Evening star., 1941-10-08
G. /. 0. WoIkout Is Called
At Gary Steel Plant
pv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The c. I. o. Steel Workers Or
eanizing Committee called walkout
today at the Carnegie Illinois sheet
and tin mill at Gary, Ind, after
picket had been taken into custody
in a disorder, and the plant, employ
ing 5000 men, halted operation.
The union called a meeting to
consider request on other S. w. O..
c. members for sympathy walkouts
at other steel plants in the Calumet
district The disorder occurred in
dues -picketing campaign.
Police placed no chage against the
picket, who, they said, roughed-up a
young woman entering the mill.
A 48-hour cessation of operations
at the central works of the Carnegie
Illinois plant ended yesterday with a
temporary truce.
c. I. o. workers voted to strike
at the Buffalo Forge Co.. where
about 1,5OO employees have been
filling defense contracts, includ-
ing some of ventilating equip
ment for warships. The concern
and its subsidiaries have about Sl3,-
100000 in untitled orders.
The S. w. o. c., which called the
strike vote yesterday, said 387 ballots
were cast for walkout and 27
against. The union Executive Com
mittee will set the strike date.
The S. w. o. C. seeks a 10-cent-
an-hour increase over the present
basic scale of a to so cents, bar
gaining conferences and reinstate-
ment of three men it claims were
fired unjustly." Company officials
we're unavailable for comment.
Mediation Board Gets Cases.
The Defense Mediation Board re-
opened hearings in the dispute over
a union shop between the c. I. o.
United Mine Workers and the Ma
tions captive" coal mines owned by
steel companies and had two more
strikes, certified to it by the Labor
Department. These were strike
called by an independent union
against the Cleveland Graphite
Bronze Co. over wages, details of
which were not disclosed, and a
c. I, o. strike against the Calico
chemical division of the American
Cyanamid Co. at Bound Brook, N. j.
The union seeks a 10-cent hourly
increase Of present wages, which
we're not disclosed, and other con-
cessions.
Steel Mill Closed.
New labor troubles during the day
included
Hillsdale, Mich.-The Hillsdale
Steel Products Co. and three other
factories we're closed after a fight
at the gates of the steel mill be-
tween rival A. F. l.. and C. I. o.
unionists. The sheriff said c. l. o.
workers established a picket line
and refused to pass A. F. L. men,
who have a contract with the COM
pany.
FLORENCE, Ala.-The Gardiner
Waring knitting mill, employing
950 was closed following establish
ment of an A. F. L. picket line.
Company and union officials were
silent on the dispute.
CANASIOIA, N. Y.-Ihe DIE
moulding Corp. plant, with defense
contracts for plastic materials and
moulds, was the target of a strike
by an independent union seeking a
20 per cent increase in wages. The
union president said present mini
NUNS were As cents an hour for
men and 35 for women.
TEXARKANA, Textile Ameri-
can Federation of Labor building
trades unions involved in a strike
at the nearby s11 100000 Red River
ordnance depot construction project
appealed to President Roosevelt to
intervene, saying that strikers had
been intinidated by men driving
Government-owned or Government
rented cars. These cars have been
driven throughout this area to re-
cruit strike breakers and to intimi-
date strikers"
The union charged the construc-
ton company had refused to enter
negotiations.