The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-22

are waving the American flag hard.
Each Is accusing the other of trickery
and worse.
Steel officials. for instance, charge
that the whole movement Is Bolshevism
They say that all Of the indictments
are the non-English speaking employees
The strikers refute this with long list
of American names. The strike litera-
ture and announcements, nevertheless,
are printed In every dialect Of southern
and eastern Europe.
Mayor Lyle of McKeesport says scorn-
fully that not more than twenty Ameri-
cans were In the whole meeting that
he broke up this afternoon. Even ad-
hitting that their adherents come largely
from the foreign element the strike
leaders protest the patriotism Of these
men.
They bought Liberty bonds up torthe
hilt." said Foster this afternoon. They
stuck through this war like any SOL
diers. They were fed up on the doc
trine that they were helping the fight
for democracy. Now they want to get
some Of that democracy.
"All this district is in the grip Of the
steel corporations. They own every
thing--offlcials, papers, schools, yes,
even some Of the churches.
Our men resent bitterly the charge
want to, that they are saving money
to go to the old country. It's the same
charge that was made when we or
ganized the Chicago stock yards. Yet
when the men got better wages the
bunk houses and the shacks OF stores
disappeared.
The men spread out into comfortable
homes, while decent stores and picture
| theatres grew up. We're fighting for
haf ola Of la
| from 81 to ~ cents an hour and trying
to live and raise families on 1t.
Every constitutional right they have
| is abused. They can't meet. When
they are arrested bail is denied"
Gruesome Strike Literature.
The strike headquarters is full OF
documents bearing out this sentiment
A copy of a Chicago paper contains
| photographs of three men in their cof-
fins, about to be buried, and surrounded
by weeping relatives many OF the men
relatives In uniform. The picture de-
scribed what happened to four organic
ers in Hammond who were ruthlessly
shot down by company guards when
ia king part in a peaceful meeting away
from the plant.
| Another frightfuI picture attributed to
the minions of the company Is a picture
of a head of Mary Smelling. who bids
fair to become the martyr of this strike
The picture shows her head crushed by
clubs. Strike leaders allege she was
thus miNilated after she had been shot
to death when guards attempted tc
break up a meeting.
Both these pictures are being circu'
lated by thousands among the strikers
kNor is there any reason to doubt thai
E.other means of argument even more
sensational are resorted to.
According to the tales which the mer
themselves repeat to their women foil
they are striking ito bring booze back,
because they'll be killed II they don't,
because their pay will be cut If the!
don't" and because their pay will b.
raised II they do" A powerful effort |
being made to have It appear that Presi
dent Wilson is behind them.
Secretary Foster played hard on tn
Wilson name at the meeting at RANKIN
this afternoon. He told his hearers tina
in the course of an hours conferenc
with the President in Washington Nj
Wilson had promised to do all that h
could for the strike cause. He Is ais
! telling them that Judge Gary turne
, down hard President Wilson's reques
for delay when 1t was made to the stes
J head through Bernard Baruch. Ever
mention of the Presidents name is WEI
, cheered at the strike meetings
, The steel officials charge the most sin
| lister motives to the strike leaders. The