Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-24


 Chicago. Youngstown and other west
 eru certers on the second day of the
 great steel strike which was marked
 n, increased violence. but. accordin 2
 20 officials Of the United States Steel
 Corporation and various independent .ompan5eS made but little headway in Pittsburgh and other eastern mills. from the south were received decid
 edly conflicting reports. such as from Birmingham where union leaders claimed 1000 nleR were out and plant officials asserted there was such d sur pius of labor that hundreds of men were set 10 sweeping floors for lack or other tasks
 Iu the Chicago district where union leaders claimed an additional 10000 men had gone out. more steel plants were closed in South Chicago and In dana Hzrbor, although at the latter place officials of an independent" explained their shutdown had been ordered merely to avoid responsibil lty for industrial warfare. Yesterday only the Gary mills of the United states Steel Corporation. some small plants in East Chicago and five inde- pendent mills in Hammond attempted operation
 In the Youngstown district proper. strikers achieved their most marked success. causing complete suspension ut work in every plant on the Mahon- Ing valley by calling 44,e01 men away from their posts.
 Union leaders boldly heralded a spread Of the strike, declaring that whereas only 2s4.oO0 of the half mill lion workers affected had marched out Of the mills on the opening day their ranks now numbered 327.100. They predicted that today or tomor- row would sec the closing of many more plants, and announced they hoped 10 extend the strike to Great Lake seamen and union trainmen
 Industrial leaders, while withholding their own figures, challenged the claims of labor $ leaders. Representa- tlves Of the Carnegie Company the largest subsidiary of the United States steel Corporation. declared that the situation was much improved" An estimate was mad0 that in the Pitts bufSh district alone, 2I 900 men had returned to work.
 The second day of the struggle was marked by ugly rioting. Mondays disorders in Newcastle and Farrell, Pa. were renewed, with increasing casual | tics. so that additional numbers of | state troopers were sent there to re- inforce the mi ii'fsry already on duty. | while in Pitts az r~n. which had its | first serious dlstus bance last night ] several persons were injured in street ' lighting. In Buffalo. N Y., Monday l nights disturbances assumed more menacing proportions. for last night | one man was killed and four persons v ounded when guards at the Lacka- wanna steel Company are alleged to | have opened fire with shotguns on B. oeo strike sympathizers massed near | one Of the gates after the crowd had | hurled bricks and stones.
 With the increase Of disorder in the Pennsylvania steel towns. William Z Poster, secretary of the national com mittee or steel workers, who previous lT had stated no picketing had been and the men had been told to stay away from the plants. charged that much of the disorder was due to presence Of the state troopers who, he alleged had made "unprovoked as- saultz upon innocent strikers
 Another factor was introduced yes- terday into the strike situation when congress ordered the senate labor committee to investigate the indust- nal struggle to ascertain If the sit lsuon can in any way be relieved by federal action" The inquiry will be- gin tomorrow and before it ends it is -N Npected Ebert H Gary. directing head of the United States Steel Cor --o-stion; Samuel Gompers. president 1 the American Eederation of abor. and John d. Fitzpatrick. organizer of he steei workers. will appear before .hc committee
 The national strike organization committee will meet today in Pitts 'urrE tc lay plans for wha: the labor cacerS say they believe will prove a 1nr struggle It was said that Mir iorupers would not attend the con crenee but that he would be repre- 5ented by Mir. Fitzpatrick