The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-22
EFFECT OF STRIKE
THROUGHOUT NATION

WHEELING, W. Va.--All steel plants
IN this district are closed, approximately
5000 employees having Joined the strike,
No disorder 10 reported,
CLEVELAND, o.---unlon leaders
claim total Of $4,000 steel and Iron
workers In this district are out, The
10 mills OF the American Steel and
Wire corporation, employing 5000 men.
are closed, The Bourne Fuller plant,
employing 1880 men, Is also Idle
BETHLEHEM, Pa.--Deleoa repre-.
sentlnq unions o. $4,000 employees OF the
hethlehen Steel company, at a meeting
decided not 70 strike at present, await.
ING the outcome Of a meeting with com /.
pany officials, N no MeetlnQ 10 secured
by Thursday afternoon II Is planned to
call a strike next Monday.
MOBILE, Ala.--The chlckasaw\ ship.
building plant, subsidiary Of the United
States Steel corporation, has not been
affected by the strike, less than 100 OF
the 5000 workmen being union men, II
Is said,
ANNlSToN, Ala,--The plant Of the
Admission Steel company Is working as
usual, the 800 employees paying no at.
NeHN'oH W LUo StVlkc CdU.
CANTON, o.-All Canton mills except
the United Alloy are In operation, al
though many workers are absent from
their Jobs.
PORTSMOUTH, o.-The Whitaker
Glessner company's steel plant, employ.
olas state not a single man has struck,
WARREN, o.--The Trumbull steel
company's plant, employing 5000 mon,
and the Liberty Steel oompany's plant,
employing t,5oo, are In fun operation.
Only few men have struck
CoATESVlLLE, Pa.--6etween 200 and
800 man Of the 5000 employed by the
local branch OF the MidVale Steel cor.
poratIon are out. About 100 men have
struck at the Lukens Steel company
plant here.
DENVER, Col.--The steel plant Of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company at
Pueblo has closed owing to the strike.
READING, Pa.--No evidence OF trou.
BILE In local steel plants or In this part
OF the Schuyklll valley are apparent,
and thus far all men have remained at
work.
POTTSVlLLE, Pa,--The Eastern
Steel company's mill here, employing
1000 men, has not been affected, al
workers reporting as usual.
coLERAlNE, Mlnn.--No signs OF a
strike In mines on the Western Mesaba
range are noted.
ATLANTA.-The Atlantic Steel com.
pany's plant here, employing 1900 men,
has not been affected by the strike.
NEW YoRk.--offIces Of the United
States Steel corporation here give no
| Indications that a strike against the
| company'S i45 plants was In progress,
COLUMBUS, o.-Tne Columbus Steel
mills, employing. several thousand men,
are operating as usual.
HAMILTON, o.-lt Is announced here
that the strike does not affect the plant
| Of the American Rolling mills at Mid
dietown, the company having an agree
ment with the union,
HARRISBURG, Pa,-No signs Of the
strike are apparent here, the SteeIton
plant Of the Bethlehem Steel company
operating as usual.
FORT WORTH, Textile George w
Armstrong g. Co. steel mills is In full
operation here. none OF the empoye;
being affected by the strike.
TOLEDO, o.-6Iast furnases are un.
affected by the strike, The plants oi
the Toledo Furnace company, the Unit.
ed States Malleable Castings Co. and
| National Malleable company are oper'
atins as usual, the employees not being
unionized. No walkouts on lake freight.
ers have been reported.
| JOLIET, Ill.--Thousands Of employees
Of the Illinois Steel company here are
out.
MlLWAUkEE,--Abou 800 Of The
1900 employees OF the Illinois Steel cor
poration plant at Bay View, near here
are out.
| GARY, ind.-All steel mills In this
district are working as usual. Three
thousand men OF the day shift Of 5000
reported for work, officials state.
PHILADELPHIA strike ha,
had little effect here, only few hun
dred men being out,
CLEVELAND. o.-Unlon sailors al
this port, according to union officers
have quit several steel corporation yes
sells here,
STEUBENvILLE, o.--The Ming,
works and the Steubenvllie blast fur
naoes OF the Carnegie Steel Company
are closed, The Lseeile Iron plant "
also IdIs-