Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-09-29
GoInpers Confident
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lin Co, the largest independent plant
in the Pittsburgh field. was bearing
fruit and that the full effect would be
felt tomorrow.
Many organizers and strikers spent
Sunday In making personal house TO
house cauvassers in mill towns to
induce wayering men to Join the
strike.
Reports that the strike was wan
ing" we're vigorously denied at union
headquarters. Telegrams were exhib-
ffed from a number OF organizers
asking that thousands Of the red.
whits and blue union cards be hur-
ried to them. I'VE are much stronger
today than the hrst day Of the
strike" said Secretary Foster.
c. J. Boyle, general organizer OF the
International Brotherhood Of Electri-
col Workers. said % of the brother
hoods best organizers were being sent
into the district TO aid the steel work
sgs
J. q. Brown, who WAS one Of the lead
ers In the Seattle strike, and has been
in this field for some time aiding In the
organizing Of steel workers. is inves-
tigating all arrests of strikers. He sal
today that more than $50 union men
are now locked up In jails In Allegheny
county.
Following up the vote Of confidence
given Secretary Foster by the national
steel vorkerr committee. union head
quarters gave out a letter said to have
been written by Judge Samuel Alschu.
Ter Of the United States circuit court os
appeals for the seventh circuit. bearing
on Mr.. Fosters alleged radicalism. The
letter is dated Chicago. March q. 1919,
and is in reply to one written by John
Fitzpatrick, chairman of the strikers
national committee. In it the judge
states that his acquaintance with Mr..
Foster began in February. 1918. in con-
nection with the hearing of arbisi a.
ton cases in certain of the packing
house industries The letter further
says:
in his representation Of the err
ployes in the various controversies be.
fore me in which he participated he i'm
pressed me Is being particularly intel
ligent. honorable. moderate. taetful AMI
fair. His manner OF presentation and
his occasional apt literary references
led me to inquire OF others as to his
early advantages. and I learned with
some wonder that they were absolutely
nil and. On the contrary. all the very
Yeverze Of advantages II in his earlier
wanderings he imbibed for a time fan.
taste. extreme and destructive social
ideals, ! am sure there was nothing
developed In the many conferences and
hearings in whinch he participated
which would indicate that he still har-
bored them
One man was shot and slightly wound
ed and three others arrested when a
crowd Of young men are alleged to- have
attacked . deputy sheriff in the Law
renceville mil; district this afternoon.
None OF the men concerned in the af-
fair was striker. the police say
Two mass meetings of strikers were
held at Homestead this afternoon and
tonight. Handbills were distribotei
asking the men not to return to work
tomorrow.
Notices were posted throughout
Hemesteai toda- by the Carnegie Steei
Co. offering 5000 reward for the arrest
and conviction Of thc person or persons
who shot Peter Luke. loyal workman
Luke was shot yesterday. The Carne-
gle company saiso announced that all
striking workmen would be paid of to-
morrow morning.