Evening star., 1937-06-22
Ohio Governor
Calls Out
1900.
ACT APPROVED
BY ROOSEVELT
Lewis Appears Be.
fore Board
Again.


marked BY II deaths and hundreds
injured, began May Is, when
three big independents-Re Republic,
Youngstown and Inldnd-retused
to sign collective bargaining con-
tracts NTH John L. LeWis' C. I. o.
Steel Workers Organizing Commit
tee later directed its effort toWard
Bethlehem Steel, and Cambria
plant at JohnstoUn, Pa, 1ras closed
BY martial laW on Sunday Last
night COP. Martin L. Darcy of Ohio
called out National Guardsmen,
icho took oper plants in the Mo-
honing Valley early today.
oy the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 22.-
6teel-helmeted National Guardsmen
brought peace to the strike-ridden Ma
honing Valley today.
Under orders of the Governor of
Ohio and with the approval of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, the first contingents of
q force Of 4,800 men deployed along a
25-mile front to end night of fear
called contemplated butchery" at the
scheduled reopening Of four steel mills
In defiance of Lewis steel union.
Good humor and song replaced the
fumblings that had threatened to
break into clashes between adherents
Of Lewis Committee for Industrial Or
ganization and the ranks of 'back-to-
work" men,
Easy now, you mugs" National
Guard officer admonished the strikers
Were not here to break the picket
Zines. We're here to see to it that no.
body goes to work"
We've won the strike!" was the
tnionists' cry.
Well have a signed contract in orr
pockets before the first Of next week"
Charles Pagan, district leader, told
500 cheering c. I. O. men.
Mediators Are Hopeful.
Meanwhile the Steel Mediation
Board held a second conference with
Lewis and called the executives of
four strike-affected companies to an
other meeting tomorrow.
Chairman Charles P. Taft of the
Mediation Board expressed optimism
as to the boards chances of bringing
O settlement.
Taft said the decision of Youngs-
town Sheet g. Tube and Republic not
to reopen their Youngstown plants
this morning contributed to the
chances for a settlement.
The steel men invited to meet with
the board again were Tom Grdler,
chairman Of Republic Steel; Eugene
Grace, president of Bethlehem; Frank
Purnell, president of youngstown
Sheet & Tube, and Wilfred Sykes,
assistant to the president of Inland
Steel
Lewis said he would return by plane
to Washington, but would return to
Cleveland at the boards request.
Troops Move In at Daybreak.
The militiamen began moving in az
daybreak; into Youngstown, where the
mills, normally employing $4,000 men,
have been idle since May 81. and into
Warren and Niles. where smoke still
pours from the tall stacks in defiance
OF Lewis strike order.
Thus for the third time in 10 days
Governor Of a strike-affected State re-
sorted to the use Of military power to
meet a threat Of violence and blood
shed.
Gov. Davey, who twice before has
sought strike peace by mediation only
to see his efforts fail, issued the troop
order late last night at the specific re-
quest of Chairman Taft
He conferred at length by telephone
with President Roosevelt, he said, be-
fore deciding finally to call out vir-
tually half of the States militia power
He read the full proclamation and
troop order to the President, who said
'he thought it very fair and the
proper procedure" Davey explained.
Both Republic Steel and Youngs-
town Sheet g. Tube Co., the two cor
porations affected, bowed to the Gov
ernor's order, but each issued sharp
statements of dissent.
The Governors order establishes q
(See STRIKE, Page A-5.)