Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-23

lean workmen are with us and are
either actually at work or are ready
to go to work at the first oppor-
tunity.
Foreigners Coming Back
"A most encouraging feature is
that a number of the foreign ele-
ment returned to work this morn
ing. This relieves the situation at
the Carrie furnacesin Rankin. where
1t is hoped to start one of the fur
naces during the day. other depart
ments of the Homestead plant are
operating and in every instance
there are at least as many men
working as yesterday. There is a
noticeable increase in the number
of men in the general labor de-
partment. The Americans are stick
ing to their work to a man, and
there is absolutely no disorder.
"The Edgar Thomson works con-
tinue to operate and more men re-
ported for work here than yester-
day. The open hearth, too, is in
better shape. This plant reports
that quite few of the foreign.
speaking men have returned to work
this morning.
"All told the situation in the
Monongahela, where our four big
mills are located, is considerably
improved and is encouraging"
The Carnegie Steel Company,
largest subsidiary here of the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation, has
closed several of it's plants in the
district, but according to an official
of the concern, the situation is i'm
proving.
Disorders, some of serious na~
ture, marked the first day of the
strike in the Pittsburgh district.
Two men were killed at Farrell. Pa,
one during a clash between State
Police and local officers and a crowd
of about $500 persons, near the
American steel and wire plant. The
other victim was murdered by a
fellow boarder when he is said to
have refused to go on strike.
Two Troopers Shot
Two State Troopers were shot
during the Farrell outbreak, while
seven persons were struck by bull
lets during a clash between mill
guards and a crowd at New Castle,
Pa. Other disorders occurred in the
district and many persons were
slightly wounded.
One man was killed, two State
Troopers were shot and many other
persons less seriously injured last
night in an outbreak at Farrell. The
fight occurred near the American
steel and wire plant, when, 1T Is said,
members of a crowd threw bricks
and other missiles at the State Po-
lice and local officers. Paul Prouse
died as the result of a bullet wound
received during the melee. Private
Frank Milligan and Sergeant Smith,
State Troopers, were struck by bull
lets and the former is in serious
condition.
Arrest Eleven
Disorders, so much feared by po-
lice authorities in the steel strike
zone, were in evidence in several
places in the Pittsburgh district
During n melee in front of the
zinc plant of the American Steel
and Wire Company at Donora early
last evening, one man was shot and
slightly wounded. Other persons
suffered minor bruises.
Riding into a crowd at an en-
trance of the Carnegie Company's
plant at Homestead, after it had re-
fused to disperse, State Troopers
last night arrested eleven men and
turned them over to the Homestead
police.
Another outbreak occurred short
ly afterward in Homestead, where
a large crowd assembled. The State
Police charged and, it is alleged,
used their sticks freely. Several men
suffered bruises, but none was Sc
riously hurt.
Legion Is Loyal
Two men were slightly injured in
an early outbreak at the entrance
to the Farrell, Pa, plant of the
American Steel and Wire Company
during the change of shifts. The
of about 1000 persons. The trouble
was quelled by mill guards and bor-
ough police.
The first fatality to result from
the steel strike occurred last night
when Alexander Russ, of Farrell,
was killed by a fellow boarder be-
cause he had not struck.
The East Liberty Post of the
American Legion last night adopt
ed a resolution declaring that if the
necessity arises it will offer its
services to the proper authorities
to aid in maintaining law and or
der.
Two New Troops
An early survey of strike condi-
tions in Carnegie Steel Company
plants in the immediate vicinity of
Pittsburgh, said an official of the
showed no material change
from that of last night. 1t was stated
that conditions at the Homestead
plant were improving and that more
men were reporting. At Duquesne,
the company representatives said,
the plant was working 100 per cent.
The company had no early reports
from outlying sections, it was said.
Six arrests of men found lettering
about the Jones and Laughlin plant
counting the workers as they came
out, police said, were made early.
They are said to have refused to
move on when ordered.
1t was learned to-day that two full
troops of State Police, about fifty
each, have been ordered from the
eastern part of the State to the wes-
tern part of Pennsylvania. One of
the troops will operate out of Green's
burg and the other out of Butler.
the headquarters of the two troops
permanently located in this section
of the State.
William q. Foster, secretary of
the steel workers national commit
tee, SAID to-day reports from men
in the field showed that the strike
was spreading. He said his reports
showed that the Homestead works
of the Carnegie Company were prac-
tically dead"
Mr.. Foster said he had a telegram
from Birmingham, Ala, stating that
1000 men are out there. This, he
said, was pleasing because the union
had not expected to make as good
a showing there as the telegram in
dicated.
Orders have gone out, Mr.. Foster