The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-27

Pittsburgh Sept 27.--From virtu-
ally every part Of the Pittsburgh dis
triet came reports today OF prepare.
tons OF steel companies to resume
| operations on Monday on a larger
scale than on any day Of the first
week Of the steel workers. strike. Few
changes in the situation were re-
ported and from many towns came
the announcement wait till Mon 4
day"
The strike leaders are thoroughly
alive to the situation and for several
days have been making arrangements
not only to check a possible rr,cve.
ment into the mills, but further Grip
pie or entirely shut down plants that
are still in operation.
Having been given assurance bvf
the sheriff of Allegheny that indoor
mass meetings, where they are Der-
mitted by local authorities, will ltaye
protection, organizers planned to hold
large number of these meetings IN
dlHerent parts of the county. The or
ganizers are being reinforced by a
, large number sent here from othef
unions ana they will address strikers
ana non-strikers tonight and tornor-
row. carnegie Steel company Off
sald today they were going along
sinooth:y with increased forces in the
p'ants the company Is operating
strike Committee in Session.
The national strike committee went
INTO session here In the forenoon for
.ne purpose of taking up the a,Ies
ION OF the strike against the BethIe-
ncnn steer company and other matt
I 1 ~ fy1JF ~ n
! at'on. W. d. Rubin, New YORK gan
eral counsel for the striking stent
workers. arrived here today to take
up the unions fight for free speecbi
ana tree assemblage. He said he
would be here permanently and per-
sonally take charge of the situation
re IS surrounding himself with
corps or local attorneys Mr.. Rubip
opened the night a few minutes after
arriving at union headquarters. when
! WORD was received from Monessep 4,
ia, that the sheriff of Westmoreland
county had ordcrcd the CLOSING of tha
orRanlzer's office at that place The
StflkefS committee was ordered to ra
open tho Office and told to tell tho
sherin that 1t would remain omen a.
iong as the steel trust" keen their
oi'lces open, Mr. Rubin said. The
men nave right to keep that office
open as well - in any other city or
town. and 1t is going to be kent
OPEN" he added
First Effort at Resumption.
youngstown. O.. Sept. 27.--Follow-
ing a canvass of employees as thew
received their pay today, officials Of
the OHIO works of the Carnegie Steel
company hcre announced that an at
tempt VIII be made on Monday to re-
open the mills. The announcement
marks the first effort at resumption
IN the Mahoning valley since the
steel Strike caused all its plants to
close.
Solidy Behind Union.
According to Mr.. Foster the Beth
lenom workers had sent a communi-
cation to the meeting here declaring
they were soIdly behind the union
ana ready to walk out He said the
committee was practically unanimous
on Issuing the strike order.
The shipbuilding plants of the A
bethlehem interests will not be af- I
tected. The plants affected by the
strike order are at Steelton, Reading. i
lebanon, Titusville, South Rethle- 4
nem, In Pennsylvania, and Sparrows &
folnt Md. The strike order was i'm X
med'ately telegraphed to the Bethle-
hem steel workers representatives.
tians also were made to rush or
ganizers into the new strike zone to i
aid in handling the situation. =
After calling the Bethlehem strike. :
the committee adjourned to meet Il
again late today, when the matter of N
conference with the heads of the Il
railroad brotherhoods will be taken Il
up. Other important matters per-
tanning to the strike will also receive y
the committees attention, Mr. Foster
said.
Strike leaders are prepared for any (
alleged attempts of the companies to a
make breach in the ranks of the s
strikers. Mass meetings were planned &
for late this afternoon, tonight and &
tomorrow, in the expectation of hold a
ing the men already out.
Deadlock at Youngstown. S
Youngstown, o., Sept. 27.-With !
the first definite attempt to end the
t'e-up OF TIE Mahonine valley steel
industries ending in victory for the
strikers, the strike situation con-
tinued deadocked here today. Strik-
ers at two Of the Brer Hill mills n
'egistered d their opinions on the strike
BY voting 1926 to 81 against returning
10 work.
President w. A. Thomas, of the
Brier Hill company. asserted today !
hat the strike is costing the workers Il
100000 day in this district and the
operators $250,00O.
IAN investigation" ne said. shows
hat 40 per cent. of our workmen
would be glad to return to work If
hey could be assured Of protection"
rs Per Cent. Work Suspended. a
At strike headquarters 1t was as
serted today that a complete survey
If the situation discloses that more
han rs per cent. of the total industry
has been forced to suspend by the !
strike.
Here the sitaution rested, TODAY