Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-29

NJ. C. A., and similar organizations.
For what? To Make the world safe
for Democracy"
I'm the shipyards of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, the employees have =
union agreement. signed by President
T. G.. Grace, of the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, with the Metal Trades De-
rartpIent of the American Federation
of Labor. Wage rates. guaranteed and
paid, easily average sixty per cent.
higher than is paid by the same com;
pany in the steel mills. In the ship
%ards an assc;nbler receives from eighty
cents to one dollar per hour.
IF the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
can make a profit in the shipyards, what
must be their prof. in the steel mills?
Who is the dollar patriot?'
THE employees of the plants of the
bethlehem Steel Corporation Chat
haven't got a union agreemenD are
banded together, under one leadership
en- the same principle of the Allied
Armies in Europe, so that there can be
no seperate peace.
THE press, ;nanufAcsur erS ani kindred
others say this strike is an industrial
war. 1t is. but they convey or try to
convey the impression that it will lead
to anarchy. This strike can be stopped
by President L. Gt Grace. simply call
ing for conference with our National
Committee.
The whole industrial world is in
chaos and it Is up to the Industrial
Kings of America to grant their en-
ployes Industrial Democracy and both
work together for the acquisition of the
world trade, because the steel industry
can no longer exist on domestic trade"
Mr.. Swords said he had no knowledge
of the number of men out as he had
been busy in Harrisburg all day and
had not heard from Harry Page in
charge of strike headquarters at Steel
ton.
Claim 65 Per Cent.
According to the strikers gathered
in Union Hall at least siXty-five per
cent. of the men responded to the
strike call. Harry Page, who is act
ing as secretary to John w. Brown,
of Charlestown. West Virginia, the
union organizer, said, however, this
was merely an estimate, and that
accurate figures could not as yet be
given.
Strikers this morning claimed that
at least ninety-fve per cent. OF the
workers of the bridge shop had left
work. and that this morning only
fifty-five men had reported for work,
and that fifteen of these had left
work q few hours later. The bridge
shop is said to have the strongest
union organization in the plant.
Rolling Mills Hard Hit
The rolling mills are said too have
been hard hit by the strikers. Strik-.
ing rolling mill men declared that
the 2S, 35 and 44-inch mills were
completely shut down, but that no
men had left their work without
first completing the heats, so that
no metal would in any way be dam
aged.
Strikers estimated that about half
of the machinists and men of the
machine shop had left work. This
morning a telegram came from
strike headquarters in Bethlehem
pleading with the other half to leave
work at the end of their shifts.
No figures could be estimated in
reference to the electricians, but
the strikers say that good num-
ber of them had joined the strikers
ranks.
Officials Deny Stories
In strong contrast with these
statements from the strikers is the
statement by officials of the COM
nany Officials this morning stated
that not single department. had
shut down thus far. and that there
seems to be little likelihood of any
department shutting down. They de-
MED that anything like s'xtyy-five
per cent. OF the men had joined the