Arizona republican., 1919-10-01
P|TTSbURG DISTRICT
 QUIET AS WALkOUT
 STANDS DEADLOCKED

PITTSBURG, Sept. SO.-The steel workers strike. so far as the Pitts burg district is concerned. drifted along today without any important change being noticed. he entire strike zone was quiet. The unions claim they are holding their men together and are constantly bringing more into their ranks. The companies, however say they are getting more workers into the plants, due to the desire of men to work and to the good police protec- tion afforded them.
 While both sides are working to tn- crease their respective forces, there Is a belief in some quarters that no break, if any. can be looked for until after the industrial conference which opens at Washington next Monday.
 nI the meantime the struggle will go on here. There are more organ izers in the Pittsburg district now, according to labor leaders, than at any other time since the walkout started nine days ago Virtually every one of the A unions involved has sent it's own organizers into the field and claims are
  taker into the organizations every day.
 Steel companies that daily give out information continue to maintain that the situation from their standpoint is slowly but steadily improving.
 We are making steel and lots of it; we have lost no ground but on the con trary are still gaining" said a Carnegie company statement. Other companies made virtually similar announcements.
 At the national headquarters of the strikers, satisfaction was expressed by leaders that they have the strike well in hand and that they will be able to keep the steel industry of the country crippled until the employers consent to meet the men half way. Figures were given out for the first time ill nearly a week. It was said thar approximately 75O00 workers are now idle. This is an increase of about 33,000 over the number of men reported by the leaders as idle last week. The walkout of steel workers at Bethlehem and at the Jones and Laughlin plant in Pittsburg. it was said, was responsible for the increase. One of the developments of the day | that did not satisfy the strike leaders was the decision of the Allegheny county court in upholding the action of the mayor of Duquesne in preventing mass meetings in that city. Secretary | William z. Poster of the national com | mittec and an organizer, were arrested | two weeks bsf17e the strike started while attempting to speak from an automobile in vacant lot. No permit to hold the meeting had been asked for, and it was admitted by the city that none would have been issued.
 Uphold City in Arresting Organizers
 Mir Foster and the organizer were each fined s100 and the county court today upheld the action of the city authorities. The court held that the l right of free speech. sacred though it may be. must yield to the greater one of the safety of the citizens of the commonwealth, their homes and their property.
 Contradicting reports from com pany sources that some of the plants in the Farrell field are starting up information was given out at strike headquarters that only five hundred men out of 5000 normally employed were at work.
 Il A district organizer from that dis
 
 ], ated by negroes who were burning large quantities of tar and grease tC make smoke and keep up appear. l ances."
 | At Braddock the big Edgar Thom
 son works was reported to be almos
 entirely shut down. Union leader,
 charged that the company had a mum
 Der of Smoke makers" at work burn ! fr,er f1l-1
 was reported to be crippled and uh,
 situation deadlocked"
 Reports were received at head
 quarters that eviction notices hat
 been served on strikers living in com pany houses at Sharpsville and a
 Breckenridge. They must move in 3
 days or return to work. 1t was stated
 Secretary Foster said tonight tha , he was endeavoring to have the sen : ate Investigating committee take hi , testimony while it is in Pittsburg. am anxious to appear before the com mittee," he said
 In order to acquaint the striker with the progress of the strike in al , districts, it was stated a bulletin ser vice would be initiated. Several time each week, 93,0OO bulletins will b printed and sent throughout tn f country, it was said.
 Efforts of the union organizers i l this district are being concentrated O
 the Jones and Laughlin plant. Nil Foster asserted that four mills in tn plant were completely down because 0 9 a walkout of skilled American work . CTS, including rollers and rougheri 8 He said that virtually all the Ameri . can skilled workers were out. 8 The organizer in the Johnstown dis trict reported to headquarters that l large number of clerical employees Q plants affected by the strike had ap piled for membership. He was in ] structed to organize the clerical work !, CTS and obtain an American Fedora ! tion of Labor charter for them. The following telegram was receive ? at strike headquarters from MT. | 4 Young, secretary of the Chicago dis
 trict. tonight:
 a Reports on riots in Waukegan UT true. Absolutely peaceful. Picketin
 all points Situation better than eve . Chicago district sends message ths n all tied up and will stay out unt }. fight is won"