Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-19

Some OF the committeeman saw
that organizers who had helped bulid
up the unions at steel plants through
out the country would not dare go
back and face the men if the strikes
were called off.
John Fitzpatrick, of Chicago, chair
man of the national committee, after
the meeting, said plans had been for
INFLATED for making the strike etfec-
tive Monday morning. He said there
was nothing further to do now, but
let the men walk out. He added that
the mills throughout the country were
we'll organized and said he was con-
fident the United States Steel Cor
poration, the principal point OF at
tack, will have to recede from It's po-
sition of declining to receive union
leaders representing organized men
in the plants.
Plans Discussed.
Much of the time at two long ses-
sions of the committee today were
taken up with consideration Of plans
for the walkout. It was agreed that
the national committee had wide pow
ers to conduct the strike and plans
were discussed for bringing about
unity of action among the "a unions.
It was agreed to send to all iron
and steel plants in the country the
twelve demands formulated by the
workers. 1t is said the national COM
mittee will endeavor to reach agree
ment with individual and so-called
Independent concerns, and II success
full, have the strikers return to such
mills where settlement is reached.
The committee before going into
session today issued statement IN
reply to the letter sent to the pre-
sident Of the subsidiary companies OF
the United States Steel corporation
by E. H. Gary, chairman of the
board of parent organization. The
statement said that Judge Gary's
reasons that the national committee
was not authorized to speak for
the large number Of employees of the
steel corporation and that confer
ence would have been treated as a
recognition of the 'closed shop"
principle, are not sufficient, if real,
"to plunge the industry into a great
labor conflict" The statement adj
ded that the zone and only question
at ISSUE" is the question of con-
ference.
Twelve Demands.
Members Of the committee, after
the adjournment, said they were of
the opinion that suggestions for a
postponement did not come from
friends Of the workers, but if they
were friends of the workers they
were misguided. The committee
men realized, they said, the strike
would be a hard one, and expressed
the opinion that the officers of the
steel companies will be surprised by
the large number of men who fail
to report for work next Monday.
The twelve demands of the steel
workers are:
Right Of collective bargaining.
Reinstatement of men discharged
for union activities.
An eight hour day.
One days rest in seven.
Abolition of the twentyfour hour
shift.
Increase in wages sufficient to
guarantee American standard of liv-
ing.
Standard scales of wages in all
trades and classification of workers.
Double rate of pay for all over
time, holiday and Sunday work.
Check-off system of collecting
union dues and assessments.
Principles of seniority to apply in
maintenance, reduction and increase
of working forces.
Abolition of company unions.
Abolition of physical examination
of applicants for endowment,
Approve Gary's Stand.
New York, Sept. 18.-The steel
fabricators, Of the United States,
comprising nearly 100 of the lead
ing producers, adopted resolutions at
a naeatinr here TODAY annrouinr the