The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-29
BETHLEHEM STEEL
(Conttnued From Page one.)

william z. Foster. Of the steel worker,
national committee. said the union ex
poets every man In the steel plants o.
the Bethlehem Company against which
the strike becomes effective Tomorrow
morning. will respond 10 IN" call.
Secretary Foster also said that thu
drive against the Jones & LauEhlir
Company in this city. the largest iadc
pendent plant in the FttsburEh field. Is
bearing fruit and that the full effec
will be felt tomorrow.
Many organizers and strikers spent
Sunday In making personal house tc
house canvasscs in mill towns 20 induce
wavering men to join the strike.
Reports Denied.
Reports that the strike was waning
were vigorously denied al union head
quarters. kilograms were exhibited
from numbE' Of organizers asking
that thousands OF tho red white and
blue union cards be hurried to them.
I'VE are stronger to-day than the
first day Of The strike" he said.
1.-The organizer from the Sharon-Far'
reIl district reported that the men wer'
"hUld!ng solid" there despite contrary
reports from company sources that the
strikers were gradually returning. lie
said the employees OF the Sharon Hool
Company at meeting last night. vot'
not to return to work Monday. TIL
south works or the Carnegie Company
at Farrell. which has been reported Ia
be operating Is only running the ma
chInery and not producing." the organ
izcr said. The strikers in that section
he added. are holding daily meetings
over the Ohio state line without inter
ference.
c. J. Boyle, general organizer Of the
International Brotherhood OF Electrical,
Workers. arrived at headquarters to-day
and said corps Of 90 OF the brother
hoods best osanizcrs was being sent
into the district to aid the steel work
ers
J. G. Brown. who was one of the lead
er5 IN the Seattle strike. and has been
in this field for some time. aiding in
the organization OF steel works. is in
vcstiSatinS all arrests OF strikers by
state and local police. lie said to-day
that more than $50 union men are now
locked up in jails in Allegheny county.
Gave Out Letter.
Following up the vote oc confidence
given Secretary Foster yesterday by the
national steel workers committee, union
headquarters to-day gave out letter
said 10 have been written by judge
Samuel Alschunler. Of the United States
circuit court OF appeals for the Seventh
circuit. bearing on Mr.. Fosters alleged
radlcalIsm. The letter is dated Chicago.
March IS. 1919. and is in reply to on"
written by John Fitzpatrick. chairma n
of the strikers national committee. IN
/ the judge states his acquaintance
with Mir. Foster BEGAN in February.
1918. In connection with the hearing Of
arbitration cases in certain Of the pack
inE house Industries. The letter further
SAYS:
In his report then Of the employers
in the various controversies before me
n which he participated. he impressed
ur rs being particularly intelligent. hon
CRADLE. moderate, taCtful and fair. HIS
manner of presentation and his oCra-
sionat apt iIterari"S led me to inquire
of others rs to- his carly advautaSrs
and ! learned with some wonder that
they were absolutely nil aad on tn"
contrary all the reverse uf advantages.
If in his earlier wandCrinrS Il" !luhIh"i
for a TIM" fantastic, cNtrCm" and to-
structivr, social ideas. ! am say" here
vas nothing developed in tho may coy
rrrcncr$ and hearings in which H.. par
which would ind.Ca'" that a."
still. harb0red them
one man WAS shot and Nch'ly
wounded and three others were arrested
when = crowd Of young mon are a,i"G Il
to have attacked deputy sheriff pa
trolling in the Lawrcnccv!llc mil dlS-
trict this afternoon. Nore OF IN" men
were steel strikers, the police
say.
Two big mass meetings cf strikers
r..