The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-07
SOME PLANTS START
But No BIG BREAK
IN Strikers RANKS
DONORA AND M0NESSEN
PLANTS OPERATED
No Attempts to Start Idle
Plants of the Carnegie
Steel Company

pITTSEt'E1ifL oct. 6.--N h-"ah in the
ranks Of The St",l strikers hoped for hy
Sor,r OF The Crmu"ulcS dId n'i COM
ehnu, today when tn" lnrd We \ or IN"
struggle. opened. but reports earn" III
from different sections "f IN" starting
up If Il number of smaller plants.
These wcrr at uuunra. wh"r" TN" rod
blooming and 2inr mills 81 ih' Nn"'',
can Steel and Wire company w"r" placed
IN oncraiicr after h"inr Idl" sine" tho
strike began. AMI at M"n'SS'n. "h'r"
tho Pittsburgh steel CompnnN, IN" nus
hurCh Steel Products company. IN" rage
Steel and Wire company and IN" M"h'|-
sen Foundry company ais" put I" w"rk
men who applied for their "!d 1"hS'
|, weirton Plant Operates.
Tho Wcirton Iron and steel company
MISC started ur part If its plant AT
N-cirtun w Va. whlN u few depart
rouls in mills in IN" city Of IhttS"urSh
v.rn claimed to b. in operation on Il
small scale.
Strike rnadquartcrs said that # any
serious attempt was mad" hy St""i COM
nauIcs TO cause Il stamped" Of worh"rS
hack to tho mills il was failure. II
vas asserted bv union leaders that none
Of tho plants reported to have Star'"H
Nm today have many mon at work ma
hat thcy wcrc not turning out any pro-
duct.
Thcrc wcrc no reports today or any
.t,c,nnt on tho part Of tn" Carnegie
steel company. tho largest subsidiary OF
tho United Stntcs steel c0rporalI'r y"
st,r, nm idl, plants. Little change was
noted in the plants of that company IN
Tho Pittsburgh district. though II con-
tirucs To ho maintained by operating Of
nc,als that more mon apply for work
every day.
I.njon hcafuuartcrs hero tonight de-
nicd n report from ton'"sN'ii". Penn
4vlyania whore ono or TN" plants ~ IN"
Midyalr steel and Ordnanc" company IS
situaicd that orSlniZ"rs thor" Ind ad-
viSed mon to return :" work an! that
tho strike in Coatcsvillc Is ended.
A, Homestead union organizers report
that the big words thcrc are continually
losing mon. II was given out by strlk"
leaders that railroad mon have informed
them that very little finished product is
leaving the plant.
Claim Of STRIKERS.
In summary Of IN" general strike
situation sent out 10 all secretaries. or
ganizors and steel workers by National
headquarters tonight. figures ar" riN'n
as Of October s. indicating that 3b'.'V"
mon arc on strike. This is an increase
of $500 compared WIN u" NEur'S 6,N
On out by headquarters just after the
strike started. Th" 1lSurcs IN d'tlIl are
as follows:
rjttsbursh o5noo: Homestead 1000:
{ Rraddock $4,000: Rankin 5000: Clair
| ron 1000: DuQuc snc- -M"k""s1"r' 1"."hn:
| yandcrGrift 4.nn0: IrIck' uridg" 5000:
New KcnsinGton. 1.lnn: Apoli" l.5O0;
! I.ccchhurg 5000: Donura- -MuucS@on L.
/ mn. Johnetown 5000; C"at"Svii'o A.
nno. Youngstown district Hubbard.
Nassillon. I.orain. New Ph'lad"lpnia.
Struthcrs. Canton. Alliance. sharon.
, Farrell. Butler New CaStl"l 7".N"n:
Wheeling district. 1N.fnn: Cleveland dis
trict 5000; Steuh"nvill" 1000: Ihi"aG"
district CGary. South Chicago. lndiar1
uarhor East Chicago. Sterling. Ham
. rnond. Evanston, Wauk"Can. milwaukee,.
. D.kalb IolictD 900: buffalo. 1@.H"n :
; pueblo 500; Bethlehem civ" pianiS)
! 10000