Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-24
CONFLICTING ARE
CLAIMS MADE BY
STEEL TRUST AND
STRIKE LEADERS
Reports As to the Situation.
Are as Far Apart as Those
Made Public on the First
Day Of the Walkout,
327,100 WORKERS ARE
IDLE, FOSTER CLAIMS
While Not Giving Out Any Fig
ures, Corporation Officials
Dispute the Figuresi Some
Plants Are Closed,

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Pittsburgh. Pa. Sept. S.-Conflict-
ing claims as much at variance as
those given out the opening day of
the big steel strike, continue to be
made by the contending forces IN the
widespread Industrial contest now be-
ing waged.
The leaders Of the organized work
ers boldly claimed today that Che
strike is spreading and that thousands
of men who worked yesterday Joined
the walkout today. Predictions We're
made that plants still In operation
would be closed tomorrow or Thurs
day, and that no gains were made
anywhere, either by the United States
steel corporation, the principal factor
In the struggle, or by independent
concerns.
Representatives of the Carnegie
Steel company, the largest subsidiary
in the corporation. admitting that
some of its plants are closed because
of strike, claim that the situation Is
better than it was yesterday Accord
ing to an authorized summary of con-
ditions within the Pittsburgh district,
more men were at work at Homestead,
Clarion, Duquesne and other places.
IAN told, the situation is better than
ii was yesterday, The situation IN the
Monongahela valley, where our four
big mills are located. is considerably
improved and is encouraging, was the
statement of an official of the Car
negie company.
Foster Makes Sweeping Claims.
William u. Foster, secretary of the
National committee III organizing
iron and steel workers, in charge OF
national headquarters here. said re-
ports received by him during the day
from organizers and others in charge
of steel districts show that 3271O0
men are participating in the strike.
According to his figures 5000 addi-
tional men are ou; IN the city OF Pitts
burgh: 5000 more at Braddock. and
3 900 additional in Rankin, near here.
He claims 10000 additional men are
out in the Chicago district and 5000
more in the Youngstown district, and
900 more in the Wheeling field.
While not giving any figures, corpora
ton representatives tonight disputed
the figures, asserting If they we're
true. many of the districts included
in Fosters list would be completely
shut down, which is not the case. The
United States Steel corporation. ac-
cording to reports, has not met with
as much success in operating some
of its subsidiaries in other parts of
Pennsylvania as has the plants or the
Carnegie company in this immediate
vicinity. In several localities its
smaller works were closed down when
II was found insufficient men had re-
ported to keep the plants IN successful
operation. Representatives of the
Carnegie interests here declared that
this was due to lack of adequate po-
lice protection for men willing to work.
Police Are Apprchensive.
In the immediate Pittsburgh dis
trict the second day of the walkout
passed quietly. but police authorities
were apprehensive that when the late
night shifts are made there might be
more trouble, as there was last night
in several places. Numerous arrests
in many localities we're made. but
there were no serious outbreaks re-
ported during the day
Following last nights riot at Far
rell Pa. where one man was killed,
there was another disturbance today
during which two men were shot. AT
New Castle Pa, where seven were
wounded last night. the situation was
in complete control of the authorities.
MANY arrests were made there Tor
minor infrnctions of the law.
Two more troops of the state police
we're brought to the western part or
the state today and distributed at
noints where local authorities claimed
conditions were unsafe. Secretary
roster of the steel workers commit
tee. charges that much of the disorder
is the result of the presence of the
state troopers. Today he denounced
their alleged action in riding INTO
crowds and injuring innocent persons.
He asserted that N Homestead GER
tain sections of the borough were to-
day kept in a tumult as a result oil
the way the state police rode into
groups Of idle men and dispersed
them.
To Arrange For Long Fight.
The national committee for organ
izing iron and steel workers will meet
hers tomorrow for the purpose of dis
CUISINE strike progress and making
ARRANGEMENTS for prolonging the
struggle.
MIR. Foster said tonight that the
committee had not been called to dis
nuss3 any "res ce plans but would
devote its time to problems that have
arispf az result of the strike.
THE first matter to be taken up
will be that of the unprovoked assault
of the troopers upon innocent strik-
ers," said Mr.. Foster. They cannot
get away with such actions much
longer. We are going to demand that
the troopers he taken out of the dis
trict or their activities eurbed.
"All information regarding the as
saults or strikers and their brutal tac-
tics in the district have been reported
TO my office y is my intention to
place this information before the COM
mittee. Appeal will probably be made
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