The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-15
BRICKLAYERS OUT IN
SOME STEEL PLANTS
Companies Gains by Return
ing Strikers offset by New
est Desertions.
PLEA TO COUNCIL FAILS
Pittsburg Officials Vote a Tie
on Request for Public Hear
ing for Labor Men.
PLEA TO COUNCIL FAILS

PTTTsBuRe, Oct. 14--More gains In
men and greater production were re-
ported to-day by steel companies in the
Pittsburg district. Several independents
affected by the strike Of steel workers,
now In it's fourth week, started addi-
tional departments. In other plants,
especially those of the Carnegie com
pany, workmen who had been on strike
since September 20 reported for work,
according TO company officials. Among
the plants declared to have started parts
of their works were the A.. NJ. Byers
Company and the Oliver Iron and Steel
Company here.
In the upper Monongahela Valley at
Donora, where the American Steel and
Wire Company has plant 1t was said
a large number of men returned.
The employers gains were slightly
offset by a strike of bricklayers in some
of the steel works along the Mononga-
hela River.
National headquarters of the union
had no formal statement to make TO-
day regarding the situation. 1t was
said, however, that the strike remains
unchanged.
Say strikers Are Firm.
REPORTS of any considerable number
Of men returning to work are denied by
union leaders who maintain that the
strikers are not showing any unrest and
are standing together. Union leaders
assert strike breakers brought here are
5oining the union.
Rain fell and a mist hung over the
Pittsburg district all day. There was nc
congregating of strikers anywhere ana
the day was quiet in all steel towns III
western Pennsylvania
A petition presented to the flttsour'-
City Council to-day by a committee o.
local labor leaders asking for punh'
hearing on complaints against police
magistrates and officials growing out o.
the steel strike failed of adoption Ih'
vote IN each of three roll calls resulted
in a tie to l. Another EFFORT Will d.
made to have the council grant a near
ing. =,
During the debate one Councilman de
,clared that if the United States Senat
could send a committee here to listen L
complaints, the City Council of Pitts
burg could afford to give hearing.
Councilman opposed to the hearing susz
rested that the book of syndlcallsn
written by w. z. Foster, secretary g
the strifiers' national committee, .
printed in the record and coupled thi
with a declaration that he would nc
vote for a hearing for any man or an
body connected with Foster
Another Councilman, in favor OF IN
hearing, said he would show that he
little better American" by opposin
the further circulation of the book, tn
suggestion was then dropped.
Charges Against Omcials.
The petition among other thing
charged that the Mayor, Director {
public Safety and Chief of Police ''haN
arbitrarily denied organized labor II
holding of meetings in the usual an
ordinary places with the inter
ton of discriminating against organize
labor and not in the interest of law an
order
s~various police officials and Magi;
trates have shown wilful disposition
partiality and unfairness against III
strikers and all union men. the petltio
said.
The petition was signed by the pres
dent and secretary OF the Pittsburg Gel
trail Labor Union, chairman of tt
Hrotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Gel
trail committee, president and secretar
of the Pittsburg Building Trades Coui
ell, president of the board of busine'
agents of the Pittsburg Building Trade
Council. and president of the PittsbuI
district of the United Mine Workers.
Commissaries for Strikers.
Labor leaders discussed plans to-ds
for financing the strikers, according
D. J. Davis, assistant international pre-
fdent of the Amalgamated Associate
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. 1t
lfucn TFn ctr
centres. where strikers and their fan
lies may obtain food and where benefi
to needy union men will be paid.
A financial pool will be formed by Il
international unions represented in Z
strike, according to Mr. Davis, and
committee will be appointed to invest
gate the strikers needs.
ITO the present we have had no r
quests for aid" said Mr.. DAVIS. "al
II is understood that many of the stri
ers have enough money to meet the
wants for fully six months We W
sell food and clothing to the strike
at cost"
Mr. Davis said the international uni
chiefs were not worried by finances al
a number of the organizations had
defence funds.
Distribution of copies OF the Americ
Constitution among foreigners, esta
lishment of night schools and address
by labor leaders from the Americana
ton programme of the steel worke
unions was announced by natior
strike headquarters. Foreigners viii
urged to take out naturalization papt
without delay and will be taught WI
United States citizenship means,
All union furnace men in the Buff
district are now ,on strike, accord
10 a telegram received at strike hei
quarters here tonight Tie Turn;
men Of three of the largest Buff
plants, including the Lackawanna wor
have been out since September 22. Fl
or FIVE furnaces were closed by to-da
walkout, it was said.
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