Evening star., 1937-06-06
Union Organizers Counter
With AvoWaI "Pickets Will
No Longer Permit Lines
to Be Broken"
"SlNISTER AND BLOODY
THINGS ARE IN OFFING"
Murray, Leader of C. I. 0. Group,
Makes Declaration in Referring
to Youngstown Situation-Chi-
cago Mayor Orders Company
to Clear Factory Buildings.
BACKGROUND

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Armed 1rith contracts for coNec-
tine bargaining from United States
Steel Corp, Steel Workers Organic
mo Committee, c. I. O. AFFILIATE
launched drire tluo lUockS ago to
bring the three large Independents
OF the industry into line Efforts
to organize Republic. Inland and
Youngstown hare met NTH stiff
opposition and blood has been shed
Most riolent OF outbreaks maS last
Sunday at plants OF Republic in
Chicago. Whcn SeUen persons 1Uere
killed and scores injured
& the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN Ohio. June s.
Republic Steel Corp fought in two
courts today to free its plants from
the grip of strikers and the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee coun-
Itered with an avowal "pickets will
mo longer permit their lines to be
!broken, cost what it may"
=, Sinister and bloody things are in
.1he offing In Youngstown" declared
{the S w. o. CS chairman. Philip
murray, as Republic obtained court
order directing pickets to permit
access to its Warren and Niles plants
and to give up clubs and other
weapons"
In Chicago, scene of the strike
fighting fatal to seven men last Sun
day Mayor Edward j. Kelly directed
Republic to remove by Monday night
the men encamped in its plant there
He said building and health regula-
tions were being violated
Seven Seized for Quiz.
While police carried the order to
rompany officials, States attorneys
officers seized five men for question
ing about last Sundays rioting in
which seven from the strike Alrong
were shot to death and scores injured
near the mill.
One of them was Joseph Weber,
an organizer for the Steel Workers
Organizing Committee, who was the
last of three speakers at mass
meeting preceding the march toward
the plant. The others were John
Rife. George A. Patterson. Mario
Fecocicz and Richard Lewis, all de-
tanned on open charges.
Mayor Kellv's order followed an
Investigation which he said showed
the corporation was violating the city
building codes and health regulations
On housing employees without permit.
He said police would be instructed to
act if the violations continued.
Workers Leave.
James L. Hyland, district manager
Tor the company. said the company
had mo desire to violate any ordi-
pances' and did not know which ones,
If any, were being violated but was
taking steps to find out. The matter
has been placed in the hands of COM
pany's counsel at Cleveland, he said.
Observers counted more than 30
carloads of workers driving out of
the plant tonight. Hyland said they
were leaving of their own volition
for the week end and that he ex-
pected them to return to work Men
day morning. The majority of the
l40o men who have been in the
plant, he said, would sleep there over
the week end.
Hyland said the semi monthly pay
checks would be issued Monday morn
ing. Strikers will be paid at tenn
porary pay station to be set up just
outside the main gate of the South
Chicago plant, he said. The station
will be well inside the police lines
esta ablished 10 days ago.
These developments came a few
hours after police and sheriff's dep
utes, bearing rifles and tear gas, drove
several hundred pickets from a bridge
adjoining Youngstown Sheet e.
Tube Co. plant here.
The pickets had gathered when a
locomotive ran box car OF food
quickly into the companys grounds.
The officers fired no shots.
Sheriff to Protect Lives.
II shall use every effort available
to protect lives and property" Sheriff
Ralph E. Elser declared even as a
(See STEEL, Page A-5)