The sun., 1919-10-01

attainment Of that object through al
open meeting imperilled the safety o.
hhe community. The court refused t.
impugn the judgment Of the local au
thorities.
This phase of the decision Is the hard
est blow to the strikers. They have ar
gued that where they were permitted tC
hold meetings no. disorder occurred, and
of this argument there can be no ques
ton. But they have also insisted thai
the authorities who have forbidden
meetings have done so solely to impede
their organization and with a statement
as to public safety merely as pretext
The virtual refusal of the court tC
review the action of the local authori
ties on the facts will prevent the strikers
from making any further move against
them. 1t is true that where strikers
meetings have been forbidden, as in Du-
quesne, Homestead and Clarion. tht
companies have been able to make the
Nbest showing. Where meetings have
been permitted the strikers have beer
able to close down the plants,
Thus It Is that the steel company off,
cials insist that were they to receive
elsewhere the adequate police protec-
tion" given in the upper Monongahela
Valley they would be running all their
plants
protection there was much excitement in
North Braddock about noon to-day. A
cry resounded through the streets that
the revolution" had come. Two men
were observed frantica,ly waving red
flags near a bridge entrance. Police
were rushed to the scene They seized
the two reds" neither OF whom. OF
course. could speak word of English
The police were sure the revolution had
arrived.
Only n Tempest I'm n Ditch.
Urgently but swiftly the police rushed
the 'revolters' to the police station and
started trying them out with one after
another of the twenty-three kinds of in
terpreters with which every police sta
tion in the steel district must equip
itself Finally, like trying a ring OF
keys, the right interpreter fitted.
The men proved to be two perfectly
good employees of the local water and
light company warning the casual and
careless away from a ditch which had
been opened for some pipes. Thus ended
the revolt.
To some extent the situation has been
comRefcated In che strikers ranks by the
relationship between the American Fed
Grafton of Labor unions and the Anal
gamated Association of Iron, Steel and
for many years. In many plants the
men have been working under agree
ments between the companies and the
Amalgamated. Some of these plants
have been shut down because of the
strike. and the Amalgamated has been
put In an anomalous position because It
Is one of the twenty-four internationals
making up the national committee for
organizing which is in charge of the
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head, is one OF Fosters most able aids.
The steel companies are telling the
men that there is no use in making
union agreements with them when the
union will break the agreement, as the
Amalgamated has done in the special in
stances mentioned. Many men who were
working under Amalgamated contracts
feel the same way about 1t, and the rift
I'm the strikers ranks upon this question,
though not yet wide one, Is being clev-
erly played by the missionary bosses
wherever they find a'trace of 1t,
The strike leaders admittedly have
Few new arguments in their arsenal to
hold men on strike or to get out new
strikers. Unless some development
comes out of the Senate Committees &C.
ton 1t is generally admitted that the
bosses will have the edge of the battle
from now on. To-night's statement from
the Carnegie Steel Company showed the
company's appreciation OF this aspect Of
the strike
Carnegie Co. Improvement.
THE Carnegie Steel Company reports
continued progress toward normal eondi-
lions" an official said. There is not 4
department in any plant that does not
show an Improvement, and there have
been no losses. We are making steel
That in oiir buGinaas md wa q "a attaad
ing to business"
The companies started to-day also to
handle the situation for the first time
with hint OF aggressiveness UP the
Monongahela Valley a numberNof plants
which have been working right along
though crippled. announced Saturday
that men who did not return TO work by
Monday would be paid Off and marked
off the company rolls. The fact that
this threat is being carried out was evil
denced to-day in reports that wherever
the companies still maintain company
houses in which their employees live the
men who remain on strike were served
with eviction notices. So far no trouble
has been reported
One result of the strike which will be
permanent is now conceded to be big
labor shortage here in the future. Many
men on strike are moving to other locali-
ties. Some. of course, will find re-
employment in the steel industry, but
thousands of foreigners are taking the
Sstrike as the deciding point in their hith-
erto indefinite plans to return to the old
country. All saved money during the
war, and the applications for passports
TO italy and Southeastern Europe ara
swapping the local consular agencies
and steamship offices.
Steelmakers are frankly fearful that
with Immigration held up by law for
hte years the steel industry will suffer
severely for labor. They believe it GER
tain that the shortage will keep the
wages OF steel labor high irrespective of
the issue OF the strike.
Big Meetings of Strikers.
one of the largest labor meetings ever
held h. this city crowded the Labor
Temple tonight and forced more
than 1000 striking steel workers u
stand outside and listen to speakers WIN
told them Of the strike situation and
what Is being done to obtain free speech
and free assembly for orderly bodies of
men. The principal speakers were w. II
Rubin, a lawyer who figured In the
actors strike in New York, and Joseph
Cannon of the American Federation OF
Labor Between 5000 and 10000 per.
sons made up the different assemblages
Mr.. Rubin told the men that he wa,
trying to obtain permission for speakers
TO address foreign speaking workmen In
their own tongue. He stated that hi
was building up corps of strike law
yers already numbering over a score
who will protect the interests Of organic
ers and strikers in the courts as we'll a:
before municipal officials. He instructed