per cent of the men are out
Report Few Out at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 23.-Com-
paratively few men failed to report
for work at the Illinois Steel Co. plant,
and the mills are running with output
but slightly reduced.
Police Dsperse Crowds.
AS the day progressed. crowds con-
gregated in the streets at North Clair
ton, Braddock and Rankin. State con-
stables and city police dispersed them
as rast as they formed and there was
little trouble.
Large Plant Badly Crippled.
The Allegheny district was some
what more affected. The Allegheny
| West Penn Steel company plants at
Breckenridge, largest of the valley
plants, though operating, were badly
crippled.
/ At Newcastle, where 10000 men were
employed, it was reported that ap.
proximately 20 per cent were out, and
at Vandergrift 80 per cent needed the
strike caH.
The great plants of the United States
Steel corporation at Sharon and Far
rell were operating in all departments,
/, Parades We're held in q number OF
the factory towns, mostly by striking
wOrkmen.
+ At Homestead the American work,
men lined up and paraded into the
plant to work.
Ex-SoIdiers Guard City.
Youngstown, o., Sept. 23.-Workers
at the Trussed Concrete Steel company
went out today in sympathy with the
steel strike and have placed pickets at
all entrances.
Police Chief Atkins assigned 70 mem
bers of the American Legion in uni
form to patrol the residence districts
of the city and the regular police force
was sent to the strike district.