The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-28


Pittshurs. Pa S@rs- 9T<--Tf1o steaa
strilge val ba extended to the plants
~ the Hethleh6rn Steel company Mon
dav morning. Tfro formal ORDER cali
ms ont an Geo to 50.oee men Of the
largest independent steel concern in
me conrtry was lspzned gsris afternoon
hv tho national organizing committee
IF the iron ARD steel workers. union
Tho Bethlehem men are hun
ared per eest orga utxstiou" safd
Secretary william C. Foster. Every
nlant win be tied un. There rs No
ao4shs about orr winning now
rho order win rct afre-ct TIRE rrrer
I'M the Bethlehem ysrfpbufisfusg rfs1rS-
but VIII cali ont rHsA work er@s' at Bath
iehem, Reading. st@efon' LEBANON
ana Srarrovvs Tssirat The comma ny
has granted ITS men form ~ cal]oc-
tfwe sarwafr14nw bs1t has refused %
recognise the urtor
DAYS DEVELOPMENTS
Other d,svvtt,gsazssssts Of tae day
vsare.
Carnegie rtant nj Homestead re-
rsg~ted yorsfug frrce Increased by
MIL Alifts 18ftfFtSss eat sNAa~@A A'sSf A"t'~
rooTened-
American Sheet and Urn pfste eSsrr,-
rany announced rssorcnfrsy at Nc
Eeempcrt and niTa to reopen l@TTen
Iant on Tuesday.
American Steel ard wIr~ Co. an
yres4rscss Farrell plant win resume
work Monday Coea miners at Johns
eown 60 hack n, work with under
standing that OUTPUT strait not go 70
nnn-nnion plants
Prick mines az Mowe~v0esa and
Standard shut 9oSwu.
General waTkout Of sailors and fire.
men ON Great Lakes ia sym patfIy with
steei workers reported impending.
Union men reported planning TO
prevent reonentnr OF plants in Cshfca-
30 district Monday.
Several thousand steel workers sffii
threatening To march frcvn Stuhen-
vile, Ohio, into West Virginia TO
force shut down OF weirtoD steel
mflts
Union men getting ready for Ions
siare IN Colorado plants.
Samuel Gouepera and other labor
leaders confer In New York ON steel
strike situation.
LITTLE VIOLENCE.
There were few reports of violence
anxionsfy awaiting the developments
OF tho coming week Monday viii
bring another test of strength with
the extension or the strike to the
BathIehem plants hnt there IS no OK
pectation that the events of that day
win he decisive.
Elhert H Gary. chairman of the
executive board of the United States
Steel corporation. and chief antagonist
OF the unions is to testify before the
Kenyon committee of the senate Wed
nesday and both sides agree that his
testimony Will have an Important bear
ing on the result.
On Monday of tho following week the
national labor conference win open at
Washington and there is little hope
that the strike viii como To an end
until the conference has com pleted its
deliberations.
Summing up the situation it may
be said that the first week of the strike
has closed with conditions virtually
the same. AS on the opening day. Pro-
hnction figures in this district are now
about 50 per cent Of normal. eondi-
tien which Is far from satisfactory to
HE mill owners The Carnegie COM
pany Is doing considerably better than
so per cent. but tho United States Steel
corporation and other concel.
hit ny the strike are holding the aver
age down.
Victory now IL mainly a question Of
endurance
The national committee made anoth-
er aggressive move tonight by insist
\ ing that the Kenyon senate commit
tee come to the strike region and In
veatigate the methods the corpora
hons are nsing to defeat the strike.
I'm many instances, said tho tale~
ExaSn.- the civil authorities have en-
AAaaAx outiswed crganlxed Labor