The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-27
STEEL PLANTS URGE
MEN TO RETURN
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dis granted the Pollak Steel company.
of South Chicago, a temporary injunc-
ton prohibiting union officials and
pickets from interfering with men who
desire to return to work. The bill was
directed against John Fftz Patrick and
others and is to be argued Tuesday.
The company alleged government
contract would suffer if employees were
impeded.
Friday was quiet throughout the
Chicago district, the only incidents
being a minor attack on an automobile
load of detectives and charges that
whisky was supplied strikers in some
districts. The charges were not veri-
fled
Shots Exchanged
NEW YORK, Sept 27.-Shots were
exchanged in a fight between strike
sympathizers and workers at the De
Haven Manufacturing company's plant
in Brooklyn today. Three men were
injured by flying missiles. Police
reserves restored order.
More Men at Work
NEW CASTLE, Pa, Sept. 27.-The
American Sheet and Tin Plate COM
pany today reported more men work
ing in its two local plants than at
ary time since the strike was called
Out of sixty "hot'' mills in the two
plants at Shenango and New Castle,
fifty-one are operating today, an in.
crease of twelve over yesterday.
Gary Appears Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Sept 27.-The sen
ate labor committee, which is con
Quoting the investigation into the
steel strike, will hear the employers
side of the controversy next Wednes'
day when Judge Gary, head of the
United States Steel corporation testi
fies. Labor's side, the committeeman
feel, has been adequately presented by
John Fitz Patrick, leader of the
strikers, and Samuel Gompers. head of
the A. f of L.
During the recess of the committee
hearings, efforts to get employers to
agree to arbitration will go forward.
Fitz Patrick has already said that an
agreement to arbitrate would bring the
strikers to the mills.
The arbitration statement was the
one big thing senators got from Fitz
Patrick.
From Gompers, the committee
learned:
That the steel strike was inevi-
table because OF conditions in the in.
dustry
That labor was seeking its day in
court"
I.abor's view of the strike and the
story OF the events that led up to the
walkout. with an account of the eff
forts Of Gompers and President Will
son to halt it.
There is a growing belief here tina:
/ the strike, unless settled before tina,
time, will be adjusted at the ROUND
table conference October s.
Bethlehem Strike Is Called.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Sept. IT,
Strike of the forty thousand employees
of the Bethlehem Steel company was
called today by the steel workers ma
tional committee The strike is to
become effective at six o'clock Mon
day morning, September 30.
The action was taken after Score
tary Foster had laid before the full
committee his letter requesting. and
President Grace's letter refusing a
i conference with the union represcn
ttatives.
Foster declared Bethlehem Steel
employees were highly organized ant
that his reports indicated they had
voted 100 per cent in favor OF the
istrike.
The final decision to call the strike
twas reached after a three hour con
ference of the committee.
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