New-York tribune., 1919-09-26

damaging for the time being than the
temporary loss of several hundred i,la~
borers. "A series Of strikes like this
would pat well-manned plant hors du
combat for a time.
The employers made undenable
gains in other parts of the Pittsburgh
district. More workers than hereto
fore reported at Sharon, Farrell and
New Castle, and general resumption
of activity in the Shenango Valley
was predicted within five days. The
American Steel and Tinplate Com
pany's report on the general situation
showed twenty-eight plants operating.
with Sd per cent of the company's
entire capacity, gain of per cent
since Monday.
On the whole. however, the situation
is not enough changed from yesterday
to justify detailed summary
The fourth day of the strike wit
messed another killing by the mounted
police at Sharon. All morning long
sniping strikers fired on plant there.
The troopers finally located the house
whence the shots were coming, and
entering it, seized the only occupant
they could find. AS they were taking
him away he attacked them, and while
they were beating him into submis-
sion another shot was fired at them
from the same house The building
was then surrounded, and presently
trooper caught sight of a Serbian
named Nick Grata, crawling out of the
sniping post. One bullet finished him.
a0d his brother, Dan Grata, was shot
N the leg as he dashed out of the
house.
As a patrol of police were taking
payroll money to the offices of the
Clarion mills before dawn this morn
ing q dozen shots were fired at them,
hut the shooters could not be located.
intimidatirg Letters Sent
There were sundry other minor dis
orders, and many reports of warning
letters TO loyal laborers, threatening tt
burn their houses and kill them or
their wives and children. One such
letter, sent 70 a laborer at Rankin,
reads, in part; "You will not GO to
work any more, as | VIII go before
your door tomorrow morning and give
you one shot, and if one is not enough
Will give you three shots. Do not
think that You will live very long,
am sorry fer your wife and children"
The man who received this letter
was brave enough to go to work. but
the police say that few Of the foreign
nrs require more than one such letter
to keep them away from the mills.
Ihe mounted police say that the
only way to neutralize this sort Of
tnlng is to get" every man who re-
sorts to gun, as they "got" the
sinners at Sharon this morning.
ne reluctance Of the steel executives.
even III. their frankest Moments TO et
the public know Just how hard hit the
industry IS. was evidenced this evening
when an officer of the Carncrie Com
pany' after admitting that some blast
furnaces had been "pullcd," refused
point blank to say how many Of the
ilfty-eight blast furnaces were still
going.
u wouldnS buy ticket in that pool,
SAID this official when asked how long
the strike would last. 80 far as our
company is concerned, ! would not say
that the strike has yet reached a seri-
Gus stage. but would not deny that
1t may not soon become serious. In
normal times | would say that we
would soon have the strike licked, hut
these are not normal times. The men
are coming back slowly. indeed. but
they are coming
Anyway, | REGARD the stand we have
taken as of such vital Importance to
the whole industrial structure Of the
country that would rather sec every
plant of the United States Steel Cor
Poratlon ne idle for SIX months than
have the American Federation of Labor
tail under the control of the radicals,
as WlIl assuredly be the case if this
strike IS won by the strikers.
Radicals Would Dominate
"lf that happens this industry will
be dominated by tne radicals. They
are already on the verge of control of
the miners union, and success here
would push them over there. Add the
machlnlsts alone. TO say nothing Of
other unions that the radicals might
seize. and YOU have the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor dominated by the
radicals and Gompers out in the coid
with men like Fitzpatrick and Foster
who organized the packing industry
and made it radical, in control of the
whole labor machine