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New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

workers and officials have settled down
to propaganda work. With the first
shock of the strike, it was found that
only ono plant Of the many in this
district had been handicapped and
that the response to the strike call
had been disappointing to union lead
ers
The situation at the wire mill Of
the American Steel and Wire Com
pany at Fairfield was somewhat OBJ
scure late to-day. Company officials
declare the mill is in full operation.
This was lontradicted by union men who
say Is to 30 per cent of the men have
quit and that only the rod mill is in
operation.
At the Ensley Mills only IS per cent
Of the men are reported out. At
Westheld 33 per cent are said to be
cut. Conditions at the by products
plant at Fairfield are normal.
This is the beginning of a gigantic
struggle" said one of the union lead
tum. but it will be mighty hard to
stop
Union heads arc free in their pre-
diction that the striking forces Will be
augmented considerably before the end
of the week, and that every holder of
a union card Will have quit before
Saturday. Company officials maitain
that few Of the men belong to the
union.
At Admission, Alabama City and
Sheffield. conditions are normal. the
men refusing to strike
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Guards Shoot Z
IL, Nelv Castle Riot
Mob OF Strikers Tries TO
Keep Loyal Men Out
Wifh ST,omcr Of Bricks

NEW CASTLE, Penn, Sept 2i.-
Seven persons were shot, one probably
fatally. in rioting which broke out at
the Carnegie Steel Company's plant
here late to-day.
The trouble started when a crowd
Of about 200 persons attemntod TO
prevent mill workers from entering
the plant. About twenty workmen
we're being assaulted. when the mill
guards. consisting of a number OF
deputy shorifs, came % their rescue.
The mill guards we're met with a
volley of bricks, stones and clubs
They drew their revolvcrs and at
tempted to hold the mob at bay. but
the showers OF missiles continued and
the crowd refused 20 disperse.
When the situation appeared to he
getting beyond control the guards arc
alleged to have opened fire On the
crowd with their guns. Two women
stomach IS reported to be in local
hospital in q critical condition. 4 boy
was also wounded. Three other per
sons we're struck By bullets, bat not
seriously hurt
Following the shooting the mill
guards had little difficulty in clearing
the streets about the plant
Another outbreak occurred to-day at
the plant Of the Shcnango Tin Plate
Company, in which two local police
men were wounded while attempting
to protect mill workers. One officer
was stabbed and another was shot.
/ helr wounds were not serious.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Chicago Plants
Are Badly Crippled
Muck No,c Depends on
Engineers, Who Quit
Despite Unions Orders

CHICAGO. Sept. 22.-Tne big steel
strike went into effect in the Chicago
district to-day without disorder Some
of the largest plants were forced to
close, but others operated on a reduced
scale throughout the day. and early to-
night there was no material change in
the situation. The minor concerns
were affected in about the same pro
portion as the big establishments
Whether the strike would increase
in effectiveness WAS admittedly de-
pendent largely upon the course Of
the engineers in the plants. Although
their international union had forbidden
q strike. most of the Gary members of
the order went ont with the steel
workers. Tonight they were consider
ing an order TO return to work
Company officials generally were ret
icent and, exccnt in the cases of COM
plete shutdowns, wnuld not give fig
ures on the number of men at work
They estimated variously that from
20 to 90 per cent of their employees
had remained loyal
Unions Give Ouf Figures
AT strike headquarters ii was clair d
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

of the committee of twenty-four, to-
night. For instance, we considered
Newcastle doubtful, but we are in
formed that not man reported for
the night shift on the blast furnaces.
You see it takes a considerable time
to exhaust the momentum of heavy
body and you can't expect these big
plants TO be shut up in an hour or
even in a day. Another surprise was
when the machinists and riggers
walked out at Homestead.
'At the end Of the first day of strike
I am glad to be able to state that,
viewed nationally, there is no longer a
semblance cf fight except in the
Pittsburgh district, and only at one
or two places in this district have we
failed to score Il big success. Even
where plants have not closed most of
them are mortally wounded. The
Jones g. Laughlin plant in Pittsburgh,
which pulled through to-day, will be
brought out tomorrow. I could not
possibly have foreseen that we would
attain such q degree of success in the
first day as we have"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
CIevelasad Steel Mills
almost at SfundstiU
Only Four Of T,centy Plants in
Operation, and Miners Say
That 10000 Men Are Cus

CLEVELAND, Sept. 22-Steel pro
duction was brought almost 10 a stand
still here to-day, only four OF the
twenty plants being in operation as a
result of the national strike Accord
ing to union officials more than $4,000
men are affected No disorder was re-
ported.
The only plants to operate were the
Empire Rolling Mills Company and the
Union Rolling Mills Company, both Of
which have union agreements, and the
Riverside plant and Two blast furnaces 5
Of the Otis Steel Company Of these
the Union and Riverside plants oper-
ated about IS per cent capacity, it was
said
VIII Open Otis Plant
The Lakeside plant of the Otis Steel
Hompany, including the steel foundry,
shut down completely by the strike.
viii be opened Tomorrow morning if
police protection is provided according
to company officials. They claim men
reported Tor work to-day, but wore
intmdated.
The Lake Erie Bolt and Nut Com
pany. employing | 300 men, was closed
when about five hundred members Of
the Anal lgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers walked out, not
N't!f'betfiti'il, y NoI hii'ss tiHSlt, SOi'l-
pany officials alegc
Although union officials claimed
thnt every industrial railroad cmpioyc
walked out Stephen w. Ianer. employ
ment director Of the American Steel
and Wire Company, said eight crews
were working on the Ncwburg d South
Shore road late to-day. Many Of the
strikers we're members of the Brother
hoods Of Locomotive Engineers and
Railway Trainmcn.
At Steubenville the strike carried
about everything before it, closing
down all bat one mill in the district
The only plant in operation was the
Wireton steel plant, which managed 20
mold 80 per cont OF its men.
Four independent mills at Massillon
operatcd. as usual to-day. Dover sent
word that 5000 employees OF steel
plants there and in New Philadelphia
had reported for work. At the latter
place is the plant OF the American
Sheet and Tin Plate Company. q SUD
sitiary OF the Steel Corporation.
Reports from Canton mills were
that All plants except The United
Alloy We're operating. It is admitted
by the managers. however, that many
Workmon wore absent
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

failed to go into the mills when the
whistles blew this morning and by
o'clock the last of the 5000 men who
had gone in had changed their minds
and left. and by nightfall every mill
in the district was shut down and de-
serted save for the bristling array Of
company guards, who surrounded the
plants, and the strike pckets, who
were plentiful in numbers
A drizzling rain fell fitfully all day
long. but despite the bad weather hun
dreds of the strikers gathered in little
knots about the entrances to the mill
They demonstrated with the men who
went in to Work, but made no effort
TO prevent their entrance. This seemed
to have decided effect upon the men
who had decided to work, for they
started to drift out again in little
groups shortly after S O'Clock. The
stream continued all day until every
worker was out.
Most of the mills were shut down
early this morning. Others tried to
operate with the few men who ap-
peared for work, but shortly after noon
the traffic managers of the various
plants notified Erie Railroad officials
that they would not attempt to op-
crate any of the mills afcr / o'clock.
Tonight, for the first time in years
the dull red glow that has colored the
SKY over the city is missing and the
mills are in silent darkness, looming
like huge spectrcs in the gloom
The following figures were given out
at union headquarters: Numb Der of men
out in city mills alone, 10000, divided
among the mills as follows: Mcdonald
1000; Sharon Steel Hoop, 800; Repub-
lie Iron and Steel, 1000; Brier Hill
Steel. $500: Ohio works Of the Car
negie Steel, $500; Youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company, II, 500
Company officials admitted tonight
that they had not believed as many
men would fail to 60 into the mills
as did this morning. Heads of the
various mills spent the greater part of
the afternoon and night in secret
counsel.
W. A. Thomas, president of the Bricr
HILL Steel Company, is the only com
pany head who still insists that he in
tends to operate his mill regardless Of
the consequences He declares that
Brier Hill will make another attempt
to operate tomorrow morning.
Several riot calls were received by
the police, but all of them proved tc
be false alarms. AS night fell the
guards were doubled around the mills.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

state constabularv. inFthc neck. infic--
ing a slight wound. whcreupon Poi
Andy, local policeman, shot Prouso
in The back Prouse dice OF his wound
in the same clash Private Frank Mill
Nan, State trooper, was shot and
seriously wounded
In view Of the growing puGnacity OF
the strikers, 1t is feared that to-mor-
row viii be q DAY Of heavy casual
ties.
There were clashes at several pla,
to-nlght. DURING melee at Dornton
due to an attempt 70 prevent an auto
mobile carrying strike breakers from
entering the zinc plant Of the Ameri-
can steel and Wire Company, several
persons were bruised and one man
WIS shot and slightly wounded. Mil
guards fred ON the mob and with the
lclp of police succeeded in restoriue
order.
State troopers rode into turbulent
crowd in front Of the Carnegie plant
Homestead and arrested eleven men
lie state police also charged another
Homestead crowd and, according tc
IA ikers, used Their sticks freely
1t Falrel! two loyal workers were
ettacked and beaten, but were res
1cpad By the police before they were
-sofiousIy injured.
There were surprises and disap-
rointments to both sides in the results
.c.caled by the effects of the strike
O. the day shift, and when the total
e, the shifts that go on tonight are
eckcd up there may be more--some
-o' them replacing gratifying surprises
with dlaappo and vice versa.
TO the strikers tho saddest blow Of
the day was the outcome at the
Duqucsne mills. where, with the ox-
ecption of little tanning of the blast
furnaces, they were scarcely able to
make n dent. At this plant not over
200 men out of 1000 were missing
when the day Shift reported this morn
ing. There are many foreigners IN
this plant, and its stanchness was
therefore disappointment to the
strikers.
The outcome at Homestead, 80 far
as It developed during the day, was
black eye for the strike committee
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Miners Not TO Break
agreements BY Striking
In Aid of Steel Men

CLEVELAND. Sept. % There will
be no sympathetic strikes by the
United Mine Workers OF America in
behalf OF the steel strikers by which
men working under agreement might
be called out. This was made clear
to-day when the committee. to which
was referred tha resolution pledging
the miners to refuse TO furnish coal
tor any purpose which might endan-
ger the success Of the steel strike. re-
ported instead 4 substitute commit
ting tho organization to use such
measures as can legally be employed
10 give practical aid TO the striking
steel workers.
The resolution points ont that. as
the miners are about to draft an eco
nomjc programme in their own behalf
which may tax their resources to the
limit, it would be unwise TO commit
themselves to any moro definite plan
a action for the steel workers. The
resolution was adopted almost with
out dissent.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Strike O Failure,
Steel Men Heas"
Mills Operate " itjs 6,5 Per
Gent Of Forces, Is II ord,
aslet Stock Prices 90 a.

Reports made yesterday to the lead
ing steel companies with Offices in the
financial district indicated that on the
hrSt day OF tho "natlon-wide' steel
strike not more than 80 per cent Of the
workers failed 20 report Cor duty in
the morning. In other words. the mills
were running with Approximately G5
per cent of their normal working
forces, THIS estimate, it was stated.
applied not only to the United States
Steel Corporation, but to several I'M
portant Independents as well. While
Judge Gary talked w,n reporters, he
refused to say anything for publica-
ton.
The information received by companc
executives showed that the labor unions
seemed to be strongest at the wire
plants, and several were closed down
to continue operations. At Pittsburgh
and Dulu-h it WAS said that operations
rad been checked scarcely at all
Steel manufacturers attached much
Importance TO the fact that sor1n cf
their men who were among the ab-
scnteos from work in tho morning let
ii be kAown later in the day that lhcy
were willing to so back to their Jobs If
adequate protection would be glAran.
teed for their personal safety.
ltn the early indications that the
strike would not meet the expectations
OF the union leaders, speculation in
mediately arose as to whether shc com
panies would take back the men who
mad obeyed the call to walk out. i
prominent steel official let it be known
that his company would deal fair.y
with its employees in this respect.
Steel Stocks 60 Up
On the Stock Exchange it became
evident carly in the day that those who
mad predicted that the course Of vrices
last week had discounted the strike
movement were in the majority. IN
stead Of selling lower on the l.nowl
edge that tho STRIKE was actually under
way, quotations for securities moved
upward. and in most cases the closing
prices were the highest of the dav Ad-
vanccs ranged anywhere from | to l2
points.
United States Steel common, which
was regarded as the barometer Of finan-
clal sentiment. opened full point
above Saturdays .ast sale, aud closed
the day "a points up. at 1929 Lacka-
wanna Steel. at So, was up points. and
Bethlehem Steel sold as high as 81.
ending the day at 971., a net gain of
| e. Mexican Petroleum gained l01g
points. while American Tobacco ad-
Nanced 123s
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Zee Tells Sw;tcllnaeu
40 FuIf! Contracts
Regardless OF Strike

CLEVELAND. Sept. % No commit
tee Of railroad switchmen from YoungS-
town conferred with President W G.
Lee. OF the Brotherhood OF Railroad
Trainmen, up to late to-day
The following instructions, in con-
nectioN with the strike Of employees of
steel mills, have been sent out by
President Lee by telegraph and letter
to members of the Brother ood OF
Railroad Trainmen, employed as witch
men,
"Whcrc contract relations exist.
members must perform their usual and
regular work, during the strike OF
other classes Of employees, to exactly
the same extent as performed prior TO
such strike.
"Whcre no contract relations exist,
members in yard service viii be gov
erned entirely by majority -ote of
the employees of that class"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
To the artist

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day. He characterized the disturbance,
IN the steel mill districts OF PennsVl' P,t'
Tanla as purelT state aTalr ~
said that the state constabulary wa- VIZ
IN no way connected wath The Feasrsl
government and the War Repsr.mer.
had no control over It.
Mr.. Baker said shat the steel nil,
were not engaged II any war work ,,,s snS
the occasion Tor having Federal .roo,.
the so-oailed policing force own =,
the United States Guard there f..
plant protection no longer existed
During the war forces o. Fedsr.l
troops We're stationed at practically al
steel mills doing government work.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Strike to Quickly Close
Detroit automobile NorL,
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DETROIT. Sept. % Detroi.'s auto
mobile and accessories plants a,,
checking up % determine. # possible
how long they can keep going in N,
event that the iie-up III the stee. NAM.
featuring industry becomes general
and prolonged. The consensus at pres.
ent would seem 20 be Ina, not more
than two weeks would he required IN
such circumstances 10 close down
many Of the departments Of most O,
the big plants and throw tens of thou.
sands Of men out Of employment. The
condition VIII begin 20 be felt. manu-.
facturers to-day admitted. upon fail.
urc to receive shipments Of steel.
which in practically every plant in tho
city means at once.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Riot Calls Aeep Police
BEssj' at Bu.gNio Nils

BUFFALO, Sept. Disturbances
growing out of tho steel strike resulted
in three riot calls for the I.acl,awanna
police tonight. In one instance fifty
two policemen On the clty's force.
headed by Chief Gibson, were met with
4 shower Of bricks and stones from It
crowd ct str kers who had gathered
near the steel plant gates
\ Spaniard who j. still working al
the steel plant was attacked and
knocked down. His head struck the
curb and he has d bad cut and possibly
a fractured skull. The police dispersed
the crowd with some difficulty. stones
were hurled at the policemen and sew
era Nere hit. None was seriously in
iured
A Buffalo man was badly beaten by
4 crowd who overheard him talking
about his plans to get job on the
steel company's private police force
As result OF this fight, the police
arrested three men, John r. Rado'ich
and Michael Pipak, said 10 be strikers,
and Lawrence Dopschinski, a barber.
They We're locked up On charges of
MEETING TO riot.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Tong Strike Predicted
As Reports Are Sifted
Bosh Sides Clair, TO BE Sc,is.
fed US Result Of the First
Do of Re .SfeeI Conflict

tn The sssoriated Pressj
4, -. enj o. thn opening day q
economic VA between organized
labor and The vreat4r par Of 'he iron
and steel industry o. the country both
sides rested last night. apparently
satisfied with reports received from
the far-Aung battle line, reaching into
twenty states aud affecting directly
or Indirectly half million workers.
The Steel Corporation against which
the main offensive IS directed, Was able
to operate most Of its plants in the
Pittsb burgh district, according % com
pany officials IN the Chicago steel
centre, some OF the largost plants were
forced 20 close down. but others
operated on reduced scale,
Strikers Ahead in Ohio
1t Was in the Nahonine Valley that
the strikers seemed 10 make The mos.
heshway. for Nlth three large steel
Mills in the Youngstown District shut
Continued on nort page
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Lake Seu1nen Vote to
Tie Up Ore Steamships

CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-Union sea-
men employed on the ore-carrying
lake boats of the United States Steel
Corporation to-day completed their
balloting, and have voted almost
unanimously to strike in sympathy
with the steel workers, according to
statement tonight by Patrick
O'Brien, secretary Of the seamen )
Chicago local.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Men Enforce Complete
2fe-y % at Youn gstoau7,
Loyal " orkcrs Who Entered
The Nil!s in Morning Deser,
Their Posts During the Doy

Special Correspondence
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. Sept. 22.-The
first day Of the steel strike mere passed
without bloodshed, rioting or even
fighting.
Seventyhve per cent of the men
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Fesr Alabama " orkers
Anszuer Strike CnN:;
Mills IRE Operating

Soeclal C0rrespondence
BIRMlNGHAN, Ala, Sept. 222.-
Pledged to "dnish' fight for in
dustrlal democracy" striking steel
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
& pYactical Course in Cookery.

How to eaee osH arc o-s.l. 'A-shi a
Mrs \ Louise Anireas cooking Ssh7ei
&, Nest oati.. ... ee,- Nesv Yeil telephone
G..elo -Ovl.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
federo! Troops .Not 70 BE
{ sod lgaisist Striker

Neec J o7k T1i6u,e
lG iluo on Rareca
Sept. -. Fed deral
utilized in suppress
striking steel work
" ar Baker said to-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

" ASHINGTON,
troops Will not be
lnG meetings Of
ers. Secretary OF
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

AS elsewhere the American element
stood almost 100 per cent for the
actual job as it is, and with them
stood surprisingly large number of
foreigners, but the total Of the strikers
was about 1000 out of 5000. The
situation at the Edgar Thompson plant
was also baffler for the strikers
Strikers Ahead at Clarion
At Clarion, however, the strikers,
though this was disputed by the rep
resentatives of che Carnegie Company,
won smashingly so far as first day re-
suits 60. 1t appeared to be beyond
question that they had two thirds of
the men out. In other plants up and
down the nearby part of the valley
it was give and take, with anywhere
from 15 to so per cent of the en-
ployes failing to report, the blast fur
naces suffering most because of the
large numbers Of common laborers re-
quired in their operation.
1t would be misleading, however,
not to make it clear that the steel
companies fully appreciate and freely
admit that they have a real battle on
their hands. They say that they will
win it if the authorities are able to
maintain the public peace, and Presi-
dent Wilson does not lend his prestige
to the strikers. Moreover, they say
that so far as the Mononganela Val
ley is concerned, with an even break
on the luck and fckle psychology of
the situation, the end fthis week
will probably show that they have the
upper hand and one that will be pro-
gressively stronger.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

es3 Broad St, nert to Bedeil, Newark.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

1907 Bray, nr. Willoughby. Bklyn.
489 Fulton st., opp. A. & s., Bklyn.
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s05 Broadway, Corner Duane st.
II W. 81 ST., 3 d. rs I'm McCreery & Co.
81 Fast 2ad Street, near Ath Ave.
81 W. f25th Street, near Lenox Ave.
442 Columbus Ave, bet Il & SO SITS.
20 Nassau Street, near John Street.
ltO5 St. Men. Ave, bet. $50 & lS1 Sts.
2es9 Broadway, bet. 80 & 100 Sts.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23
Varying Reports Made

At Newcastle. Penn, three of the four
carnegie company furnaces were oper-
ating; at Connellsville the single plant
Was running 100 per cent; at Ellwood
Nlty the National Tube was operating
under some handicaps; at Martins
Ferry. Ohio, four mills were reported
down and 1000 men out: at Chester,
W. Va. the American Sheet and TIN
Plate was reported running 100 per
cent at Mckeo's Rocks, Penn. all
plants were reported in operation. Two
plants were reported closed at New
hensington, with 200 men out; Steel
ton was running, with the men request
ing conference Thursday; Bellaire,
Ohio. WAS closed down. and at Lebanon
,he plants were running.
In the city of Pittsburgh up TO this
evening the steel miils--the Jones d
Lauehhn being The largest within the
city limits, employing from $4,000 to
90 600 were holding their forces prac-
-.cally intact, but not 50 good record
ass expected for .o-,a arrow
Big SGccess. s@s Foster
We are discovering sew sources OF
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

In Wow Of the gToWing puGnacltV Of
the strikers, it is feared that to-mor-
row Will be q DAY OF heavy casual
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

state constabularv. in the neck, infic-~
ing slight wound. whcreupcn Poi
Andy, local policeman, shot Prousc
IN 1he hacL Hcnnsn Aioa Of hls 1vound
New-York tribune., 1919-09-23

" Z 81 = N'|VV7 q 1-.@s wv oNIIVts
strength hourly" said Secretary Foste
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

catur, brought us in some samples
of his calico corn which are of extra
Fgood quality. This corn was planted
on May 31st, and the ears are extra
large nd we'll matured. Mr.. Sellars
thinks it is great corn, and we agree
with him.