Evening star., 1919-09-22

Leechbufg, 2.OOOS Bracken-
ridge. 5.OOOt Johnstown.
$4,000. and Coatesville. 1000.
largest works are located, the Car
negie representatives said, whole de-
partments are in operation, with few
men absent. The men, it was stated.
walked to work in large bodies. Some
of the blast furnaces were banked.
The same situation was reported at
the company's Edgar Thompson works
at Braddock.
At the Carnegie plant at Duquesne
the company said it's Information was
that the works were in 100 per cent
operation.
The Carrie furnaces of the Carnegie
Company at Rankin were reported to
the of1ices here as not operating full,
approximately IS per cent of the men
remaining away.
Clarion Situation. Worse.
At Clarion. where the Carnegie by
where the Pennsylvania state police
clashed yesterday with a crowd of
men in breaking ups mass meeting.
the situation was reported worse
than at any other place heard from by
Two unidentified men stood on hill
in North Charlton today and AIRED
eight shots toward the North Clarion
steel Plant No one vas struck. State
police gave chase and the men DIS
appeared in a nearby woods. 49,.
Several men had their heads clubbed
and twenty arrests, were made 3todAy
in the borough Of Claifton when the
Pennsylvania state police had, anoth-
er brush with crowds that refused to
disperse. Several shots were fffed by
each side. according to Clarion pb-
lice headquarters. -
According to the police. crowds
persisted in gathering on I'd street
during the morning and were broken
up. Finally large crowd resisted
the efforts Of the state and local po-
lice to dfsperse and many missiles
were thrown at the police. The state
troopers charged the crowd and
the result that about q DOZEN were
injured. Some one in the crowd fired
shots and the police returned the fire,
shooting in the air. No one was hit.
Twenty arrests were made and the
prisoners were sent to the county
The police say the foreiEn-born ele-
ment was responsible for the disor-
der. At noon the borough was quiet.
Secretary Foster said that despite
the action of the state police at North
Clarion and McKeesport yesterday.
another attempt would be made today
to hold meetings. He said the work.
ers would not abandon their fight for
"free assemblage and free speech"
McKees Rocks Situation.
Reports from McKees Rocks stated
that few men failed to report for work
in the mills at that place, where about
1000 men are usually employed. No
attempt was made to persuade the
men on their way to the mills to re-
main away. Among the works at
Mckees Rocks are the Schoen Steel
Wheel Company, a branch of the
United States Steel Corporation; the
Pressed Steel Car Company and a plant
of the Crucible Steel Company.
At Newcastle the Carnegie Rolling
Mills and blast furnaces were reported
in good shape. with one furnace banked
down and with all the men concentrated
on the other furnaces.
All the plants Of the Carnegie Com
pany within the city Of Pittsburgh
were reported to the company, it was
said. as operating close to 100 per cent.
Summing up. the representative Of
;; have been worse" He said that in all
plants where men failed to report they
were nearly all foreigners.
Secretary Foster. in his review of the
| situation from his early reports, said
he was agreeably surprised at the num-
before the full weight of the strike will
! be felt" he said. He disputed the in
| formation given out by the Carnegie
Company. and said that Homestead and
Braddock were in bad shape"
Mr.. Foster said hts reports showed
that the Carnegie plants at Donora
and Monessen were completely shut
down, total of three men reporting
| for work in the two places.
Representatives Of the Jones and
! Laughiin Steel Company reported that
, all the plants of the company were
working 100 per cent.
From labor, corporation and police
| sources came the information that
where in the Pittsburgh district dur
| ing the early hours Of the strike.
! "Americans at Work"
| Information from the employers
side was to the effect that the strike
! line is sharply drawn between Ameri-
cans and foreigners. The Americans,
/ 1t was said, as a rule went to work,
while foreigners were in the big ma
jority among the strikers.
! Blast furnaces. according to COM
pany sources. where the largest per-
centage Of foreigners are employed,
were the hardest hit. The furnaces, it
was said, were expected to be the
weakest spots from the corporation
point of view.
Reports from the West Pennsylvania
and Allegheny steel companies were
to the effect that 50 per cent of their
men. virtually all foreigners. failed
to report for work.
/ Quiet in Other Parts Of State,
The nationwide strike Of steel work
ers had little effect in Philadelphia
today, but at Coatesville. near here, a
few hundred workers Joined In the
lwaIkout. Normal conditions prevailed