Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-25
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BRIEF HISTORY OF
STEEL PLANT LABOR
CONDITIONS Q GIVEN n ! J
Rioting Dies Down in Strike
District; Police Still On
Guard.
SEVERAL MEN ARE
REPORTED KILLED
Neither Side Makes Any
Claims of Great Change
In Situation.
fBy The Associated Press,

tBy The Associated Ffe08) s8Gt
Interest in the great struggle IN the
ington. where the labor committee OF
the senate opened an investigation
with the avowed intention to discover
ing "if the situation in any way can
be relieved by federal action Mean
while no radical change was re-
ported in the actual strike centers. It
was labors day in court for the frst
chairman of the national steel work
ers' committee. The employers, turn
will come next Wednesday when III
bert II. Gary, chairman Of the board
of directors Of the United States Steel
corporation, presents the case for
capital.
1t is the expressed hope Of the
committee that the investisati0n Will
lay bare the underlying causes OF the
struggle which is threatening the eco-
nomic interests of the nation. The
committee also is expected to probe
charges made on the floor Of the sen
ate and elsewhere that more sinister
motives are involved than the os-
tensible one Of the right Of the work
ers to organize. St..s5sa
Want Decent Justice.n
Mr.. Fitzpatrick declared early Ia
his testimony that even the consent
meet the union representatives would
not now end the strike. He asserted
the strikers intended to demand
decent Justice" from the United
States government :sst:s.sss.
e-srSo far a1sScfual con ditions. of the
battle line were concerned the most
mportant definite news came from
claimed specific and significant ad-
vantages. Steel, corporation officials
announced that the steel and slab
mills Of the corporation at Gary, Ind
would resume part operation today
the most extensive resumption
claimed in the district since the strike
was declared. Offsettlns this. 1sJ
steam engineers employed in the Ilii-
nots Steel company's plant in the
same town were called ont by their
local, raising again the possibility OF
a general walkout by this most im-
portant branch of the workers.
Complete Paralysis.
In the Mahoning valley district 4sof
Ohio the complete paralysis Of the
industry achieved BY the strikers con-.
tinued and the success on the Ohio
sector was emphasized BY the tclostng
of the plant of the bar mill Of the
Empire Rolling Mill company, with
the exception Of the sheet mill de-
partment, which employs only SEQ
men, This department is the only
mill now operating in Cleveland.
But the issue In the great Pitts
burgh area where both sides concede
the struggle must be lost OF won, re-
mains uncertain. Corporation Of
f1cials again asserted today that sh1k-
ers were returning to work, admit
ting that the number, was not, large,
but terming it "stesdy." These clatma
were as usual disputed BY tho strike
leaders. w. z. Foster. secretary OF
the strike committee, called the stu
alton "better than ever" and pro-
dicted interesting developments WITH
in few days He declined to b
more specific.
Farrell, Pa, where the frst blood
shed occurred IN the sporadic riotang,
which marked the beginning Of the
struggle, was again the scene Of I
fatality today. A Serbian Wns a1bot
and killed by state trooper during
the search Of q house suspected of
being sniping post from which alsoes
had been fired at steel plant.
Washington, Sept. 7I.-sena4s an-
vestiEation Of the nationwide strike
of steel workers to determine whetber
remedial action can be taken BY ne