The Bismarck tribune., 1937-06-01
YOUNGSTOWN FIRM
RAPS PICKETING AS
MILITARY INVASION
Three More Men Hurt as Work.
ers Rush Pickets OFF Plant
Grounds in Ohio
81 cHlcAeoANs ARRESTED
Governor Horner confe ring
With Both Sides to Prevent
Further BIoodshed

/ ~ SsuVe 61tV000vvVO
A triumvtrate Of steelmakers locked
In bitter strike war with the GIG
Steel Workers Organizing committee,
saw one Of their number n1ove re-
lentlessly forward Tuesday to defy a
strike or starve" blockade thrown
up by miles Of picket lines in the six
day old dispute.
Republic Steel corporation, second
largest Of the nations independent
producers, claiming thousands Of men
were stu working In its plants, an
nounced:
I'VE are not going to let them down
now
Republics uncompromising state.
ment at youngstown. Ohio, denounc-
ing the picketing as "a military in
vasion," came as civil authorities in
Chicago, youngstown and Warren
kept close watch on tense situation
and conferred with steel and union
executives on plans to prevent dis
orders.
Riot 1t Warren
The Memorial day quiet along the
strike front lasted scarcely from dawn
to dark before fresh skirmishing
broke out around Republics plant at
Warren, O., where corporation air.
planes have been skimming over the
picket blockade to get provisions to
beleaguered workers.
There was clash of clubs and iror
bars and three men were treated for
head injuries after IN estimated 800
Loyal worksEs rushed from thu, min
and drove Oft about 10 pickets.
Tho sound Of gun shots at War
ran brought charges from Republic
that "gunmen In the picket lines"
were firing on the food planes again.
There were also reports Of answer
ing fire from within the plant
grounds, stoutly denied by Republic.
An obvious tenseness In the ara
made 1t one Of the threatening spots
along the wide front from Chicago to
Buffalo, with at least 5000 workers
idle over demands for union con.
tract.
No Peace Overtures
Neither the union nor the steel
Republic. Inland Steel Corp,
and Youngstown Sheet and Tube,
made any gestures toward settlement
negotiations.
eixty-seven men were held In police
custody while investigators sought tc
Tx responsibility for the Memoria.
Day riot that caused the death Of
five persons and injury to more thar
100 others at South Chicago.
Police Capt. Thomas Kilroy said
the 81 participated In the bloody bat
tie between unionists and sympa-
thisers near the Republic corpora
tions plant.
He said they viii be charged with
to commit IN illegal act.
which carries . maximum penalty Of
five years in prison and $4,000 fine
upon conviction.
Btttner Recalcitraut
Van A. Bittner, regional director
of the Steel Workers organizing COM
mittee, said after attending . five
hour conference called by Governor
Homer that:
This strike won't be settled until
No get contract. These conferences
dont amount to . damn"
The contract to which he referred
vas the goal OF the 6WOC In calling
strike against the far-flunS steel
empire Of tho Steel corporations. The
proposed written agreement would
,ermit the SWoC to act a. collective
agent Tor its members.
Governor Horner said Bittner had
assured him strikers would be urged
o refrain from action that might lead
o . recurrence Of rioting. But Bitt-
Ter declared he would insist upon
Of . picket line
Riot Was Climax
The unionists' attempt to strength
n the picket line and possibly close
he Republic plant and the police de-
to prevent them led to q
lays bloodshed.
Investigators hoped to pierce the
OF Of charges and counter charges