The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-20
HOPE TO AVERT
STRIKE IS G. ! E
Many Plants in PIT :. lrgh
District Will Shut D !: : at
Close of Day.
MASS MEETING Workers
Strike Leaders Send Out Final
Instructions Regarding
Proposed Walk Ont
MASS MEETING My.KERS

= Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 2O.-With al
chances OF aVerting the steel stril<
gone and with plants all over tn,
Plttsburg district shutting down fo
the week end, police authorities il
many communities where steel mill:
are situated prepared today to han.
die the situation as it develops witt
lhe coming of the walkout on Mon.
day. ANVIL
Arrival here this morning of a de.
tan OF fifty mounted members of the
state constabulary, the swearing in
| OF the deputies and special deputies
ol tne several persons in the various
steer districts and the posting of
| prociamations by the authorities
AGAINST violence, gave evidence TODAY
OF the near approach Of the great in
| austrlal conflict in the steel industry.
reports OF minor strikes and walk
outs came from many sections. From
others there were statements of lock-
outs and mass meetings of the work.
men with the officials of the big
plants calling upon their employees to
stick to their jobs.
A conference was held in the Of
nee OF Director Charles S. Pritchard
whlch was attended by Mayor e. H.
Babcock. Superintendent of Police
H. J. Alderdice and all the police
commissioners of the city. plans
were discussed as to safeguarding
property and preventing trouble
Several hundred patrolmen were
sworn In for service on Monday.
The state constabulary was distrib-
uted among the mill region. At the
'I'hnmnSnn n1n ,,>
more than 1000 workmen were
sworn in as deputies today, while as
many more became policemen at the
United States Steel corpora tion,s
plant at Claireton. The loyal men
at all the plants in the district were
pledging themselves to keep order.
Wokmen of the West PennsyIyania
Steel company in a mass meeting This
morning were addressed by President
.. M. HaZlett, of the Alleghney
Valley Chamber of Commerce. "Re-
main at work if you are loyal citi- |
zens," was the speakers appeal. Sev- |
efal hundred men were reported later
to have signed pledges that they !
would remain at work. The EMPLOYEES |
of the Allegheny Steel company will
meet this afternoon. The officials a
the works closed the mills for the
Day in order to give the men oppor-
tunity to discuss the question.
Mass meetings of all the steel work.
ers in the district have been ordered
Tor tomorrow afternoon. Organizers
Of the American Federation of La
Dor Will make addresses. When he
earned of the order Mayor George p.
=. Lysle. of Mckeesport, declared that
le will nail up" every hall in the
'lty II necessary to prevent the meet
ng. At the same time Mayor Lysle
ssued proclamation which said
thousands of citizens have been
worn in special policemen. and
would be organized into companies ;
md stationed at designated points
throughout the city ready for i'm I
Mediate call by the constituted au- I
horities in case of any outbreak"
instructions were sent out from the {
ttice. of the strike committee here {
oday- to the workmen in all plants {
hat have an agreement with the I
Amal&amated Association of Iron and '
teel Workers. to remain at work |
fonday. q
IF your mills accept contracts
rom plants against which we are G
lstructions read. I
Plan to Continue. t
Youngstown, O., Sept. 2O.-While ?
lass meetings for steel workers were l.
eing held throughout the Youngs- II
'wn district today in preparation q
II the strike scheduled for Monday 3
orning, steel companies went ahead 3,
18th plans for continuing operations
) usual. No figures can be obtained
J to the number of men who will
rike on Monday.
Will Close Monday. II
Cleveland, O., Sept. 20.-Mils of &C
e American Steel and Wire COM h
my, subsidiary of the United States p
eel corporation, and employing so u
r cent. of Cleveland's steel work a,
s, will close Monday, it was an ra
'unced today. II,
Skilled Workers Strike. m
n. c., Sept 2O.-A III
neral strike of the skilled work OF
en- went into effect at the plant of lie
e Carolina Shipbuilding corpora or
m today when over 1000 men quit - -
'rk as protest against alleged ~
'crlmlnation in favor of negroes. m
Practically every craft in the yard /
affected. The walkout means ces- =
ton of work until the question is
tied. Nothing of a violent nature
IS attempted.
Stage is Set.
Ala, Sept. 20.-Labor ~ ~
ders in the Birmingham district ~,
lay announced that the stage is M
for the strike of iron and steel teI
rhers and allied interests Mon fro
Y. sir
While there was some conflict be-
cen organizations and the United PHI
ne Workers of America claiming
t no orders have been received to
I work, ii was stated emphatically
t showing would he made from Ia
start of the walkout.
IN the other hand there are re- 7
is that organizat tion work Of the llv'
or leaders has not been entirely Bu
ctive and that there will be a 10
nber of loyal workers who will re- Sot bot
in at work. r'd i
10 intimation of plants in the Bir- sib
igham district shutting down has per
n heard. ern
Classification of Workers. gar
ecretary W. u. Foster, in charge
strike headquarters here said this Biit
ming that exactly 100000 men WI WI
be affected by the strike order. ofV of
olH Hssifices them as follows: iii
IL. 4.