The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-30
BACK
TO WORK IS
COMMENCING
AT BUFFALO
Both Sides Issue Statements
Claiming Solidarity-Plant
at Chicago Closes Down
For Repairs
COMMITTEE At WORK
(By Associated Press)

The inclusion of the Bethlehem
Steel company's plants into the strike
area, has so far only served to broad
en- the scope of the conflicting claims
Of the opposing sides
The ninth day of the great struggle
opened with the situation on all the
battle fronts virtually unchanged, mill
officials issuing their customary state
ments. that more men were returning
to work and union leaders countering
with the equally customary assertion
that the strike was spreading and vic
tory certain.
No definite developments we're re-
ported from the Pittsburg distric.
while the only positive item from the
Chicago field was the official state
ment from the American Sheet and
Tin Plate company that its plant. en-
ployfng 1000 men, would be closed
down within the week "for repairs"
| Several minor disturbances in the
i Chicago sector. during the night led
to fear that serious disorders were
possible and a threat that federal or
state troops might be summoned
In Cleveland picketing was resumed
by the strikers following a report that
the mills were about to attempt re-
sumption of operations. and In Buffalo
a few hundred men returned to work
in the Lakawanna plant. Otherwise
no change of any kind was reported
in the outlying points.
COMMITTEE TO PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH. Sept 30.-Senator
Kenyon, chairman of the senate labor
committee investigating the steel
strike, wired union headquarters today
that the committee hoped to visit the
Pittsburgh district the latter part OF
this week or the first of next, de-
pending upon the voting on amend
ments to the peace treaty
The committee requested William T.
Foster, secretary of the steel workers
national committee to appear before
the committee in Washington, Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. Foster
said he would appear.
The situation remained virtually un.
changed today. Labor leaders ad-
vanced the claim that the unions of
fensive to extend the strike, launched
yesterday, had met with success, while
representatives of the employers de-
lied this emphatically, and said that
, their efforts to operate additional
plants Monday had been marked by
the return of many men to their places
in the mills.
A new development in the unions
fight for free speech and assem-
, blage" in Allegheny county came to-
Gay when Corporal Harry Smith. in
charge of Pennsylvania State police at
Braddock and Rankin, announced that
. speakers, addressing meetings of
strikers must not speak in any foreign
language.
CONFLICT AT BETHLEHEM.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, Sept. 30.-The
second day of the strike at the Bethle-
hem Steel company's plants brought
conflicting statements from the two
sides to the controversy with union
representatives., claiming that eighty
per cent of the men were out and Of
ficials of the company declaring that
the situation was satisfactory. and that
all their plants were operating virtual.
! ly at full capacity.
INQUEST AT LAckAWANNA
. BUFFALO, n. Y, Sept. 30.-The
! city court in Lackawanna today took
. up the cases of fifteen men arrested
on charges of melting to riot and o!
disorderly conduct in connection with
the fatal strike disorders of last Tues
day.
= Meanwhile it was announced tha.
I police investigations to fix the re
n sponsibility for the killing of two
d strikers and the wounding of several
n others had failed of their purpose and
5 that an inquest would be held.
e Lackawanna Steel company police
man will be summoned to testify q,
y the inquest.
e PIckETiNG RESUMED
g CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 30.-Picket
s ing of steel plants, which had been
/. discontinued several days ago, was re
o sumed this morning In what H W
s Raisse, chairman of the steel workers
q strike committee, declared was the be
d ginning of a fight against steel com
S ipany propaganda to weaken the morale
G of the strikers"
& Police and American Steel and Wire
}, company officials said that pickets had
e again taken up their places near the
D. H. P. Nail company plant and also
d were on duty at the Newburg mills.
Foch Eulogizes Armyin
IS IS Speech at Birthplace
e. (By Associated Press)
10 PARIS, Sept. 30 Marshall Foch
d who is visiting at Tarbes. his birth
S. place, addressed the city council yes
terday. eulogizing the army and call
ID ing for union for peace as well al
r. war. He did not refer to the rurno
d that he intends to accept q nom:ns
h tion as candidate for a seat in tn,
chamber of deputies