Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-22
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tsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiREt
Pittsburgh, Sept 21.--Clashes be-
tween Pennsylvania state police and
crowds bent on holding mass meetings
In the Pittsburgh district today usher
ed in the strike IN the iron and steel
industry The most serious disturb
ance occurred at North Clarion
twenty miles from Pittsburgh. where
1.-The state police charged and broke
up a crowd holding a mass meeting.
Resistance was offered and 1t ~
charged by union leaders that tns
mounted policemen used their clubs
vigorously and injured several in tho
crowd Several were arrested. the
meeting was broken up at the request
of local authorities
! According to eye witnesses the
meeting was proceeding quietly when
| the state police charged the croWl.
| The crowd scattered and some ran
| UP a railroad embankment and threw
stones and other missiles at the por
! lice. In the melee several IN the
crowd we're struck on the head by
| policemen. il was said. No one was
reported seriously injured. 1t is al
| legged that several shots We're fired by
| some one IN the crowd.
Organizer To Protest.
| william H. Foster. secretary OF the
! national commission for ORGANIZING
| iron and steel workers tonight said
| vigorous protest would be lodged with
| the state government against what ne
| termed a 'murderous attack upon law
abiding people"
| There was slight disturbance mt
| Mex cesport, where union organizers
, attempted to hold a mass meeting IN
defiance of the proclamation OF mayor
George Lysle forbidding public gath
erings More than $500 steel workers
| and syIhpathizers were gathered near
the southern limits of the city when
squad OF McKeesport police dis
persed them, driving the crowd into
! Glassport. an adjoining borough
! When the crowd again began 10 as
semble in Glasspert the local police
appeared and ordered the meeting dis
| pefsed The crowd refused to move
| and a detachment of mounted state
| police appeared and with drawn clubs
| broke up the meeting. No one was
injured. Two aliens were arrested.
After dispensing the Glassport meet
! ing the state police returned to Nc
| Keesport and patrolled the streets.
| Crowds were dispersed without diff
Guilty
SDeciai OFFICERS sworn IN,
! All preparations had been COM
I pleted by Mayor Lysle tonight for put
/ ting down disorders in McKeesport.
! All day long men We're being sworn
| in as special officers Members ofthe
| McKeesport chamber of commerce
were sworn in as special police.
| More than $500 civilian police are
now available for duty. the mayor
! said.
| About 5000 employees Of plants at
| McKeesport have been deputized to
| protect company property II was
stated, The steel plants in and about
McKeesport employ 1900 men,
! All plants in the Mckeesport dig
| trict are under heavy guard tonight
Searchlights have been installed and
| command all entrances to mill prop
erty. The same precautions have been
| taken in other parts of the Pittsburgh
district
| Barbed wire fences have been con-
structed about some exposed property
! Workers Fail To Show Up.
| Although the strike was not to be-
come effective until tomorrow NORM
| ing, the Pittsburgh district felt the
effect of the call today Sunday shifts
were short and many night workers
! fai ed to report for duty tonight,
National leaders of labor unions in
| VOWED have long prepared for the
strike, In the event they could not
| make a settlement. They say they are
prepared for a bitter battle and would
not have gone into 1t If they were not
/ sure they could sustain the struggle.
/ Confidence has been expressed that
money to finance the strike will not be
I lacking It YVES said "a meeting of the
| national unions will be held soon to
complete plans for the support of the
strike.
Labor leaders today said they knew
of no efforts being made to bring
about a suspension of the strike. Up
| to the last minute there was a faint
| hope held out that President Wilson
might find q way out, bat nothing has
come to him from the union leaders.
Men Warned to BE orderly.
william H. Foster. Secretary-treas-
urer Of tho national committee. spoke
IN halls al Rankin and Rraddoek. He
| warned The men to keep away from
the mills and act orderly
At the headquarters of the Amalga-
mated Association Of Iron. Steel and
Tin Workers thn largest individual
union IN the coneift, n 2 Tighe, the
president said much Of his time had
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