Evening star., 1937-07-12
TWO DIE IN STEEL
STRIKE CLASH At
OHIO c. |. 0. BASE
Toll of Violent Deaths Is
Raised to 15-Six More
Wounded in Battle.
BACKGROUND

pawn ~ W.
Independent steel plants recentlu
haze resumed operations after
being closed since May rs, uhen
c. l. O. Organizing Committee
declared strike against Republic,
Youngstown Sheet e. Tube and In
land steel companies Later strike
ertended to Cambria Works of
Bethlehem Steel Corp. Little
steeW has refused to sign contracts
NTH C. I. o., holding union "ir-
responsible"
b. the Associated Press
MASSILLON. Ohio, July l2.-Twc
men died today of bullet wounds re-
ceived in q clash between police anc
strikers near Steel Workers Organ
ing Committee headquarters here
bringing to Is the toll of the seven
week old steel strike.
Six other persons were wounded In
the clash. Police arrested l4l men
charging them with suspicion and
disorderly conduct. or holding them
on open charges for investigation.
Flugencio Calzada, identified as a
native of Mexico and former Re-
public mill employe, was the first
to die. Coroner Edward Reno said
.38 caliber revolver bullet crashed
through the back of Calzadas head
Nick Valdos, As, died of a gun
shot wound in the abdomen several
hours after the fighting. Police said
they had not determined his affili-
atlons.
Plans went forward. meanwhile. for
the reopening of the last major units
Of steel mills closed by the strike
which at it's height made 1000 men
idle in seven States. These are the
works of Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Co. at Indiana Harbor, Ind, where
100 workers have been idle.
In Columbus, Ohio, Federal Judge
Nell G. Underwood ordered immedi-
ate hearing on its merits of c. I. O.
suit to enjoin the use of National
Guardsmen in the Mahoning Valley
strike zone. He reserved decision on
the States efforts to obtain change
of venue.
Several Fist Fights.
The clash here conceded with sew
eral fist fights on another strike front,
East Chicago, Ind, where Youngs-
town Sheet g. Tube Co. plans to re-
open it's mills to 7,700 workers in a
day or two.
Two thousand men and women
gathered at the Sheet g. Tube Works
gates, apparently with the desire to
return to work, but dispersed when
the gates were not opened. Gov. NJ
Clifford Townsend of Indiana an
nounced the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee had agreed to permit work
ers to return to their jobs under a
labor policy outlined by the company,
but j. c. Argetsinger, Sheet e. Tube
vice president, said, This company
has not made any agreement. contract
or method of settlement with any Of
f1cer or official of the State of In
diana or any of its subdivisions.
A strikers victory" celebration
turned into confusion, and at 8 am.
today the picket line was re-estab-
lished. Twenty minutes later it dis
banded again, but at 9 am. Jack
Rusak, Steel Workers Organizing
Committee strike leader, instructed
pickets to keep on the march, but
"off company property"
Thirty-f1ve policemen guarded the
reopening today Of Republics Dill
worth-Porter division in Pittsburgh,
employing about $50. There was no
disorder. A Republic official said two
strike-closed mines near Uniontown,
Pa, also would reopen this week.
Representative John T. Bernard
Farmer-Labor, Of Minnesota, in
charge of the c. l. O. effort to choke
off the ore supply of strike affected
steel companies. said the S. w. o. c.
had enrolled 68 per cent Of the 5000
to 10000 range workers.
The National Labor Relations Board
meanwhile opened a hearing to de-
termine whether International Har-
vester Co. ore miners should vote by
mines or as unit on their collective
bargaining agency. The company,
which said the c. I. o. Jumped the
gun" by calling strike in four of
(see VIOLENCE. Page A-5.)