The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-30
~ Face of Returns Last
Night Strikers Appear
% Have Lost.
NO STRIKE AT ALL
IN BALTIMORE
Carnegie Co. Describes
the Situation as Mighty
Good, Yet Foster Re-
fuses to Admit Defeat.

runnuxx. pa. Sept .a~--fre
koW down ea1nse today III LIE
lEe14 trike. and en- the face OF II
the strikers Lost, com paratively
few NOR, quit work. and their loss
IL the mills were more than offset
~ the number who returned 10
- shops
LIGHT is To be thrown upon the
1niu ownerg SIDE OF the CONTROVERSY
III was learned today by the appear
ance OF Judge Gary before the sfefs1ss
connf5ttee invests eating the steer
ktrike at Washington on WEDNESDAY
Judge Gary, who IL Ia New YORK. Will
aeava tomorrow for Washfn gton. ii
was said. He III expected TO offer les
ftmpny In refutation of the allegfA-
1Iuns that the strike was pr@cipttated
bv brutal Treatment of workers. dis
lowered by labor leaders who visited
rfttsburr in a futile effort tn secure a
nosfponernent of the strike until after
(fhe labor conference at washington
On October G.
The situation from now ON bios
fair 10 drag to "A. slow conclusion. with
praduefion seriously ham pered IN the
dastrfet, but without any Likelihood
es the uHiea developing sufhctesft
wtreurtf1 TO force the operators 10
t.
rinae the mills ~ tho Bethlehem Steel
tnrnpany today gave strong backing
IA this belief
ftnpredRaseafi observers, fagnili
with conditions in the industry, LOOK
Tor victory for the min owners a. u
cefsalYty with slight CONCESSIONS
made TO the workers at the end Bnt
on the main issue. recognition OF tue
unions, the panies have won the
sight along the line. Violence was
virtual5y absent today.
From Eethie bern. Chicago. tTcwe-
hand and Buffalo reports came In
sifcating the ssmne back TO the mills
sentiment
Labor leaders were frankly dis
nnuraged by the country wide con-
Alton, though william Il. Foster
nerretars treasurer 0f the national
rnmmittse for Iron and steel workers
maintained brave front Tie Insist
"a that haifthe industry WAS crippled
Aud that defeat for the unions was
not vat III aishf ''ss'''
START THREE MILLS
The strike at the Jones and Laugh
In plants In PittsburE and nearby
prnred Nat failure. Fewer than LOG
men III the lis, 900 In an departments
walked out. The company reported
KhrnG mills which had been ckased fos
nearly month.
The Carnegie company. which req
tesersts more than half the industry IN
the District described the situation M
emighty good adding:
The situation is strengthened al
nver through the failure Of tffc attach
~ ne mills scheduled. for to-day Mer
fN- Fe1urning to our plants with din
- philx. showing an absence Of fear
We don't mean that there Is
- apfdc hack TO work. bait The meI
1Y6 Returning In such numbers thai
r axA operating all our plants yer,
Naar tnp profuctienS In ono PLAN
pite the returning men could b
hn1G l1red by the hundreds
sSs kt indications of tire sfrfks
SYat1x were thu resumption o
- atone In the McKccspcrt tin plate
InnEy mills and the American Stes
III wire plants at Doiora and Nc
Ees&nDcRE
ss Fhe unions did not lose the da,
SSSlY1tIetUly. for ut Wesrtnn the no
f5S of the United States Steel cor
nfiou were shut by "A schedules
throwfnG 5000 men out of en-
S3UT7i5eslE Rut Homestead. Brafidocl
s1Ed McKeesport, the big three Ike,
1ft0nH were stronger tonight thar
IN anv tlSne during the strike.
s Gcndificns generally Indicate In
beAaea strength FOR the MN owner
g. m u prorortinnata weakening e
u11pn 1r1p. 60
81 13s1f nrodurtionA Is low stifi. for tn
NJ Industry II SO scientifically ar
N ~ hfed that the closing Of singh
sHnnrtaht plant affects the whole sys
"a many arc still iirnping alone
n BETHi.FIIE.M rTAsCo.
aO,1th M fhlfhen,. Ia, Sept, 20
hx effort TO bring about = genera
SfT2I among Bethlehem Steel com
NAVY workers today proved a failure
4Ssver than 90 per cent OF the einpioye
@9Sitfng u he at their accustomed Jobs
rlals al the company declared tn
S& nI,t an almost complete failurs
%$Gf ~ f{hsfanding claims by unio
ssarH that Bethlehem's big plan
x6 been crippled and that the cloin
= 5sxhn power house had followed.
|sszsvsAINTMOFsE MEN STICK
I111xhore, Sept, 3s.--Workers a
O. 1kfaehem steel cOrapanysa plan
narr0ws Point did not strike 70
n 2sIE nut fifty men + were reporte
ise from their posts ssd thei
q g ID attributed TO the usua
" morning turnover. There wa
b. StSesnent Dr. confusion; the me
yNxkIy had made up their mind
s4tay On the job and went abou
u f1S3 IA businosxsaike manner. U
4azss5 lSi72 nv n<vAr vary cOuNdAnt thR