The sun., 1919-09-25

men and women have been dubbed and
beaten. how our right of peaceable as
semblage has been trampled on and how
there were committed other atrocities
that can hardly be believed unless you
know about them.
Strikers Forfeit Bail.
MEN are arrested and thrown into
Jail on the merest pretext. Only to-day
men were seized as they were leaving
Homestead and Duquesne to come to
Pittsburg for trial on trumped up
charges for which they were arrested
here. What happened7 They were held
80 that they could not appear here. The
result was they forfeited their ball In
Pittsburg and we're fined in Duquesne
and Homestead.
Pressed as to the possibility of reach
ing a conference which might settle the
strike at the hearing tomorrow, Fitz-
patrick replied:
'If there had been conference in the
FIRST place there would have been no
strike. We're going down to present our
case. Judge Gary will be there. There
is something In getting together that
way, but you can't tell what might hap
pen. We're first going to insist that
we have our rights"
In connection with Gov. Sprouts as
sertion about the conduct Of the State
troopers at Charlton on Sunday, Over
which Foster complained, the corporal In
charge Of the troopers in this city to-day
told the newspaper reporters the follow
ing story, which is borne out by other
witnesses;
''The Sheriff had posted the notice In
accordance with law forbidding meet
ings 1 went In person to the man who
was about to address the gathering
and called his attention to this, asking
him to tell the crowd to dispense. In
re5ly the speaker raised both his hands
above his head, turned to the audience
and said:
"'Boys, there's he'll going to break
loose here In a minute
"Thereupon," continued the corporal,
II instructed my men to start their
horses through the crowd In an effort
to get the people to move. Almost as
soon as the troopers were in the crowd
some one threw brick and shower
followed. One trooper was knocked
from his horse and one horse was seri-
ously injured"
Twenty shots quickly followed the
rocks. Then, says the corporal, he told
his men to go to It," which they did
call a mace" with their horses heels
and with the nippers with which they
arrested score of palpable disturbers.
Steel Company's Statement.
with regard to the general situation
the following official statement was
given out tonight by the Carnegie
Steel Company officers:
"a summary Of the situation at the
Carnegie Steel Company mills gathered
to-night is one of gains all along the
line, according to one of the officials,
who said that each day and night turn
going into the mills was increased by
few men. and that 1t was gratifying
to observe thds tonight. The gains are
what we call consistent at election
times this official said, because we
appear to be holding the gains we
make I think the situation is helped
to a great deal by the sentiment that
seems TO be permeating the striking for
eign workmen, that they are losing caste
by being un-American in staying away
from work, while his American neigh
bors, whom he had been told would not
work. remain on the Job. We have run
into a lot of this sentiment and 1t is
growing. I think that 1t will be very
helpful to the situation.
"As to the general situation. there
is n better feeling in every one of the
pants and practically no disorder APP
pears on the surface tonight Doubt
les a great many men have been kept
away by Intimidation. and fearing vio-
lerce stay away until the atmosphere
clears. With the rioting stopped II is
expected that more men will return to-
morrow
"All the big mills up the Monongahela
| Valley are in better condition tonight
| and are running in good shape. In all OF
| them there are more men at werk than
last night. We feel that 1t has been a
good day for u.s."
John ]. Fitzpatrick, chairman of the
| strike committee, was unwilling to dis.
ouss what went on at the meeting wher
| he came OUT for a short recess at
| o'clock this afternoon. He cast some in.
teresting sldelights on the general situa'
| ton, however.
There are only three questions about
this strike" he said. THE first is Are
Yes. The second is: How many mel
are out?' And the answer is: $4,000
as against $4,000 yesterday. The thirC
question is: Can Judge Gary run tn,
mills alone" The answer is: We dom
| know maybe he can. Let him try"
Fitzpatrick, by implication. admits tina
| the strike has not gone so we'll In tn,
| Pittsburg district as in others, though
| he tries by generalities to say the con
trary. But 1t is with regard 20 Pitts
burg that he protests the loudest agains
the use of local authority to compel or
der.
II don't think it's true" he says, "tha
Chicago is doing so very much bette