The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-22
PLAN STRONG FIGHT
Gary Instructs Officials
Not to Yield on Prin-
ciple of open Shop"
SHOW PRESENT WAGE SCALE
Greatest Concern Always
Shown for Welfare of
Employees, Claim.

SEW YORK Sept q The usual
sunday calm prevailed today at me
headquarters OF the United states
Steel corporation In this city There
wtH no indication ~ uucasino-s over
Tho fact that a strike designed to
force suspension ~ operations IN all
the companys ii6 plants In 20 states
viii go into effect tomorrow
Roth Ebert If Gary, chairman OF
the hoard OF directors, and James
\ Farrell, president OF the corpora
ilou, spent the day at their country
homes Mir Gary issued no state
m'ut of the companys plans for
combating the strike Each Bubsid-
/ larry has been given permission to
meet tho situation as its officers roe
/ a. The only general order which
| has been made public was the let
ter from Mir, Gary to the presl-
dents OF the various subsidiary Ooni-
| panics directing them not 10 yield
on The principle OF The open shop
! u A NOT probable any comment
! viii be made on the strike unit the
/ corporation learns what. percentage
! OF i's 2hA, 900 employees responds to
the strike cali
10 Involve Half Million.
II was estimated, however mat
the number ~ workers affected d.-
roctly or Indirectly hy the strilh' viii
uEgIrgtto hair MILTON. The aver
uEr daily pay uf the corpora Ions
employee. including the adminlHtrn-
tive and selling force, Is tG.23, ac-
,urdtnR Ia recent report to the dl-
rc,tur- This is an Increase or ll6
per cent since lglt, when The aver
age WlH t2S The average annual
puy in 1918 was Si9b0.
The properties owned by the cor
puratiun were valued pm January 1
last az tls7l .lB .S97 and is total
assets aggregated fZ.57l.Bt7lT5.
Tho undivided surplus amounted to
Nb6.NNAtg1 and It's net Income for
he year 1918 was t1bs,b3INo6
Records OF tho corporation show
that oO5tl employees hayo become
share holders lu The companies for
which hoy work They own 1867
$50 shares of stock and tho pay OF
'hu employees who own d. ranges
from $3.50 H day fur ,upmou Ia
borors 40 $40 a day for skilled rollers
Iu DE uu..H
lettering fo attention given by
.h, Hye' corporation fD th" care of
lfa ,up,uF.. Hu ufN.ul"uf its bu
r'Hu u' safety sanitation and well
fare. pointed uuf re- recent report sub
ulIfrH 900 'N. 1.P'rfurs Iu which Dr.
WAS shown chat EIs elU0uo wts.yx-
pended Iu welfare work boo 1918 The
pension I..s nf Ihr corporation for
fHH. how f.BNI UrrsgUs uU 'hc lsf
#I.H payment. uf more than tlu9.-
600 .u"HUH .u IHrs.gH averaging -
f.lF. uf service With gn average age
of o." E,Ir- lh" pension fund. in-
..4Hr. .H. -anwurnf ~ a.. 900 oUu
created Do. tU. Date Andrew Carnegie
n IHu. amounts row 200 moro than
fIs.HUr.uHH
ManI Welfare Experts.
III. r.uNr' uf fE, welfare bureau
shows luy boo al iuDuuuss wrsr. o.
u.a .r-s numbers uf employee.
uaH.ru sanitary buildings af 'rN 4s
zoo r.rJs and Hf, uf families Htf,
been constructed The r.u.. ROOD. Hr-
signed 'u h' ou.E -Iffu..u. .H H.,.
upf.su and wtHf.NIH.r
\ H'r. fore, Of ,Nl.r.- . ."-
uInNsa 90 vumwur. '.I 'ro
vQrh among employees N.
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