Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-28
STEEL COMPANIES
LOOK FOR RETURN
Of MANY MEN To
WORK THIS WEEK
M o,s ar9s.i ianS Claim That Thou
,saonsS Milling To Re-
Sune~ f They Are AS
Sured Of Nvt Being Harmed
CONGRESS INVITED TO
MAKE THOROUGH PROBE
Union Committee Insists That
a Delegation Be Sent 10
Pittsburgh and Other Places
To Determine Conditions,

| 10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEseEn wEGl
! pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 27--The strik-
ers' committee has sent telegram to
Senator Kenyon inviting congress
sional committee to come to the strike
zones and investigate the existing con-
ditions.
The telegram sent to Senator Ken
Won. which was decided upon by unan-
| imous action of the national commit
tee, which represents twenty-four
unions involved in the strike. request,
ed and urged the committee which ls
investigating the strike ITO come to
the Pittsburgh district at the earliest
practicable date for the purpose of
getting first hand evidence of the
causes of the strike and of the Illegal
and brutal methods employed by the
steel corporations TO break the strike
"In many instances the civil au-
! thorities have entirely outlawed or
ganized labor" the telegram con-
i cluded q
i conference committee of the ma
tional committee will get in touch
with the heads of the four railroad
hrotherhoods as soon as possible.
What the steel workers will ask the
brotherhoods was not disclosed
The committee before It adjourned
adopted resolution endorsing and
affirming its confidence in William n
Foster, secretary of the national COM
mittee, whose alleged radical attitude
has been attacked in congress and
elsewhere.
Cuietest Day of Week.
i The sixth day OF the strike IN the
Pittsburgh district was the quietest OF
the week. With the exception of the
|, decision Of the national committee to
svf,tt t,r,ts
strike effective next Monday morning
there were no radical changes in the
situation. The Pethlehem Steel COM
pany strike did not come as SUR
prise. The refusal of II. G.. Grace,
president Of the Bethlehem steel COM
rany, on Thursday to deal with the
, labor leaders foreshadowed the action
of the strikers committee today
SATURDAY. being q half holiday In the
steel industry there was no great
change in the number of mon at work
either in the plants Of the United
states steel corporation, or In the
mills of the Independents. The em-
ployers continued to make announce
; ments OF small gains but the strike
y leaders had nothing to say except that
the situation from their standpoint re-
matned satisfactory.
The stete companies expect that tho
; opening OF the second week will find
etrikers flocking back to the mills.
They claim that thousands Of men are
, willing to return hut refraiped from
fear of violence. The strike district,
under heavy guard, has been COM
paratively quiet for several DAYS and
this, company officials saw encourages
them in the belief TINT there"w.ll be
n big return on Monday
Men Anxious to Strike.
Secretary Foster said the unions
: had no fear there would be any con-
, siderable number of deserters He
said the men now out were eager TO
quit, so anxious TO strike, that the
: national committee found that 1t could
: not resist the demand OF the organized
] workers when the question of post
Z poning thee strike was considered ten
| davs agoF
Mass meetings will he held tomor-
row whenever the authorities will per-
NIT them for the purpose of Increasing
the ranks OF the strikers A large
force Of additional organizers are in
tho field.
The strike has resulted in the shut
ting down or cripping of virtually
every plant of the United states Steel
corporation and many of the inde-
rendent mills The subsidiaries of
| ~" tpi pul lhtipH WVlt Hoii'N i-l Vul-
side the Pittsburgh district than they
were in this vicinity, according to re-
port. The Carnegie Steel company.
largest of the subsidiaries. managed
to keep its great plants at Homestead
Duquesne and Braddock running, al
though the strikers claimed they were
badly crippled and constantly losing
men This was denied hv the Car
! negie company, which insists that each
,, day saw more men returning to work
! The same reports came from the in.
denendents that kent their. nlants in
onnration
Four nersons were shot and killed in
western pannsvIvania dnrine the weel,
as resulf ~ the strike A. Ne,y
: Castto , u,o,,on u,as sbo+ b,, a vii
c"ard II is alleged and died the nax,