The sun., 1919-10-01
MORE MEN BACK AT
BETHLEHEM PLANT
Test Of Strike Is Expected
There To-day, With "Pay
Period" Expired.
BIG MILLS ALL WORKING
Company Starts Feeding En-
ployees in Plant as Intim-
idation Is Feared.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa, Sept. 30.--The cru
oial period of the local strike Of en-
ployees OF the Bethlehem Steel Company
is expected to be reached tomorrow, &C
cording to information obtained from
various sources to-day. The pay PERIOD
expired to-day.
Many Of the workmen, 1t is said, OBJ
jected to walking out Monday or o-day
with half months pay due them, in
fear that the company would withhold II.
An officer of the company said there
was no foundation for the belief. as 1t is
not the policy of the concern to keep
back money from striking employees
Reports from the two opposing camps
proved conflicting again. One high Of
firer of the Bethlehem Company said
that Of the $4,000 men employed at the
local plant IS per cent. reported this
morning, an improvement of per cent.
over the figures announced yesterday by
the company
This bame officer said there was no
change at Sparrows Point, Steelton and
Lebanon, where the plants were working
at about full capacity yesterday. In
Bethlehem complete forces of men were
at work at the coke ovens, blast fur
HaceS, open heartn iuFnaces anu roinnB
mills.
No. and No machine shops
showed substantial increases to-day.
The number Of workmen on duty in
some smaller departments was slightly
below normal, but the big mills were
said to be working with their full COM
plements. The power plant was work
ing as usual, the officer said.
No information was available as to
the percentage OF foreigners at work
The plants big smokestacks were emit
ting their usual amount OF smoke to-
day and to all appearance every mill
was working.
The fear of intimidation is said to
be keeping some men away from the
works. To make It unnecessary for
loyal workers to leave the works and
mix with the strikers. the company to-
day fed several hundred workers at the
main office restaurant where they were
served with chicken, and in a lunch car
in the Lehigh plant, where roast beef
was served.
Foreman and officers Of the company
canvassed the strikers in their homes to-
day In efforts to induce them to return
to work.
Thus far little or no trouble has been
reported here. No arrests have been
made by the Bethlehem police since yes
terdsy morning.
Mrs. stroll. wife of the former Bur-
CESS. Morgan L. Stroll. deliberately tore
from a pole to-day poster containing
the strike proclamation of Burgess
George A Brown, and threw 1t into the
gutter.
Several women saw the act and re-
ported 1t to the police. l.. II. Schweit-
ger swore out a warrant for the woman's
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in her home.
Mrs. Stroll appeared at Justice Moi
fats Office and confessed the act How
ard Lehman, borough solicitor, feeling
that Mrs Stroll was prompted only by
personal feeling toward Burgess Brown,
suggested a settlement. 1t was finally
agreed that Mrs Stroll should make a
public apology to Burgess Brown, put
up a new poster and pay the costs.
The agreement was faithfully executed
and large crowd assembled to see Mrs.
Stroll tack the poster to the pole.