The sun., 1919-10-10
TWO MEN SHOT IN
STEEL STRIKE RIOTS
Woman Injured When Negro
WOrkmen Are Attacked
Near Pittsburg.
SENATE INQUIRY TO-DAY
5000 Trumbull Company
Men Vote to Go In-Strikers
With Airplane Captured.

PITTsBURG Oct. 9.-Rioting at the zinc
works of the American Steel and Wiro
Company In Donora marked the big
steel strike to-day in the Pittsburg dis
trfct Two foreigners were shot and
seriously wounded this morning, while
several negro workmen were injured by
flying bricks and other missiles. MRS
Hill an American woman, was struck
by q brick and injured tonight.
The foreigners who were shot were
removed to a hospital A dozen men
were arrested.
Both riots resulted from the attacks
Of strikers on workmen who were on
their way to the mill, during the morn
ing and evening changes of mill shifts.
Considerable gun play was INDUCED IN
by both strikers and workmen.
State troopers appeared during each
attack and dispersed the crowds. maxi
ing many arrests.
The first break In the strike In the
Mahoning Valley is said to have come
this morning when large number OF
employees of the Trumbull Steel Com
pany returned to work at the plant at
Warren, Ohio.
More than 5000 men are employed
by the company. The men voted last
night to return to work. To-day's at
tempt to operate the mills was the re-
suit.
Laborers' Strike shuts Plant.
In the tin plate plant of the Wheeling
Sheet and Iron Company at Yorkville.
Ohio, the laborers walked out this morn
ing, forcing a shut down of the plant
and throwing 1900 men out of work.
All plants of the company on the Ohio
side of the river between Wellsville and
Marietta were forced to suspend opera
tons. Labor organizers, failing to in
fiuence the skilled workmen to walk out,
turned their efforts to the foreign Ia
borers. When the latter quit work
complete suspension resulted.
1t was reported here to-day that big
steel plants in Johnstown. Wheeling
and Youngstown had decided to remain
closed until the first of the year, re-
gardless Of what turn the strike may
take. 1t was reported also that one
mill at Wheeling would probably be
moved from that city. Steel men re-
fused either to confirm or deny the
report. 1t was said, however that the
heads of several of the largest steel
plants in the sections named were seri-
ously considering the ACCESSIBILITY of re-
moving their plants to other cities.
Five members OF the Senate Committee
on Education and Labor which has been
investigating the strike. will arrive here
Tomorrow for a three days stay. Headed
by Senator William S. Kenyon chair
man, the subcommittee includes two
other Republicans. Senators Lawrence
c. Phipps, Colorado, and Thomas
Sterling of South Dakota, and two
Democrats. Senators David ]. Walsh of
Massachusetts and K. D. Mcclellan OF
Tennessee.
1t is expected That the Senators will
make personal investigation OF strike
n0ndifiOn9 erf,
ing over one entire day to that inquiry.
Saturday and Sunday they will sit in
the Federal building hearing witnesses
Sunday the Senators will go to
Youngstown. Ohio, to continue their in
vestigations.
Both sides Welcome Inquiry.
Steel men and steel strike officials an
nounced tonight that they would well
come the coming OF the investigators,
and the rival camps Immediately began
preparing data for the committee.
Tho mythical airplane which has
had, Homestead foreigners In a state of
panic during the last few days was CAP
tured early to-day by Patrolman NJ ].
Clancy on a lonely road leading from
Homestead into Miffiin township Three
former employees of the Homestead
Steel Works. Joseph Gwiziz, a Pole
Peter Nemshi and Frank Gill were with
the-machine. They were arrested and
with the plane were taken to the Home
stead police station.
The plane had a wing spread of about
twenty feet. The fuselage measured
about ten feet from propeller TO rudder
The plane is home made" and
whsther 1t will raise in the air is not
known. After investigation the police
tonight released Gwiziz. Gill. the In
veRtor and builder of the machine, and
Nemshi were held in 5000 bail each for
shearing tomorrow. The police allege
THAT at the time of his arrest Gill car
ried a loaded revolver. "Knucklers'' were
found In the home of Nemshi.
Warning has been conveyed daily to
the foreign quarter here that bombing
plane would appear soon and that
bombs would be dropped on the homes
ot all steel workers who had not gone
ON strike. 1t was reported also that high
explosives would be dropped on the
mills and that they would be levelled &c
tfg ground.