Evening star., 1937-06-26
Strike
Continued From First Paee.)

hundreds OF workers sWarmed through
the gates for the Saturday day shift
as hundreds more who had worked
through the night came out OF the
mills.
Observers touring the plant gates
along both sides of the Mahoning
River reported no visible signs of the
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
trying to maintain picket lines against
by Gov. Davey's order to use State
troops for reopening of the steel mills.
At the sheet and tube mill gate
to the Campbell Works q steady
stream of mill hands went to the
OPEN hearth furnace units for more
than minutes before the am
shift whistle.
Republic Steel's big gate at Stop S,
scene OF tear gas and gun battle a
week ago in which two men were
killed. was thronged with workers
moving into the mill.
A similar situation was reported
from the Briar Hill plant Of Sheet &
Tube.
Work on l2-Hour Shifts.
With the reopening Of the Yosings-
town mills under police and troop
guard yesterday. mill hands went to
work on l2-hour shifts to speed up
preparations for full operations next
week.
Plant officials said they expected
rolling mills to be operating normally
by Monday with the blast furnaces
ready for smelling operations about
the middle of the week.
As workers poured into the mill.
some in automobiles and others on
foot. reserves of police and deputy
sheriffs we're held in readiness down.
town for emergency calls
State militiamen, equipped with
rifles. sidearms and police clubs, were
on duty at the mill entrances
throughout the night. and stood on
each side Of the gates this morning
as the workers went into the mills.
Troops on patrol duty within q block
OF the mill entrances kept all moving
Military passes were demanded Of any
one standing near the gates.
c. I. o. chiefs, finding themselves
suddenly on the defensive called upon
the strikers to re-energize their lines.
The strike goes on unbroken!" its
leaders said. Steel wrote its answer
with belching smoke from long smoke
less stacks.
Definitely there was a new crisis at
hand in the month-long turmoil that
has rendered 100000 idle and stretched
into seven States. Troops costing the
State of Ohio more than $4,000 a
day. cannot remain in the valley for
ever. What may happen when they
are withdrawn remains a matter Of
deep concern.
The Governor has not indicated how
long the troops are to stay. They are
not expected to withdraw at least
until the middle of next week. BY
that time the "back-to-work" move
ment at the mills in Youngstown.
Warren, Canton, Niles and Cleveland
will probably have demonstrated what
strength 1t may possess
Some substantiation for this belief
was afforded by the fact that workers
were returning to Youngstown plants,
closed since May ~. How many
workers returned was disputed; but
there was no disputing the fact that
the mills were open and operating.
Gov. Davey Crtticized
Gov. Davey, whose National Guards
men were cheered by strikers when
they entered the valley Tuesday to
enforce the status quo" found him.
self sharply criticized by C. I. O..
leaders today.
c. I. o. units, in kilograms to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and to Secretary Of
Labor Perkins, who had pleaded for
maintenance OF the status quo pend
ing settlement of the strike, protested
against 'the actic' Of Gov. Davey
In using the National Guard in an At
tempt to break the spirit Of the steel
strikers"
The kilograms said that "the strikers
have faith that you will do all in
your power to have an election (among
steel workers. as recommended by the
mediation board"
Ine chairman Of that board, Charles
2. Taft, I'd, announced late last night
that the board, of which Edward F..
McGrady of the Labor Department
and Lloyd K Garrison of the Univer-
sity OF Wisconsin are the other men,
oers. would issue today what may be a
"nnar statement.
Inc board spent 4 fruitless week at
Cleveland endeavoring to find some
meeting ground for the opposing fac
lions. 1t was unable, however, to break
the determination of the c. l. O. on
the one hand to continue its strike
until 1t obtains = signed contract, and
the steel companies on the other re-
1oslng pointblank to sign any contract
with c. I. o.
Earle Gets Petition.
pennsylvania continued to echo with
tne controversy that has grown out of
Gov. George Earle's action in imposing
martial law at Johnstown last Sunday
and thereby closing the Cambria Works
OF the Bethlehem Steel Corp, where
c. I. O. strike was In progress.
martial law was lifted Yesterday
A petition purporting to have l0,255
signatures OF employees of the Bethle-
hem (Pa.) plant of Bethlehem Steel,
was presented to Gov. Earle.
AS citizens" it said. I'VE demand
that you take the necessary steps
to protect the citizens in their God
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