The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-25
STEEL STRIKE
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wore straininC every nerve ~ NA
snrcad OF the Strike. FS., "a
rbe rrCscnt phase OF the conlLGe
rerardrd by both SIDES rs cilti.AI, ~
iod' The first rush Of cXcltcmen! y. TIC
mutation Of the str t i, not 4' been a Srent
Movement Of men into or OUT Oh ~
nionIs in the Pittsburgh district SIM
The first big walkout ana each siuo
ruarding against stainpcGT. .orns
ious large plants and sinallet 1851.
are crippled IN NaF.''4e
|. '"S Tbo leaders Of the strikers. as shown
~ thoir declarations that the str'Ke Is
snrcadinE, arc not giving up lnc
az hui predict that with the coming
20 r,orc orcanizers they Yill gradually
ebut down ell important works. SecEe-
tarv William q. Foster, OF the strlkoLs
Soiionol committee, sad today that ns
cxpccted the great Homestead pan. oi
the Carnegie steel company, 10. % stn"I
c1rn1ratI on. would be shut down by the
end Of the week. 49, b.
''' Secretary Foster announced late TO-
day that $4,000 men in the lno9s orS
,xere on strike This is a gain oil lo,oUu
onr,nercd with his figures Of yesterday.
0n,inl. site information came from tle
officers of the Carnegie and other steer
companies in tho Pittsburgh olslIlCt "
dav and they were at great Varianc'
with those given out by the ua'o ~,
Germany officials maintained that INC
trend was into the mills. Increased
r'.I,.ts hey declared, were in evidence
Ar all the important plants lncluoIns
homestead, Charlton, Braddock' Du.
omcsnn and the Pittsburgh city mills OF
tho Carnegie company
Nearly Normal.
! The Jones and Laughiin steel com.
pany mills against which a oTlVe nus
been started by the unions were report
rlN,N r,nr a
Officers Of the American steel and
wire company and the American shect
and tin plato company reported I'M
proved conditions in and about fl''S-
burgh. ,-,.. .,,
gains were reported for large steel mills.
Conditions were said to be better from
the standpoint Of employers at New
Castle and at Farrell at both OF which
nlaces there have been riots with thu
loss of life.
! union and other labor organizations are
beginning to come into the Pittsoursn
district TO assist those VINO nave pcch
campaigning here.
/ The Pittsburgh district rs whole
was comparatively quiet today Late IN
he afternoon, strikers RiifRI; leo ID -
hold meeting on the DO line DC,
tween Mckeesport and prt anu
about $500 men as*em1 re ana
the authorities of both assisted
! by a detachment Of stat rdercd
1t abandoned. There waS resist
ancc and general fighu I'd. in
which. as far as police repdeS4 70. no
ocn was seriously hurt. When the dis
turbancc was over the Mckcesport no
( lice had taken twenty four men into
custody ard sixteen others were in tho
hands of the Glassport authorities.
/ Shots Fired.
I shots fired II de-
! clarcd No ono was struck, but a few in
the crowds had their heads battered
/ with police clubs for refusing to DIS
perse or resisting arrest.
/ The chief Of police OF Glassport was
slightly hurt. He caught a man in the
| crowd in the act Of drawing a pistol and
pounccd upon him. There was rush
| at the chief who was surrounded By
some of the crowd and he was rescued
by a mounted state trooper who rode
) into the mob. In the mix up the chief
was knocked down by the troopers
horse The man who drew the pistol
was arrested.
, Scores Of arrests continue to be made
by local authorities in many places for
infraction Of strike rcSulat ons. These
consist Of falling to move on when ="
ordered by tho police. carrying weapons
! and melting TO riot.
GARY. Ind. Sept. 24-The third day
! Of the stool WorMcTS S'rihc III H"I
/ brought about little change so far AS
: could be learned. Union leaders main
! toincd their claim that 9S percent of the
! % nG0 steel workers were out.
) All the mills have virtually ceased OPP
/ Grafton strifCrs said.
! Company OFFICIALS renamed s'iess; al al
! to the extent Of the strike. but oniclal
reports said some progress had been
made in resuminG work.
| some Of the plants remained omen and
| son1n workers reported during the day
and estimates place the number from
! 400 to 5000.
| uorbIrO At Clarksburg.