Evening journal., 1919-10-17
THE STEEL STRIKE AND IT'S FAILURE.

iiE STEEL SHIRE MD iiS fhi.'h~
INCREASED ouburss Of violence by the steel strikers
their plainly has become hopeless have
brought the usual exercise Of rigorous civil and
military and this fact promises to speed up
the disntegraon OF the movement against The mills ac-
cording to the Iron Trade Review
The strike apparently fast is reaching It's nna and de-
csive stage
Adequate protection Of the steadily growing number
OF workmen who returning are deslrous Of re-
turning to their Jobs become determining factor
the Of the strike and The restoration Of normal
production.
The developments Of the past few in the Chicago
district regarded marking The definite breaking
point Of the struggle in that territory.
Tho agiiators have Jared badly in the East, where
production is almost normal.
AT Buffalo The leading producer again is getting under
way.
Conditions in The Pittsburgh district apart from
IohnsloNn have improved steadily during the week.
Operations have been restored at Monesscn Donora,
New Kensngton West Leechburg and other mill points
Failure of the authorities at Youngstown and Cleve-
land to guarantee proper protection holding back any
efforts TO reopen the plants in this district but ndca-
tlons are some steps in this direction about TO be
taken.
The extent Of the curalment Of blast furnace opera
tions due TO The strike shown by The statistics for
September just complied The number Of furnaces blow
ing at-the end Of the month iOi less than the
corresponding period in August These with but few
exceptions were banked awaiting the favorable oppor-
tunly to resume Some Of them since have gone into
action.
Because the banking Of these furnaces occurred late
in the month"; the loss OF production comparatively
small The September total 2iss5s3 tons compared
with 27i2Osl tons in August and 2,i222 tons in July
Because Of the concentrated drive against steel works
furnaces the loss wholly with plants Of this char
acor. In fact merchant output increased by 25ii3
tons.
Evidence is lacking OF any extensive arrangement Of
Industrial operations as the result Of the reduction Of
steel supplies
liberal amount Of new buying is going along and
and This IS being accepted by The mills without definite
delivery promises.
Eastern plate and shape mills have had the biggest
week since the amistice
The failure Of the strike which, The Iron Trade
Review H. is apparent il not actual fact, has
served clearly TO demonstrate That the people Of the
United States are not yet ready TO accept, much less
espouse the doctrines OF the radical labor agitaors
Proof Of this is to be found in the utter lack Of public
sympathy with the strike Of the steel plant workmen,
without which unatainabe.
Nothing has been presented other than the hearsay
evidence of the oyerpaid organizers that the were
working for pauper wages and that their families
living under intolerable conditions.
The public, as personined by the salaried man.
longer msead by the biased and highly colored views
have pretty frequent the steel industry that
working hours and conditions OF labor have been
siantly growing better; that not few workmen holding
what formerly were regarded as humble positions
going to and from their work in their automobiles
and that the foreigners who have left the country have
generally carried away with them a tidy in savings.
The parallel OF these conditions with the claims OF
leaders deadly to the assertions Of the latter
Another why this and other labor disturbances
little favor with the great bulk Of the people
of the country those who neither wage
employers be found the growing consciousness
the which labor agitation and strikes have upon
the cost Of living
Increases to labor in a plant too nfrequently have
been accompanied by increases to the salared employees
but the effect upon living costs resulting from the
increase has to be borne by the latter
Radical labor leaders accompany their demands for
higher wages with demands for shorter working hours
This decreased production and soaring prices and
that great class which caught between these divergent
forces last is beginning to discriminate between the
wheat and the cha between the justified and unjusned
Strike Of labor and to its sympathy accordingly.
Il is to be hoped that the time is not distant when
those who work with their hands will be less susceptible
10 the seductive arguments Of parastcal disurbers,
masquorading friends OF the working man.
TIE IMPENDING GREAT COUNCIL.