The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-09
STEEL MEN DEMAND
RIGHT OF MEETING
PeHfsylvania Federation OF
! Labor Plans to Start
! Campaign.
EMPLOYERS OPTIMISTIC
Carnegie Company Announces
! MRny Workers Are Return
ing to Their Jobs.
an.olal n..natch 20 rar suN.


Special Despptch TO TIE Sun. Il
Pm,rsBuRo, Oct S.-Plans OF steel
strike leaders to mobilize orsanixed labor
An Pittsburg and Pennsylvania In a cam
paisn for the right of peaceful assem-
e,sgs in districts whore union meetings
ere barred and for the right OF free
speech, in whatever Language Is most
suited to such assembisges, began 10
take shape here to-nignt
Foilow.ng announcement tonight that
a spesciaI meeting will be held Friuas
nightiin the Labor Temple of the Fits
hung Central Labor Union to act on the
strike situation. II became known that
president James N. Maurer OF the Penn |
ryiyania Federation Of Labor, VINO ar
rived here to-day, il planning to call
speoial convention OF the state Federa-
s,on " take action on the strike. The
ronvsntion is to be held in this CITY
president Maurer announced tonight
.nat he will make a personal appeal in
the name of organized labor to GOV w.
e, sntoul to permit peaceful union meet
inrs5lin places where they are now
oarred.
whited on by a committee of labor Of
s,cials to-day, Mayor Z. V. PADDOCK Oh
this cry announced that he proposed 70
be fair to all concerned In tine steer
strike, but he would not permit union
meetings where they have been barred
The Carnegie Statement.
'sWhen I tell you gentlemen that al
most 600 men returned to work In the
Monongahela Valley In the last twenty
four hours and approximately SUI IN tne
preceding twenty-four hours thinK
YOU will agree that as far as this COM
pany is concerned the strike situation
is far from a stsndstill," announced inc
spokesman for the Carnegie Steel Com
panys official bulletin tonight This
is a fact and the figures are the records
of our mill superintendents. turther-
more the result Of this accession OF men
is indicated in our tonnage reports
This has been about the daily return
for the last week and men formerly EN-
ployed by us in pretty good Jobs ara
taking almost anything thsy can get
now. At this rate 1t is not going to be
long before We viii not need men.
Says Ranks Holding Firmly.
Secretary William z. Foster of the
national strike committee said tonight:
'Our ranks are holding firm. Our
losses are insignificant. We are gaining
ground IN many sections despite all
claims to the contrary. We really are
lust getting down to work At no plant
in the Pittsburg district have we lost
ground"
With a corps of organizers in tow
Char,ss W. Meyer Of Denver Col. presi-
Dent Of the Mine. Mn and Smelter
Workers International Union, arrived in
this city to-day. Meyer placed the ser
vices of all the men, including shimself,
in the hands Of the National Strike Com
mittee.
Although no person in authority about
strike headquarters win sponsor the
rumor, II Is stated here tonight that
.he A. r. of L. Is planning TO bring
every labor leader Of note in the coun-
try here to lend force to the steam roll
Ter methods which are to be used hence
forth in an effort to close down the
Steel Corporation plants in this district.
in the words of Secretary Foster:
Leaders scout Red Drive.
"It is either make or break for the
steel companies. i think we will be
able to surprise them. This strike is
only fairly under way. A lot of water
has gone through the wheel, but the
deluge Is just coming. We will stor
steel making in this district. Mark this
statement we'll"
Strike leaders after investigating to-
day the driving Of lis alleged reds
from Weirton, w. Va, yesterday follow.
ing their forced obeisance to the Ameri'
can flag. announced that the arrests ant
subsequent march from the city limit:
was only a camoufage designed by the
police to cover the forced evictions Of
steel workers from their homes Th'
reported raid of o barn" on the out
skirts of the town, where b ton Of
w. w. literature was alleged to hav'
been found and many arrests made, Il
reported by the National Strike Commit
tee to have been nothing more than {
forced entrance into the Finnish Social
lists Hall, where a few men were fount
playing cards These. with a numbe
OF others on the streets, were gathered
together and when they refused to re
turn TO work. II IL alleged they wer,
herded together. forced to kiss Old Gior!
and run out of town on the double quick
Families Are Evicted.
A delegation of strikers from Weir
ton arrived in this city tonight an,
reported that $50 families. comprising
200 women and children. were throw
into the streets yesterday by men o
the Weirton Steel Company, which own
fhe town bearing that name. from tn
outermost fence post to the City Hall
The latest innovation IN the big strik
was the appearance of q full page ad
vertisement to-day in all Of the loca
daiiies headed:
'Eurppe's Not What It Used to Be
II ends thus "Stick to the U. s. A.
BEST living conditions in the world
Best wages In the world"
Fearing that the exodus of foreig
born workmen to central and easter
Europe, under way for months. has be
cause of the strike gained a momentum
that bids fair to deplete the country o
that class OF workmen. employers ar
beseeching the foreign born to remai
in the United States. Many steel OF
fciais make no secret OF their anxiet
on this score. Today's big fiaring ad
vertisement only confirms the words O
strike leaders at the beginning of tn
walkout. that the foreigner was IN
best asset the unions had"
ROMR Is Exploded