Evening journal., 1919-09-18
MEN Will Strike
IF GARY REFUSES
LAST Minute TALK
Continued from First page.


the purpose Of securing a conferenc,
and every avenue has been closed tc
them. Their last and only hope is tc
sIrike and now the employees declare
they VIII cease work on next Monday
morning until such time as the cor.
poration will meet their representa-
tlVes In conference for the purpose OF
establishing humane and reasonable
methods with the very vital problems
Whlch affect their lives, their homes
and their future"
The final sessions Of tile committee
! composed OF the heads OF 81 interna-
| tional unions, were TO be held in the
Monogahela House today. The first
session was scheduled for 10 o'clock
and the second for four.
While it is known on good author
ity that some Of the delegates favorinc
postpOning the strike, Fitzpatrick de-
clared no opposition to going ahead on
schedule was voiced in the meeting
Some delegates even denied that this
question was discussed but 10 is known
that several addresses were made in
support OF the strike.
Some delegates fear the result Of
the conference at WashiLg gtdn in event
the strike is postponed. One representa-
tive characterized postponement at this
time until after October as placing
ourselves in the maws OF the mill
owners" Another said 1--WE would not
dare face our men back home after
displaying such weak hearts. The time
TO strike is now and strike we must"
Rumors that Samuel Gompers, head
taP I al hnr
would attend today's sessions were de-
MED by Fitzpatrick.
After the session late today the dele
gates were to repair to their respective
homes, subject to immediate call.
I'VE will leave the mills TO Gary and
his gunner Monday morning and see If
they can run them" Fitzpatrick said
after the meeting closed with bitter
denunciatiOn OF Gary's recent letter to
the unionists again refusing. to grant
an audience.
Both Fitzpatrick and Foster insisted |
there was no possibility Of President /
Gompers of the \. +. Of L., intervening |
and preventing the strike. Foster de- |
clared that at most Gompers could only |
advise and that the men were in no !
humOr TO follow advice against a strike. /
Furthermore" said Fitzpatrick"
Gompers has as much at stake in this
as any one else. He has declared that
nothing must be done that will sacri-
nce or injure the well being Of the
workers Of the country. This is a fight
'or the well being Of the steel workers."
Mother Jones joined the steel workers
Oday. Coming from the miners con-
Of Oh. fr ,~fr !
o go on a speaking tour through the
valleys where the thou
ands Of steel workers live. on the
vail Of Fosters Office is a big picture Z
# the battered lifeless head Of Mary
'ellins, the union organizer, who was y
ecently killed by deputies at Bracken- !
idge. Numbers Of these pictures have | !
'een sent out among the steel workers {
nd the figure Of Mary SeIlins as a !
martyr to the cause Of union organiza-
ion promises to play big part in the {
truggle. T
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. United 9
'ress) s).-Surprise that the steel strike !
ct for Sept. % had not been called Off \
I the meeting Of 81 unions heads was y
vidsnt today Smong government and /
lbor officials here. :,
Previous TO the meeting officials OF .
le American Federation of Labor had :
Iearly indicated a belief that thei,
'alkout would at least be postponed :
ntil after the round table industrial =
difference October G.
The main hope for postpOnment now 4.
'maining lies in the possibility that =
lmuel GOmpers, head Of the American n
ederation Of Labor, may yet attend =
le Pittsburgh meaing. He has stead =
stly denied that he would do this. :
Officials were also waiting 10 see II y
le selection by President Wilson OF >
lDert II. Gary, head Of the United u
ates Steel Corporation, as one Of the =
representatives Of the public at the W
,und table conference would have II
ly effect on the course Of the steel II
en- Gary's refusal TO meet the men L
as the immediate cause Of the strike
IN. u
The selection Of Gary, either by the lC
med States Chambers Of Commerce ~
the President, was anticipated as I
as the selection Of Barnard Baruch. y,
II was also noticeale that the Pres 81
ent had met the demands Of farm m
CARNATIONS for a greater representa- p'
IN by appointing several agricultural -
lders In addition TO those appoint "
by the President, farm organiza-
ms will appoint three others.
The choice Of John Spargo and
larles Edward Russell, two Socialist DC
lders, was not generally anticipated -
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