The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-22

union, Stated ne mad received no IL
structions from union headquarters 10
take part in the steel strike
1 employees Not Organized.
DULUTH, MINI. Sept. 22.-En-
& ployes OF the Minnesota Steel corpora
ton here did not strike today Off
Gals said the employees are not or
ganiZed
The iron range was not expected 10
be Immediately affected by the steel
strike, but mines may be-closed IL the
strike In eastern cities continues long
Great Lakes seamen al the head OF
the lakes were understood TO have
voted 10 strike in sympathy with the
steel workers.
Situation In Ohio.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Sept PIE
tween 40 ,60o and sc, GOO steel workers
were on strike in Ohio, il was esti-
mated At eleven a. m, today, accord
ing 10 reports here by union and steel
mill officials and police.
/ Approximately 10000 men are out
in Cleveland. according TO II. W.
RAISE, union organize. In Canton.
! Ohio, only 900 out of the 10 900 steel
workers sruck Two hundred left
the Steel corporation plant there
j Reports from Youngstown stated
4 the strikers there numbered all the
way from 5000 10 10000. Allied in
dustries IN Columbus and Cincinnati
were not affected GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
reported both mills open and unham-
pered.
In Massillon, Ohio, 1000 steel
workers were on strike and al plants
closed. The mills al Elyria, Lorain
and Alliance, employing approximate
| Iy 10 900 men, were normal Only a
few men struck
/ No trouble has been reported from
any part Of the state. Police and
deputy sheriffs are On duty al all
plants. Union officials. said they win
I permit no violence Of any sort
Two Closed Tight.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Sept. "a
After all stee, plants In Youngstown
had opened for operation with de-
pleted forces this morning, two mills
the Republic Iron ana Steel and the
local plant Of the Sharon Steel Hoop
company-were closed tight when
practically all the men walked out
Other plants are continuing TO oper>
ate, alth ough union officials claim
that By Tuesday every plant win be
forced to suspend.
Opening OF the mills today was
marked by no disorder. Police were
stationed al all gates, but strike
pickets remained one block away
and no attempt was mace TO start
trouble.
Every Employe at Work.
STEELTON, Pa. Sept. 22.-Eyery
employe Of the Bethlehem Steel plant
here reported for duty this morning
officials Of the plant reported.
Between 50 and e5 Per Cent Out
rBy J. l.. OsSullivan. United Press
Staff Correspondent
GARY, Ind, Sept 22.-Between 50
and So per cent Of the $4,000 steel
workers in the Calumet district an
gwered the strike call today.
Union officials claimed 1900 men
were out Company officials admit
ted less than II 900 reported for duty.
Fires in eight OF the twelve blast
furnaces operated by the United
States Steel corporation in the dis
trict were banked today.
| The situation at the various plants
! follows:
Gary-IIlinois Steel company, 12.-
600 employees. James MuIholland.
union secretary, claimed 1000 out.
Company officials refused 2 state,
rnent. but newspaper observers sta
toned al various gates reported less
than 900 men entering.
| American Bridge company, 1000
employees. MulhoIland stated that
only 100 were at work Manager r.
w. Styles said 20 per cent were az
their posts and that all machinery
was running
American Sheet and Tin Plate COM
pany. 1900 employees. Mulbolland
stated S. per cent were out. W. r.
| Lloyd, superintendent, said less than
40 per cent.
Indiana Harbor-I Inland steel COM
pany. 1000 employees. Union officials
said 1900 were out; company off
Gals admitted that operations were
hampered.
| anmond-Standard Steel COM
pany, where a strike has been IN
progress for several weeks, was tied
up. About 1000 men are employed
| East Chicago-Interstate Steel COM
pany, employing 1000, reported by
I police az operating as usual, with
only 10 per cent out.
| Several small plants. employing
from 100 to 300, were reported oper.
ating with rs per cent of their usual
forces.
In Gary, pickets were on duty at
all principal gates. Wives OF work
ers joined the regular pickets In eff
(; forts 10 keep workers from entering.
! Union leaders claimed big VIC
/. tory today as result Of the station
cry engineers joining the strikers.
| They declared that S. per cent Of
the engineers employed in the Gary
works were out. They stated this
would tie UP the plant.
| No disorder was reported in the
| district today. Police officials said
they had not made a single arrest.