Evening journal., 1919-09-29
LESS PICKETINC
is REPORTED

Nrtt thnsHs w. sept ihc ohlu
National Guard was mobilized today
rtady for "any emergency" II was be-
lie,ed the order to assemble the guard,
which was issued by GOV. Cox late yes
terday in reply 10 the threat Of 5000
striking steel workers in the Steuben-
vile. Ohio, district 10 march into West
Virginia today 10 force a strike OF steel
workers in NeirtOn.
GOV. Cornwell, West Virginia. notl-
fed Gov. Cox he would consider any
such move "as an attack on the Sow
ercignty Of West Virginia.
Strike leaders al Steubenville said
they would restrain the proposed inva-
sion II possible.
Thomas Z. Donnelly. secretary OF tho
Ohio Federation OF Labor, urged can
cellation of the march. Word here from
SteubenVnlle early today was that the
march would not take place.
On thr West Virginia side, il was re-
ported that police, deputy sherins and
mounted officers were prepared TO cope
with the situation.
SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Pa, sept. %.
Omitted Prcss).-Less than twenty per
cent. OF the workers responded TO the
strike call at the Bethlehem steel plant
/ here today. There was no pickcting in
/ the vicinity OF the steel plant owing
10 the vigilance of the police
One man on picket duty was arrested
ON charge of interfering with men
goina TO work. Mounted police. in
cIuding many soldiers in United States
army uniforms. carrying pistols. kept
everyone moving. Where more than
three men gathered the group was
PROMPTLY dispersed.
Supt. Davis stated that conditions
within the plant were nearly normal
TIuSVILLE. Pa, sept. %. United
Press) The plant OF the Bethlehem
Steel Company here continued opera
ton today. officials said that scarcely
man OF the approximately 200 em-
ployed had answered the strike call.
BUFFALO. n. Y. Sept 30 United
prcss) The Lackawanna Steel Com
panys plant resumed operations today
following weeks shutdown. Six
hundred men returned 10 work on the
drst shift. There was no disorder.
sTEELTON. Pa. Sept % UNITED
Press. Hundreds OF workers at the
Bethlehem Company's plant here re-
ported for work this morning in the
face OF the strike order.
BALTIMORE. Md. Sept. % united
Press. THE national strike COMMITTEES
was repudlated by the 5000 workers OF
the Bethlehem steel Company at Spar
rows Point today. when the men re-
fused 10 strike. The night force was
on duty last night, while the day gangs
reported at the usual time this morn
ing. The entire police force was on
duty from midnight.
The old wage scale agreement be-
tween the shipworkers OF the Bethle-
hem Shipbullding Corporation and the
United states shipping Board ends to-
morrow at noon The workers have
asked the company for more money and
shorter hours and expect their demands
10 be answered by tomorrow night.
PITTSBURGH. sept %. United
Press Dawn Of the second week or
the steel strike brought what operators
and labor leaders termed the crisis OF
the gigantic struggle Both sides were
marshaling their forces for the admit
tedly crucial day.
Early reports indicated a favorable
increase in manpOwer. Labor leaders
were confident, however, that evidence
OF their real strength would be felt to-
day. when employees OF Jones and Nc
Laughlin and the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany answered the new strike call.
Jones and Laughlin officials reported
the fourth attempt TO call out their men
had been a physiological mistake"
and that the men reported today as
usual-i00 per cent. Less pickets, they
said, were on the streets this morning
than at any time during the strike.
Carnegie steel officials appeared the
most optimistic in this district. They
several hundred more men
reported today, among them being many
foreigners. Preparations were made
for firing another furnace, making a
total OF six OF the eleven stacks OF the
Edgar Thomson plant operating.
The West Penn Steel Company. at
believed the strike at
their plant had been broken by the
pledge Of 300 men TO return to work to-
day. 10 is said an agreement had been
reached with native born workmen.
that a strike does not exist and that
men who voted against returning to
work will be declared to have quit their
positions Sufficient men, they said. re-
ported last night to permit operation OF
all departments.
All districts reported order. In Don
ora, where It was feared clashes might
occur between Negro guards and strik-
ers. all was quiet as mills OF the Ameri-d
can Steel and Wire Company. ciossdS