The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-14
BIG COMPANY
AGREES TO
CONTRACT
Four Other Factories
Face Threat Of
Shutdown
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BARGAINING contract Will tho D.
W. o. C. in the event majority
Of those participating in the
election select the S. w. o. c.
as collective bargaining
agency"
All employees as Of May IL,
1887, will be returned to their
former positions without dis
elimination.
Gov. Earle Pleased
Governor George H. Earle, who
sped here by plane and automo
bile to assist in bringing about
peace, felicitated bothSMurray and
Lewis on the prompt settlement
and on the conduct of such an
extensive strike with virtually no
violence of a serious nature.
Murray was smiling but grim
Tipped as he emerged from Lewis
office. A few blocks away, in
their skyscraper headquarters, his
executive committee was mobiliz-
ing for a meeting tomorrow TO
adopt strategy for a mass attack
on the four other major indie
pendent companies who have
spurned S. w. o. C. contracts.
The settlement ended q tense
situation in Pittsburgh and in
Aliquippa.
Present at the conference in
addition to Murray, Lewis and
Dewey were Clarence MoSer, a
State mediator, and Ernest c.
Dunbar, of the National Labor Re-
lations Board.
Two Rival Unions
Jones and Laughlin lost a bit
terly contested case in the Su-
preme Court recently against the
Wagner act, which it contended
was unconstitutional. Now its
plant will become the scene Of.
probably the most important cleo
ton yet to be held under that act.
The S. w. o. C. will probably
be opposed by two other unions
the Pittsburgh Works Employees
Association, in the pittsburgh
plant, and the United Iron and
Steel Workers group at Aliquippa.
Both of these were organized
from the remnants of the employe
representation plans which the
Wagner act outlawed. S. w. o. C.
leaders charge both groups are
Intellectual, pointing out the
United Iron and Steel Workers
were able to rouse only between
$50 and 300 supporters for a mass
meeting at Aliquippa last night.
The strike was one of the short
est in the history Of the steel in
duStry.
Dual UniOnism" Refused
Previously, J. & L. had offered
the S. w. o. C. a contract if per-
mitted to grant similar agreements
to mons. w. o. C. groups. This
Murray declined, charging it would
lead to dual unionism, factional
disputes and plant strife.
Meanwhile, the strike Of more
than 5000 employees of Pittsburgh
Steel remained in full force with
conferences scheduled for later
today.
-Four Plants Threatened
Eslyray has already declared ex-
~ the strike to four other
companies was in
George H. Earle
wing 8-minute visit to
3pa steel strike front
was cheered by thou
pickets as "the next
of the United States.
up to the main gate,
met by Joseph Timko,
al S. w. o. C. director.
hands and Morris NAL
a charge of the pickets,
e's your next president,
E11lC Cue6r WenC up. Earle
He spoke only briefly.
PicketS Orderly
IL police lowered far in the
round. The picketS main
order in their ranks during
kief visit.
cradle outburstS Of minor
bee occurred here and there
the strike front although
ing Of a serious nature was
rted. Pickets at the Aliquippa
ut stopped a mail truck in the
aef it was carrying ammuni-
8n inside the gates but later al
owed it to proceed upon aSsur-
snCes there was no guns or am
natinition. Tear gas was hurled
ID 8 minor clash at Alquippa and
fore women was arrested.