Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-10-07
GENERAL WOODS
TROOPS IN CARY
1,1OO Soldiers Place City Un-
der Military Control
500 MORE ARE COMING
Course of Strike Has Been
Marked With Little
Violence
500 MORE ARE COMING
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The sixteenth day Of the steel strike
opened today with Indiana Harbor
and East Chicago, Indiana, under
martial law and patrols by state troops
and Gary, Indiana, under the military
control of 1000 federal troops COM
manded by Major General Leonard
Wood.
Elsewhere in the Chicago Steel Gem
ter and in the Youngstown district no
material changes in the situation were
reported
In the Pittsburgh area steel COM
panies that reported re-opening of
several plants yesterday announced
the continuance of operations today.
These claims were disputed by labor
leaders, who also issued reports that
but few men were working in the
Lackawanna and Donner steel plants,
Buffalo and that the Bethlehem strik-
ers were holding their own.
By The Associated Press.
GARY, Ind, Oct Gary, site of
one of the United States steel corpo-
ration's greatest plants, affected for
more than two weeks by the strike in
the steel industry, was today under
military control of approximately L.
100 soldiers commanded by Major
General Leonard Wood, commandant
of the Central Department of tha
army.
Five hundred more TROOPS fresh
from riot. duty at Omaha, Neb.y> were
on their way here today
The call for federal troops was
made by James P. Goodrich, governor
of Indiana. after thousands of stre&k-
ers paraded and held mass meetings
after being forbidden by the mayor,
The police and approximately 800
state militiamen, are stationed at
Gary.
The course of the strike here has
been marked by little violence. With
the report during the past week that
strikers in increasing numbers were
resuming their old places in the
mills. the attitude of pickets, whose
numbers also increased, became
threatening, and for time it seemed
that a serious clash would be un-
avoidable.
With the parade yesterday. accord-
ing to a statement by Governor
Goodrich, the situation became SO
threatening that it was deemed adj
visable to ask for federal troops. The
governor acted on the advice OF
Mayor Hodges of Gary, and Harry
Smith, state adjutant general, he
said.
Both officials expressed alarm at
the attitude of the 10000 strikers in
small number of state troops station
ed there was insufficient to cope with
the situation" read the governors
statement. Upon the arrival of the
federal soldiers and the issuance OF
he proclamation by General Wood
proclaiming military control, the
state militia was ordered to Indiana
harbor and East Chicago, Ind, where
Governor Goodrich declared martial
law.
Picketing by strikers at the vari-
Gus plants will not be stopped, Cap
tain Charles Bolte, officer of the day,
said early today. 1t was not intend-
ed to interfere with the general
course of the strike, except insofar
as disorder and the destruction OF
property was concerned. Arrival or
federal troops was greeted by cheers
as they drew up in the public square
and prepared their light guns, ma
chine guns. rifles, automatic rihesi
hand grenades and other items Oh
equipment for any emergency.
Shots Fired in Riot.
BIZ The Associated Press.
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