Arizona republican., 1919-09-28
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National Committee Asks Senator Labor Body to ln- vestigate Strike Condi- tions in Western Pennsyl- vania-Companies Report Small Gains
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 PTTTSBURG. Sept. 27.-The national committee for organizing steel and iron workers tonight sent telegram u Senator Kenyon, chairman of the sen ate labor committee, asking him tR have the committee come to Pittsours and investigate for itself the conditiony in western Pennsylvania complained of by strikers.
 The committee also decided to con fer with the railroad brotherhoods on matters connected with the strike,
 The telegram sent to Senator Ken yon which was decided upon by unani- nous action of the national committee. which represents A unions involved III the strike, requested and urged the committed which is Investigating the strike to come to the Pittsburg district at the earliest practical date for the purpose of getting first hand evidence of the cause of the strike and of the illegal and brutal methods employed by the steel corporations to break the strike.
 Says Unions Are outIawed
 In many instances the civil authori- ties have entirely outlawed organized labor, the telegram concluded.
 A conference committee of the na tional committee will get into touch with the heads of the four rallroao brotherhoods as soon as possible. What the steel workers will ask the brother hoods was not disclosed.
 The committee before it adjourned adopted a resolution endorsing and affirming it's confidence in William Z Foster, secretary of the national com mittee, whose alleged radical attitude has been attacked in congress and else where.
 The sixth day of the strike in the 'Pittsburg district was the quietest oi the week. With the exception of the decision of the national committee tc make the Bethlehem Steel compans 1 strike effective next Monday morning there were no radical changes in the situation The Bethlehem Steel com pany strike did not come as surprise The refusal of E. G. Grace, president | of the Bethlehem Steel company oI Thursday to deal with the labor lead i CTS, foreshadowed the action of the | strikers committee today.
 Saturday being a half holiday in the steel industry there was no great change in the number of men at work either in the plants of the United 1 States Steel Corporation or in the mills i of the Independents. The employers continued to make announcements ol I small gains but the strike leaders ha0 nothing to say except that the situation from their standpoint remained satis- | factory.
 Expect Men to Return
 The steel companies expect that the opening of the second week will fin6 | strikers Hooking back to the mills | They claim that thousands of men art l willing to return but refrained from l fear of violence. The strike distriei under heavy guard has been quiet for several days and this, company of ficials say, encourages them in the be- | lief that there will be a big return or ] Monday.
 Secretary Foster said the unions liae no fear there would be any consider able number of deserters. He said ths men now out were eager to quit, st anxious to strike, that the nationa committee found that it could not re sist the demand of the organized work CTS when the question of postponins the strike was considered ten days ago
 Mass meetings will be held tomorrow wherever the authorities will permit them for the purpose of increasing tht ranks of the strikers. A large for3t of additional organizers are in the field
 The strike has resulted in the shut ting down or crippling of virtual, every plant of the United States Stee corporation and many of the indepen- dent mills. The subsidiaries of ihe corporation were harder hit outside the Pittsburg district than they wert in this vicinity according to report > The Carnegie Steel eompany largesi ) of the subsidiaries, managed to keef } its great plants at Homestead, Du. {, quesne and Rraddock running, ai, though the strikers claimed they wert badly crippled and constantly losi,, men. This was denied by the Carnesis company, which insists that each ds< saw more men returning to work Tn. ; same reports came from the inde. , pendents that kept their plants in op- eration. l Four Persons Killed. Four persons were shot and killed ii } Western Pennsylvania during ths } week as result of the strike At NeA Castle woman was shot by a mil ' guard, it is alleged, and died the nexi : day. In Farrell three men were shoi and killed, all of them, according T. report, by members of the Pennsyl. vania state police. @
 One state trooper had an eye sho