Evening star., 1937-06-21

me D1SLT1CL COmm1ttee.
interfering with movement Of freight
trains or trucks, or damaging property
OF the steel company.
Judge Griffith limited to II the
number of pickets who may be sta
toned at one time at the main gate
of the Niles plant, and eight at the
main gate at Warren, with 81 as the
limit for six entrances at Warren.
The court also enjoined the steel
company from throwing objects at
the strikers at any time or place,
from threatening violence against the
strikers, and from making assaults
against the strikers or their families.
Freight Is Halted.
The company was ordered not to
move freight trains or trucks into
or out of their plants until Wednes-
day at am.
The court order regarding pickets
says that it may be amended when
necessity is made to appear
Judge Griffith said if the union ten
dency was to promote better work.
manship, produce better citizens and
better conditions of labor, which I
believe it to be- unionism would sue
ceed, but if it seeks to destroy prop
erty by violence and assert itself by
assault and intimidation, it would
fail"
On the JohnstoWn front of the
strike, the great Cambria works Of
Bethlehem Steel were closed under
a martial law proclamation Of Gov.
George H. Earle of Pennsylvania.
$4,000 to $4,000 Employed.
Youngstown Sheet Il Tube employs
$4,000 to $4,000 men in the Mahoning
Valley.
Purnell's order for reopening the
Youngstown plants said:
AL employees who want to work
should enter the plants at am"
He added that time and a half
would be paid for all work over an
8-hour shift
Republic Steel employs 5000 in the
plant that has been ordered reopened
Its back-to-work order also was
issued for 7 am.
Purnell said the Mayors Of Youngs-
town, Campbell, Struthers and Hub
bard, and Sheriff Ralph E. Elser
have stated to me they are willing
and now able to protect company en-
ployes lawfully asserting their right
to resume work"
Ray L, Thomas, counsel for the
back-to- work movement of sheet and
tube employees said: We'll Just walk
them in"
He asserted 280 policemen and 120
special deputy sheriffs would be on
hand.
Thomas declared Saturday nights
fighting was part Of the c. I. O..
strategy to have Gov. Martin l..
Davey Of Ohio intervene in the
strike"
Gov. Earle in Pennsylvania fell for
that hokum," said Thomas, I'm hop
ing Gov. Davey won't be silly enough
to fall for such bunk"
He referred to the unions call for
troops after the Saturday night fight-
ing.
Sheriff Elser of Youngstown, issued
the following statement:
Il am not going to use my force
to break strikes, but I expect to
have enough men to maintain law
and order.
Il will deputize whatever men it
takes to keep order"
Asked how his deputies would be
armed, the sheriff queried, How are
they (strikers) going to be armed?"
The text of the statement by Re-
public Steel Corp:
"Acceding to the direct request OF
thousands Of employees who desire to
work, we take this means of notifying
them that the Poland avenue gate at
Stop will be opened at Z am. Tues
day, June %, 50 that employees may
return to work.
"All employees should report to their
foremen for assignment to their
position.
City and county authorities have
assured us ample protection if needed.
Operations will be an a 12-hour
basis temporarily, with time and
half over eight hours.
No Discrimination.
There will be no discrimination on,
account OF union membership. We
cannot, however, rehire any one who
has been guilty Of violence or guilty
OF provoking, condoning or instigating
acts OF violence against the corpo-
ration. its employees, their homes or
their families
We are mediators, not arbitrators."
said Taft.
We have no power to compel SET
tlement. We cannot make the four
steel corporations sign contracts, as the
G. l. o. demands; nor can we COM
pei the c. I. o. to call off the STRIFE
that has put 100000 men out of work.
We can only try to find a meeting
ground for peace"
Steel came to the mediation confer
ence with a new grievance, born of
the enforced closing-it was by order
OF Pennsylvania's Gov. Earle-of
Bethlehem steel's great mills at
Johnstown, Pa.