The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-11
GET BOTH SIDES
OF STRIKE ISSUE
Some Workers Tell of lntimi-
dation on the Part of
Strikers

PITTSBTRGU, oct. Senators in
vest eating the steel Strik" put in n busy
, day IN tn" Pittsburgh district. and view
ed everything from IN" inCandcsCCnt
metal in rolling mills to the culinar?
equipment in thu homes of mill workers.
They discussed strike conditions with
plant SupcriutcndcutS and then held IN
formal CauCuScS with strikers in the
unl"vcly back streets OF Homestead and
tlnir;C7. Chairman Kenyon sal dthry
wanted 10 bc su:c and hear both sides.
and volunteer and vnluhlc interpreters
made it easy for tn" foreign born Gle
mCnts among the strikers to get heard.
At Homestead just h"fur" the party ar
rived there was an exchange of shots
between strikers end an armed work
man. but the committee did not get VI
t. a." front in time To sec anything or
tn" fracas.
In the mills Of the Carncgi" COMPANY
vis,rd at DuQu"Sn" and homestead Of
rcialS would Cunc"d" that only small
/ "ufnh"r Of men were on strike. At CAR
ton. however. the senator's were told
, that 1900 men out Of 5000 normally en-
ploycd remained out. Strikers in the
street meetings with the senator's de-
nicd all these claims. and in polTEl"t
| fashion asserted that many thousands OF
men wcr" missing from the scene OF
| usual duties.
Case Of Intimidation.
! Chairman Kenyon ut Homestead broke
| his party up into details OF one. which
, resulted in each senator gathering a
, crowd running up into hundreds at al
! most every front porch where h" stop
, ped Senator Sterling Of South Dakota
! with a cluster Of youngsters hanging on
| his coat tails. was taken into two IA
, three houses in one block. while ono
! man acting as ushc- would observe AT
v3Ch door. Here's the way some more
; q Judge Gory's high paid help has &c
, live"
! senator Kenyon called in stem
, oGraphcr to take down some statements
made by Mrs. Joseph pcntcdi wife of n
husky hungarian mill foreman VIII" had
/ refused TO strike. She had been visited.
she explained. by COMMITTEES of strik-
crS. and urged 10 get her husband Ia
stay away from work. ICnt"di rather
! Ehamcfaccdly said that he had done 81
: for couple Of days. "hccausc l was
afraid and she was afraid.
! All Bought Bonds.
At Clarion some hundreds Of strikers
crowded around the senatorial party.
under leadership Of J.. II. GrnGan. Sec
/ rotary Of q local strike committee. There
| was some wondcrmc7,t among tho com
mittcc when SlavS Sti'l unable to speak
, English gave their names rs Joseph
, pawcll" and james smith, but the
senator's finally accepted the names rs
/ an indication OF n first step towards
| AmCricanizati"n. What they wanted.
the strikers explained was f. w"r hours
OF work and more wages. They all held
up their hands when Senator Kenyon
asked who had cont rihut"d IT, Rcd Cross
and Liberty bond funds during tn" war.
but when requested to give IN" same
! sign to indICat" possession OF nriuraliH-
, ntiOn pApcrS there was a notlccaOl" fall
! ing of.
Committeeman were keeping m eye
, open all day as they rode through IN"
steel districts for signs Of tho P"nneyl-
vania stat" police. II was not urt:l II
=. IN. thnt they finally ran across Ser
Grant Hctc Murphy. stat" trooper. n
MCk"csp"rt. lie Was questioned by a
group.
Il don, think Two hurt anybody" h"
said. when introduced In his question:
crs. but I've dubbed Il few when | had
TO-"
In the National Tube plants nj Me-
K'csp"rt the committee. found what n
laynan would consider full force opera
tiuu. and the officials claimed that Il
was g" The strikers. as usual. had IA
, different version.
To Hear witnesses.
Senator Kenyon announced That for
nal meeting would be held here t"mnr-
row. and that h" had taken occasion 10
I summon i number Of witnesses during
his tour Of the district. Many working
| mon. both from tn" striking and non.
striking groups, will be heard aS we'll
as officials and business men from tho
localities chiefly affected. BY Monday,
! he said. n" hopes la carry the invcStiGa-
| into Ohio steel Ccntcrs. and may there
! after find opportunity to take IN" com
! miit"" to Gary. Indiana.
While tn" s"nat" committee occupied
the center Of tn" stag" today IN tn" in
dustrI&l struggle. there was little
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