New-York tribune., 1919-09-29
Labor Leader Says Senate
Inquiry Will Be Asked
if Company Refuses
to Arbitratc Demands
Test Expected in
Pittsburgh To-day
Both Sides Await Result
of Attempt Of Mills to
Call Workers Back
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence
BETHLEHEM, Penn, Sept. 28.-Ten-
sion everywhere in Bethlehem, on the
streets, ut Police Headquarters and in
the offices Of leaders, marks the eve
Of the waAout of the 10000 men from
the plants of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
poration called for o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Police from Northampton Heights
were rushed to William Street. here, to
break up meeting of Soviet school,
conducted by group of radical Rus
slams. Mounted men pa,roiled The
vicinity of the plants Pistols and
riot sticks were issued to $50 new Of
ncers sworn in during the last few
days. All have been ordered 10 be
present at Police Headuuarters to-
MORO morning. Orders have been
issued to keep everybody moving and
to frustrate all attempts at picketing.
Test Expected To-day
Reports from Pittsburgh were to the
effect that both sides We're preparing
Tor a test tomorrow morning. the
operator soaking tc induce more men
TO go to work and the strikers planning
TO bring more men ont. The operators.
ii was said, claimed gains during the
day.
Word Of preparations to open mills
came also from Youngstown and Chi
cago. Steubenville. Ohio, reported that
the proposed march on the mills at
Weirton. W. Va, had been abandoned.
y, t>a1. Trl, r. u
lehem, issued a proclamation warning
all persons against assembling in the
streets III groups OF more than three
persons. Two hundred copies have
been Dlacarded broadcast over the
town. A similar proclamation was is
sued this afternoon by George Brown,
Burgess of Northampton Heights.
Organizer Urges Arbitration
David Williams, general organizer
Tor the American Federation of Labor.
said all of the steel plants would be
tied up i'll the morning. All organ zcd
labor III the Bethlehem plants wanted.
he sad, Was government regulation OF
private industry TO insure the steel
mill employees the same rate OF wages
granted to the miners, The shipyarol
workers. the railroad men, the navy
yard employees and the sailors. He
said he was not Bolshevik, and that
II he caught any man expressing Bol-
shevik sentiments he would have him
arrested
Arbitration is the only thing that
will settle the difficulty, and organized
labor IS ready now to arbitrate, Mr.
Williams asserted. He said that the
Bethlehem Steel officials would be
given a few hours to agree to arbi-
tration. Ii they refuse letter Will
be sent to Senator Kenyon asking him
to investigate the conduct Of the Beth
lehem Steel plants.
Somebody will get in trouble ii
the Senate investigates the conduct OF
the Bethlehem Steel Company's busi-
ness, and it will not be the employees
said Mr.. Williams.
The Mayors Proclamation
The proclamation OF Mayor John
ston reads:
"Whcrcas, printed notices. dated
Pittsburgh, Penn, September 25, 1919
have been posted and distributed in
our vicinity by certain persons, calling
upon employees in the iron and steel
industry in our city and in other cities
to strike; and
"Whereas, the great majority of wage
earncrs request tea 20 strike are not AT
tiliated with labor organizations anc
desire to exercise their lawful light to
continue to earn a livelihood for them
selves and those dependent upon them
and
Whereas. our citizens resent being
dictated to by persons not connected
with our city or our industries as ina.
pugning their Intelligence;
Nov therefore. /, Archibald John.
9 MpI~nr nt tho of q. l. !.
Penn. by virtue OF the authority con
ferred upon me by the laws of ;he
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania and II
order that the peace OF our city anc
the rights of it, citizens may be main
tanned and that their lawful pursuit.
shall not be interfered with hereh;
give notice that:
".An affray is the lighting of two o.
mora persons in pubic place to tbt
terror of the public.
"An unlawful assembly consists cs
sentally Of the meeting Of three OF
more persons for the disturbance O
the public peace.
"a rout consists essentially Of thre,
or more persons meeting to do an un
lawful act and making some motion t,
execute it.
"a riot consists essentially OF thrc,
or more persons putting their desie,
into actual execution and performln.
en- unlawful act Of violence.
"I further give notice that under tht
laws of the Commonwealth OF Pennsyl
| vana, if any person or persons shall
be concerned IN either an afray, un
lawful assembly, rout, or riot, an,
shall be thereof convicted, they shall
be guilty OF msdemeanor and shall b'
subject to a fine or imprisonment o
both.
Expects Citizens TO Aid
81 further give notice that any per
son or persons unlawfully assemble
Copt;uued on, Nert pu1e