Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-27
FINISH FIGHT PLANNED.
Manufacturers May Inausurate Cen
eraI Lookout In Sympathy. With
Steel Mills.

I. steel mliI9s Ia
Chicago, Sept 27.-Scoring John
Fitzpatrick as destructive In his tend
encies", and ''temperamentally untitled
for anything but strikes and violence
in reaching adjustment of labor dis
putes. the Illionis Manufacturers AS
sociation has wired Washington, ask
ing wide investigation of organiza-
ton methods Of. union labor among
foreigners in this country.
The telegram, addressed to the SEN
ate committee on education and lar
Dor, intimates strongly that ignorant
men we're ,lured into the union by
radical promises after American-born
workers had refused to join.
Confident with the sending Of this
message, the Manufacturers News
organ of the association, yesterday
published first page editorial call
Ing on 1000 manufacturers in the
organization to stand by E. II. Gary.
chairman Of the United States Steel
Corporation. in the present conflict.
Piez Asks Finish Fight.
In yesterdays issue also is a page
article by Charles Piez, head of the
Link Belt Corporation. and former
general manager Of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, in which he calls
on the public generally to let the
Steel corporation and the strikers
carry their fight to q finish without
interference.
Both the telegram to Washington
and the Manufactures News articles
were taken by business men yester-
day as the opening guns Of the as
sociation's campaign in support of
the steel corporation in it's battle
with organized labor.
Further steps will be considered, it
IL understood, at committee meet
ing to be held next Tuesday at the
associations quarters, 76 West Mon
roe.
Consider General Lockout.
This campaign. will represent the
recently conceived employers union,
and. according to rumors recently in
circulation, plans for checking a
further spread Of the strike by bring
ing on. a general lockout in. all
branches Of industry will be con-
stdered.
The telegram to. washington foN
lows:
1--WE think It would help the
public to determine the merits of the
steel controversy II our committee
would investigate:
: "FiHt-Whether the attempted or
ganization Of the steel workers was the
result Of volunteer action on the part
Of the employees or the result of effort
and pressure from professional organ
izers.
Second What proportion Of the or
ganizers and leaders of the steel strike
are revolutionists?
Mentions Forslan Worknen.
"Third-The Chicago Tribune pub
lished a.statemept q OF one OF the or
ganixers that they were very successv
full In organizing tho foreign elements
in the steel plants. but unsuccessful in
the American element.
What were, the arguments that per-
suaded impressionAbl foreigners but
failed to persuade American work
men?
"Fourth-Was the strike the result
Of deliberate. voluntary and unre=
stricted action Of the majority s.E the
men reached by the secret ballot2
Fifth What was the exact Ian
guage Of the strike resolution on which
o vote was taken7
WE are prompted to ask these
questions because we know John Fitz-
patrick, the chairman Of the commit
Tee to organize steel workers, to be
destructive in his tendencies and
know he has consistently opposed con-
,tructive labor legislation and policies
and that he IS tempsraUentally unfit
ted for anything but strike and vio-
|erce In reaching adjustment Of labor
disputes, * Z. II.
'ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS AS
SOCIATION. si
Z, John 4, (, GLENN. Secretary"