The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-09-27
CRISIS MONDAY


poration and did. not include the ship
yards.
go Back to Work" Ads. - i-a
While developments in the strike
are now extending to Washington and
nearly every section of the country
the steel companies have launched an
extensive campaign to get men who
are on strike to return to work. All
Pittsburgh morning papers today
carry, a full page lad" headed GO
Back to Work Monday"
Yesterday the enemy of liberty
was Prussianism. Today it is radical
ISM" the lad" declares. 1t quotes
from Secretary William 2. Fosters
pamphlet on syndicalism and declares
that masquerading under the cloak of
few radicals hope to seize control of
tho industries and turn the country
over to the red rule of syndicalism."
Says Purpose Is Revolution.
Some few" not knowing the "pur-
pose of the strike was to plant revo-
luton in the country" have gone out,
the lad" states. and appeals that they
return to work. TRANSACTIONS of the
appeal are carried in Polish, Croatian,
Slovak. Italian and Magyar.
The situation in the Pittsburgh dis
trict was generally unchanged today,
tho the steel companies appeared to
be making steady gains. No disorders
were reported as the day shifts went
on duty. All points in the Mononga-
hela Valley reported an increasing
number of men on the job
Thirteen of the fifteen mills of the
Allegheny Steel company are now op
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Gary Plants Reopening.
Chicago Sept 27.-More mills at
the United States Steel Corporation
plant at Gary. Ind. open, with Off
cials claiming $500 men at work: APP
proximately 1000 men on the job at
the Illinois Steel Co. mills at South
Chicago. with some sheets actually
an appeal to Washington by employees
of the Inland Steel Co. and a federal
injunction against picketing at the
plant OF the Pollack Steel Co. at Chi
cago, sums up the situation in general
in the steel strike in the Chicago dis
trict as the sixth day of the walkout
began.
Conflicting claims by industrial
heads and labor leaders and minor
rioting at the Illinois Steel Co. and at
Gary, marked passage of the fifth day
of the strike. One man was beaten at
the Illinois steel plant and at Gary the
first shots of the strike were fired
when detectives dispersed crowd of
strikers who had stoned their automo-
bile. No one was injured.
The temporary injunction against
picketing of the Pollack plant in South
Chicago is returnabIe before Judge
Lands Tuesday. The company repre-
scented that a federal contract for rail-
road axles was being held up and that
80 per cent of the employees desired
to return to work.
At Waukegan, where yesterday the
situation for time appeared to be
getting serious. all apparently was
calm today. Stoning of automobiles
ana threats of other violence subsidized
after three hundred deputy sheriffs
including business and professional
men, were sworn in. Adjutant Cen
Lowden that troops were not needed.
Similar action by Gary citizens was
planned last night. it was reported.
Six hundred men met and formed a
citizens military police organization.
the report said. of 800 former soldiers.
Extending Strike Scope.
Cleveland. O., Sept. 27.-with
nothing to do in Cleveland, because
all steel plants here are tied up. union
organizers today made a foray into
the surrounding country in the hope
of tying UP unaffected steel plants.
For the next few days their atten-
ton will be centered on Canton.
Lorain and Cambridge. Lorain and
Cambridge have so far successfully
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plants are running. In Canton APP
proximately 5000 men are out and
| three plants shut down. Several other
large plants are still in operation and
the union leaders hope to close them
up in a few days.
Several steel plant managers here
! reported that many workers have
signified a desire to return to work.
! Henry Raisse, strike leader in the
Cleveland district, said few morgan
| lied workers were undoubtedly ready
| to resume work but the union men
were so1idly against returning until
they are victorious. s
Fruits of Investigation.
Washington. Sept 27-Investiga-
ton to date of the steel strike by the
/ senate labor committee in an effort
| to ascertain if the situation can in any
| way be relieved by federal action has
| developed the following outstanding
! points:
| First--Deelaration by. strike lenders
| that agreement by -fbe United States
| Steel Corporation to arbitrate differ
ences with employees would end the
! walkout.
| standardization by strikers rep
! resentatives that granting by Chair
| man Gary of the steel corporation of
! hearing of their demands now would
] not end the strike.
| Third-The view of organized labor
that the Issue is recognition of the right
! Oh Ine cnplOytS 10 De HedTu, 10 OFEan-
| ize and 20 have some voice in determin-
| ing conditions under which they labor"
These definite points were brought
out in the two days hearing by the
two representatives of labor to APP
! pear, John Fitzpatrick chairman of
the strikers committee, and Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. Both went into
the history of the movement to or
ganize the steel industry and charged
that in many cases civil authorities in
western Pennsylvania had lent assist
ance to the steel companies to defeat
| the movement.
Having heard labor's side of the
| controversy, the committee Will
the views of the operators in the in
dustry. Judge Gary OF the steel COR
poratior will appear Wednesday pre-
pared to present that side of the con-