Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-02
STRIKE FAILING
SAYS JUDGE CARY;
IS FIRM AGAINST
THE CLOSED SHOP
Head Of Steel Corporation
Tells Senate Investigating
Committee That Unions VIII
Never Be Recognized,
MEN AGAINST WALK0UT;
WAS FORCED ONTO THEM
Should the UnioniStS Be Sue
ceSSfu in Their 0rganIza-
ton Efforts, Industrial De-
cay Would Follow Claims,

icy aoRArNs JOURNAL lpec,tl LrAsEn wHSl
WASHINGTON, oct. l,--Declaring that
the question of the open shop--lhe
right of a man to work irrespective 1l
whether he was a member OF a labor
union-was the sole issue in the ma
tion- wide steel strike, Judge Elpert r.
Gary. chairman of the board OF the
United States Steel corporation, toid
the senate investigating committee 'o-
day that his corporations would heEel
Weld. Even now, he said, the slrlAe
is falling. ,,,
''rhere was no reason for TINS
strike" said Judge Gary Ihe men
did not want 1t. 1t was forced on
hem from the outside. by the organ
i1ers az labor unions The open SHOP
Is The question here. The right 10
hiring about fullest production WIZ
only the interests of the employe, the
employer and the public IN sight'
labor leaders, he told the commit
tee were seeking TO unionlze an IN
dustry in the country, Should thel'
efforts be successful, he asserted IN
dustrial decay would follow,
..lt means the condition leai
England is in today he auueu,
although | have hopes she VIII eoi'''
out OF 1t, ,,,aoa Nj.
Judge Gary had not conciuaeu NO
testimony tonight and Will De eAan',
tred again tomorrow. lie saNe "'
for an hour today TO seVetal ~
Moves of the corporation mlliS' W. ~
told the committee they khe" =,
reason for the strike. All asreeu VIC
tho men who voluntarily respohueu ~
the strike call were mostly loi ie's Nv
and one of them, John j. Mals'n, ~ "
youngstown machinist, attaCheo M
! leaders of the National steer WoiNe''
| committee.
ar think John Fitzpatrick
| chairman OF the workers -.
| mittce), with William a, ros',
(secrctary of the cohihh',Si If
1n..,nSr,crs who win overfhrp"
| ,nis government If they are hot
| s,cnned," said Martin, Who eN-
| ,nIa,,,ed that he himself formerly
- y union man. They were
"n~-oord ne said, in "5cuttiihg
,hc American Federation o
| Labor" - .taal
Martin testified TINT the steci
,,nIoyea Mt Youngstown, amer
icon and foreigners alike hpu
hecn terrorizCd by threats To Durh
bouses and kill children. Juus
90, also said In the course oi
his testimony that the company
had much "hearsay eViuehcs
that such threats had been i'lauc
agoInst men who would not Joi'
In the strike
no course of his testimony
r,dae Gary reviewed conditions leau
ing I'M TO the strike, and dlscuseu
length his refusal to meet tio w.. -
ara, national committee. 10 haNs ~
| gotiated with the committee nc
wou,d have been departure iloi.
company's policy to treat ~ o,,y
1,ith its employees and woulu ilaN'
damaged the prestige OF 'he opN'
'"Jt niscussing this point with senate
po,.,h renublican of Idaho, ne ga,
conditions might arise unueI VIII, ~
be might talk with union LEADERS ~
ar,nloved by the company
..proyided they said fairly that tne,
o,,rasented fifteen per cent Oh VI
MON employed, for instance'v ne sar a
~ night discuss the wishes ol 'h'
sifteen per cent with them
M CARY brushed aside the chatee
=, r,,ion leaders that the cofpofatlo'
had mistreated its men WIN w ~
statement that n no basic industry II
~ world were the men better treatet
a. noid better wages. Later he wen
,rto welfare work of the coHpah'
amona its employees and presehte'
figures to show that employes seh
aralw received approximately thre'
times as much now as they did II
1914. tor Eap
von chairman of the investigatlns
committee. Mr.. Gary refused to dis
cuss the efforts by President Wilso
to bring about an understanding pe
tween the corporation officials an'
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