The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-24
is STRIKES And
LOCKOUTS RAGE
in Steel Mills
Union Journal Is Trying
to Forget Them
By WALLACE 7. METcALFE.

The average outsider, and most labor
leaders, believe that all is serene in
the steel and iron industry and that
the workers are beaten down. In so
far as organization Is concerned, this
is true, for only a small percentage
Of the steel and iron workers are or
ganlzed.
The Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers repres-
ents the organized workers in the in
dustry and their Journal for June II,
lists sixteen strikes and lockouts now
going on at the following places:
Two Lookouts in West Virginia
Wheeling, w. Va. Lodge No. 8, lock-
ed out by the Wheeling Steel corpo-
ration. Lodge No 10, locked out by
the same corporation. Lodge No. 26
locked out by the same corporation.
Marietta, Ohio. Lodge No. 141, the
Hudson Tinplate Co. refused to sign
the scale-keep away.
Parkersburgh, West Va, Lodge 16,
strike at the Parkersburgh Iron and
Steel Co.
Martins Ferry, Ohio, Lodge No. 14s
locked out by the Wheeling Steel cor
poration.
Yorkville, Ohio, Lodge SO, locked
out by the Wheeling Steel corporation.
Beech Bottom, West Va, Lodge NO.
20, locked out by the Wheeling Steel
corporation.
Portsmouth, Ohio, Lodge 50, locked
out by the Wheeling Steel corporation.
Washington, Pa, Lodge No. 81,
strike on against the Washington Tin
plate Co., for wage signature.
Steubenville, Ohio, Lodge So, on
strike against the Wierton Steel Co.
at the Pope plant.
Reading, Pa, Lodge No. 80. Locked
out May 2, 1919. Strike still in force.
Keep away from Carpenter Iron
Works
Long Struggle At 5urnham, Pa.
Burnham, Pa, Lodge 81, declared a
strike Dec. 2sth, 1918. against all de-
partments of the Logan Iron and Steel
company for recognition. The strike
is still on.
Newport, KY, the third district exc
cutive board has legalized strike for
Newport Lodge No. 5, Campbell ooun-
ty Lodge Is, Monmouth Lodge No. 1e,
Brighton Lodge II all Of Kentucky
against the Newport Rolling Mill Co.,
Andrews Steel Co. and Globe Corfu
eating Co.
The determination displayed by
these workers in maintaining their
struggle against uneven odds on this
far flung battle front shows plainly
that the rank and file In the steel in
dustry are militant and worthy light
ers. One Of the strikes dates back to
1913 and another back to 1878 over a
period Of years.
Still In the Trenches
These lodges passed thru the great
steel strike and even after the smoke
Of that great battle has died down we
find them still In the trenches. so TO
some extent the steel strike is still
on. This is the background of the
struggle now going on in the steel in
dustry where thousands of workers
toll and sweat. Also to some extent
it reflects the new leadership rising
in the A. A. Of i. S. and T. w. who
have risen up during the struggles
in the past and who are battling
alongside of their brothers engaged in
the present struggles. To this rank
and file leadership belongs the future
Of the A. A. OF /. s. ana T. w. and
side by side with these militants mar
ches the unorganized steel and iron
workers.
The key to the organization Of the
steel and iron workers is in the pos
session of the mihtants IN the A. A. of
l. s. and T. w. and once the door is
open king steel will face the combined
strength Of the thousands of slaves
now waiting but the word. The A. A.
of !. S. and T. W. owes It to these
sixteen embattled lodges to gather it's
forces for a general organization cam
paign OF the unorganized.
Try to Bury Many Battles
The militant in this union desire
this but the reactionary leaders op-
pose it consequently the greatest
struggle the union is engaged in
comes IN for q Of a column on page
20 in the Amalgamated Journal. The
difference between a Communist jour
nal and a Journal" presided over by
pious labor Journalists. Communist
Journalists enter into the struggle as
part Of It while pious faced editors OF
labor papers enter into the struggle
to bury IT, Keep this strike calender
and warn all steel and iron workers
to stay away.
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