The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-09
STEEL WORKERS
ORDERED TOGO
BACK To WORK
Ending of Strike Which Began
September 22
TO ARRAIGN CORPORATION
Press and Courts Likewise Charged
with Arbitrary and Ruthless
Misuse of Power

Pittsburgh, Jan. S.--The strike in
the steel mills and furnaces, called
September %, and which in its incep-
tion involved 10000 men. was offici-
ally called off here tonight by the ma
tional committee after an all day meet
ing.
Announcement that the national
committee had decided to proceed no
further was contained in a telegram
sent to the heaquaIters OF the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor in Washing
ton, to the heads Of all international
unions interested, and to the organiz-
ers and field men in all strike dis
tricts.
/ The telegram said:
The steel corporation, with the
active assistance of the press. the
court, the federal troops. state po.
lice and many public officials, have
denied steel workers their rights of
free speech, free assemblage and the
right to organize. and by this arbi.
trary and ruthless misuse OF power.
have brought about a condition which
has compelled the national committee
for organizing iron and steel workers
to vote today that the active strike
phase Of the steel campaign is now
at an end. vigorous campa en- OF
education and reorganization will be
Immediately begun and will not cease
until industrial justice in the steel in
dustry has been achieved. All steel
workers now are at liberty to retu
TO work, pending preparation for the
mi rf ont
The telegram was signed by John
Fitzpatrick, chairman; d. j Davis
vice.president of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron. Steel and Tin
Workers. Edward j. Evans. interna-
tional union of electrical worke s:
William Hannon, International Union
OF Machinists. and William D. Focter,
secretary OF the committee.
Mr. Fitzpatrick declined to discuss
the action of the committee, but Sec
retary Foster said:
The strike has encouraged the steel
trade unions TO redouble their efforts
II has been proved that the men in
tho steel industry can be organided
and they have secured the confidence
Of men in other unions.
ne OHiNeS pI tue COulIulltee mere
will be maintained for about q month
while the business OF the strike is
being wound up, and the commissary
department viii continue to look after
needy former strikers and their fami
lies until the men have obtained en-
ployment. When this work is done,
Mr.. Foster said, Offices for the o.
ganization of the steel trades will be
opened in the city.
Steel company executives sad they
were not surprised that the strike had
been called off, as the strikers have
been drifting back to work for sew
eral monhs. Many mills, it was
added had long ago been able to OPP
crate full time with full forces, the
principal tgouble being the lack of
common labor, which formed the back
bone of the strike.
w. q. Foster later announced his :
resignation as OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
the strike committee, and said he
would be succeeded by ]. G. Brown
of Everett, Washington, former pest
ent OF the Timber Workers interna-
tional union, and one of his chief as.
sistants during the steel strike,
Brown is to assume Office February l.