The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-09-22

cur would continue operation. A five 80
the oiast furnaces. in which teh ls.o~
mostly forsisn. were closed down b,,, q.
= "noie II was Stated the strine ~.
having no effect.
William 2. Foster. seer.4arv 80
treasurer OF the national committee ,,.so
- oIrectins labor's end Of the fraJ gror,
here. said: 4tO'H
WHAT POSTER Says.
Early reports show that many A, ~.
pants nave closed down compIetarv 7,
otners the employers are making 4, nrn-
sehse OF Keeping open. with steam, nm
"Heeis moving. But we know thar
men are working. The shutdown 10
D1''er tnan we anticipated. considering
all the difficulties we hsvA ~ ~ -. -,.s
tend With We probably will no, tpo,
un.ii tomorrow morning just how COM
Piete the strike is. Everything "a a,
present more than sa;isfactory
GOOD SEATE" gTx.EL OFYrcYAr
From steel official, who rAouos,.A
tnat his name be withheld, came this
statement
we are in far better shane today
'han we really expected to be Prae-
ticaIy All the plants are operating Tn
some cases only certain departments ar.
running and number OF blast furnaces
are closed. This is mostly because, for-
eisn labor is employed at the furnaces
ana the Foreigners constitute the ma
jority of the organized men"
NO pIso1DE8 EBPonrEp.
II was source OF satisfaction TO l,o,L
SIDES that the big strike was usbers5 ii,
with comparative quiet and no diss-se.
Literally thousands OF deputv noijea
deputy sherins and state -Sns4 ,r,t~s
many OF them mounted and all If titsrr
armed are scattered about the Plants
Aecplng the pedestrians renewed ana
preventing anything that has IRE ar
peafanee OF congestion about me plants
or adjacent streets. They are .~s
strict orders and have wide aarh.ri4--
ouell anything which starts
INDEPENDENTS IN SAME Eekr
The situation, as 1t affects ~. 49,,
pendent steel companies in the vf,-.
ourgh district is practically the san
that OF the L. s. Steel Corporatia~
against whom the strike is mainly d.!
reeted. few of the independent plants
nave closed down. preferring 10 take
methods of preventing any trouble Bur
in the main the independent concerns
like the corporation. have opened I'D
shop and continue with their work.
Officials Of the steel companies stated
that the strikers were practically oil
foreigners. The American skilled ylork-
men-sorne of whose wages run as high
as $50 to $40 a day-did not heed III.
strike call and trudged into the fac.
tories this morning when the whistles
blew.
Donora reported the big plant 81 The
American Steel and Wire Co. empioying
hmr
pletely. Strikers surrounded the gates
OF the company in large numbers and the
situation became threatening, the Off
cials simply locked the gates and barred
all entrances.
The great mills OF Homestead Du-
quesne. Braddock and the south side OF
Pittsburgh. forming the backbone of the
Monongehela district. we're quiet and
operating with but little loss Of labor.
according to reports
The Allegheny Valley district was
somewhat more affected. The Allegheny
and West Penn Steel CO. plants az
Breckenridge. largest OF the valley
plants. though operating were badly
crippled
At Newcastle. where ten thousand men
are employed. 1t is estimated thai ap-
proximately twenty per cent were out
and at vandergrift so per cent needed
the strike call
The great plants Of the United States
Steel Corporation at Sharon and Farrell
were operating in all departments
Jones and Laughlin. probably the big
gest independent operator in the district
reported that their mills were operating
100 per cent
Parades were held in a number of the
factory towns this forenoon. mostly by
striking workmen
At Homestead the American workn,eu
line up and paraded into the plant to
work