Evening star., 1919-09-29
Bethlehem Plant Little
Affected, Company Says;
Crippled, Mems Claim
By the Associated Press.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. September sS-
The Bethlehem plant of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation was little affectXd
this morning by the strike which haa
been called from Pittsburgh and thsps
was no semblapce Of disorder at tie
entrances to the various plants WHEN
the shifts changed at s am. and agaan
at 1880 o'clock.
Officials of the company said thzk
virtually the same number of eM-
ployes appeared in the various de-.
partments as worked last week, SAVE
that number of machinists left with
their tools The latter were said by
the company officials to be mostly Of
the floating order, who had been ernr
ployed during the war. 1t could not -
the 1880 shift. The test is expected
to come this afternoon and this even.
ing with the change Of shifts.
Mayor Calls for Order.
Mayor Johnston, who issued a PROG
lamation calling upon the citizens -
be law-abiding and to assist In 49,
maintenance of peace, was upon The
scene early. He will not permit GAIN
erings of any kind. The police ee-
partment is well equipped to c6Ne
with the situation should any trou6Jo
arise, as many additional officers hRke
been sworn in. Representatives ~
organized trades who met here laSt
night announced that reports rk-
ceived stated that from so to 80 per-
cent of the men will walk out, but tin
was not borne out this morning.
The police took into custody Wfl.
liam ]. Bohning. secretary of a lod1o
union, for prevailing upon employs
of the steel company not to 90 fe
work.
Completely Crippled, Is Claim
PITTSBURGH, September 2s.-stssl
strike headquarters today gave out
the following telegram from David
Williams. in charge of the strike u
the Bethlehem plant at Bethleheh{.
Pa:
bethlehem plant completely Grip
pied by strike. Power plant shut
down.
Titusville Plant Running.
TITUSVILLE. Pa. September 2s.
Despite the strike order in effect to-
day against the Bethlehem Steel Co3-
poration, the local plant Of that COM
pany operated as usual today. The
works here employ only a few hum
urea Hlcu, none Oh WHOM II was 0ak0,
needed the strike call y
Full Force at Sparrows Point
BALTIMORE. Md. September 2s--
The strike order Of the national or
ganizing committee at Pittsburgh
calling out the steel workers of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation at AM.
today had no effect upon the SparrowA
Point branch of the company, accord
ing to General Manager w. F. Roberts
of the local plant this morning. Every
department. of the steel works. was
running with full forces, he said, ex~
cept the tin plate mill. where fifty 6f
the .workmen failed to report FOR
work. .fs
Later in the morning twenty Of the
fifty tinplate workers who failed to
report returned to work. 1t was statA1
at General Manager Roberts' ofiice.e}
All the departments Of the Bethlo
hem Shipbuilding Company at Spar
o Point wb were sos IL s Ss
said. There had be11E
rumors of possible sympathNt1cf
strike of the shipworkers. H.
Between 5.00n and 5000 mon are En- z
ployed at the steel plant.
The influence Of Rev. John Gaynor. /.
pastor of st. .Luke's Catholic Chur1k &
1t the point. caused many Of the MA s
ering men to decide to remain n
work. : At all the masses yesterdf[
morning the priest told the men apI
strike. He condemned the memben
bf the national steel COMMITTEES saS
hra1f1ad iRiRD 2. HeqteH peeeoSo