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! STEEL STRKE 1 CLOSES DOWN MANY PLANTS CHICAGO, INDIANA AND PUEBLO DISTRICTS HARDEST HIT—NATIONAL UNION ORGANIZER CLAIMS MORE THAN 250,000 MEN ALREADY OUT—STEEL CORPORA TION OFFICIALS MAINTAINING WALKOUT IS “FAIL URE”—FIRST CLASH TODAY AT CLAIRTON, PA., MILLS OPERATING WITH REDUCED FORCES AT PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO POINTS. _ Washington, bept. 23.—Investigation of tns stool strike was proposed today in a resolution Introduced by Senator Kenyon, !ow,i. Tho resolution directs the Senate committee of education and labor to ascertain the reasons for the strike and vGhclher any federal action can or should be taken to meet [ * the situation. Both capital ami labor claimed advantage in the first day of the nationwide-strike of steel workers, called to force tho unionization of one of America’s greatest industries. Judge Gary, head of the United States Steel corporation, re fused to make a statemeut, but various company officials in the af fected districts stated that not more than 10 to 20 per cent of the workers had struck in tho Pittsburgh district, and that while a slightly larger percentage struck in some localities, the strike was ■so far a failure as an effort to tie up the industry. Union officials declared the strike was “effective," indicating their belief that about 200,000 men were out. Reports early this afternoon indicated that the strike was effec tive generally in the Chicago, Ohio, Indiana and Colorado districts, was only partially effective in thePittsburgh district and was gen erally non-effc-ctive in Alabama. In the great strategic centers of the struggle, the Chicago and Pittsburgh districts, many thousands of workers obeyed the strike order, but reports stated that comparatively few plants in the Pitts burgh district had been compelled to close. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the steel corporation, refused to make any comment on the situation. Outside the great pivotal states of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylva nia, conditions were reported nearly normal, with a few important exceptions. At Buffalo, where the great independent plants of the Lackawanna Steel Company are located, the union chiefs claimed that 70 per cent of the workers had obeyed the strike, call At Wheeling, W. Va., it was asserted that 8,000 men were idle, and the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company’s plant gt Pueblo, Colo., was closed down when its 2,000 employes walked out. Presents Figures. noon William Z. Foster, secretary /Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 23.—At of the national committee for or ganizing iron and steel workers, gave out the following figures as iudicatiug the number of men on strike: Chicago district, 60,000; Cleveland, 30,00C; Youngstown, Ohio, 65,000; Buffalo, 12,000; Homestead, Pa, S,000; Braddock, Pa, 5,000; Rankin, Pa, 3,000; Clairton, Pa, 4,000; Monessen and JDonora, Pa, 12,000; Wheeling, W. Va., 15,000; Steubenville, Ohio, 6,000; Pueblo, Colo, 6,000; Mc Keesport and Duquesne, Pa, 12, 000, Pittsburgh (city), 15,000; Vandergrift, Pa, 4,000; Leech burg, Pa, 2,000; Breckenridge, Pa, 5,000; Johnstown, Pa, 15,000; Ooatesvillc, Pa, 4,000. Police Club Strikers. Several men had their heads clubbed and 20 arrests were made today in the U borough of Clairton, when the Penn 's^ sylvania state police had another brush with crowds that refused to disperse. Several shots were fired on each side, according to the Clairton police head quarters. Police clashed with a Clairton crowd Sunday in breaking up an attemtped mass meeting. Secretary Foster sent a telegram to Governor Sproule last night protesting “unwarranted attacks” by the state police, on the strength of clashes be tween members of the constabulary and .Iron and steel workers and sympathiz ers at North Clairton and McKeesport yesterday. The only undisputed points in the Pennsylvania district appeared to be Brackenridge and Donora. At these centers but a few men reported for work and the mills were closed. “Better Than Expected.” ” The situation in Pittsburgh proper was described as even better than ex pected by the comapny officials. Local plants scarcely felt the strike at all and were operating full force, it was _stated. The date constabulary patrolled various centers. The strikers, howevr, were quiet in most cases, remaining in Their homes or merely walking about the streets. All assemblages were pro hibited. Two unidentified men stood on a hill in North Clairton today and fired eight shots toward the North Clairton steel plant. No one was struck. State police gave chase and the men disea p peared in nearby woods. The Carnegie Steel Company did not Issue a formal statement, but gave out for publication information which it was announced came from the officers and superintendents of various plants. Summing up, the representative of the company said, “the situation might have been worse." He said that in all /.plants where men failed to report they were nearly all foreigners. Mr. Foster in his review of the situa tion from his early reports said he was agreeably surprised at the number of men out. “It will be two days before the fu'l weight of the strike will be felt,” hi said. CHICAGO MULLS CLOSE. Chicago, Sept. 23.—The steel mills at South Chicago, operated by the Illi nois Steel Company, subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, closed .this morning as a result of the nation \ wide strike of steel workers. Only a few foremen remained at work. It was ' estimated by union officials that. 95 per cent of the 6.000 men on the Jay shift fatted to report for work. No offi cial figures were given cut by com pany officials. Smoke clouds in the Chicago steel district gradually thinned today while steel workers and company officials Issued conflicting statements as to the success of the steel strike. Workers claimed 90 per cert of their strength was out. Plant officials esti mated the strike as from 20 to 25 per cent effective. Extra Police Out. Policemen were scattered thickly throughout the district and over the Indiana line there was promise of mili tary help if needed to quell any dis turbance. Early today there was little call for even police aid. Picketing was quietly done. In South Chicago men of 55 or over were encouraged to re port for work that their pensions should not be Jeopardized. In other places crowds congregated but beyond hoots and whistles did nothing to both er those who filed in to work. Small steel plants in Illinois were not affected by the strike. Work was reported to proceed as usual. At Jo liet, the Illinois Steel Company an nounced work would be continued al though a big, percentage of employes failed to report. Announcement of the result of the balloting by the Great Lakes Seamen’s Union on a sympathetic strike was ex pected today. Engineers on Job. With the possible exception of the engineers employed In the steel mills at Gary, Ind., and Joliet, 111., ail mem bers of the International Union of Steam and Operative Engineers report ed for work at the steel plants today, according to information reaching H. M. Comerford, general treasurer and secretary of the union. The strike of the steel workers was not approved by the engineers and they were instructed to remain at their work. Secretary Comerford said that 200 engineers in the Gary plants, desplto instructions not to strike, were undecided in regard to joining the walkout. If they finally decided to strike they would have to accept the responsibility, Secretary Comerford said. Only a few of the engineers In the steel plants at Joliet failed to report for work, reports said. EIGHTEEN PLhNTS CLOSED. Cleveland, Ohio,, Sept. 22..—Union leaders claim that at least ’5,COO steel workers are on strike this morning and that plants of some of the independent mills were closed. Company officials would malic no statement. The 18 mills of the American Steel & Wire Company, a steel corporation subsidiary employing 9,000 men, wars completely closed down. The McKin ney Steel Company, the largest Inde pendent plant, was also shut down. The Bourne-Fuller Company plant, an other independent, employing 2,600 men, was reported idle. Union Saiiors Quit. According to an official of fhe lake seamen’s union here, union sailors at this port this morning gait several steel corporation freighters at the docks, re fusing to work on the boats. He would give no estimate of the number of men out. About 50,004? Out. Between 40,000 and 50,000 steel work ers were on a strike in Ohio, it was es timated at 11 a. m. today, according to reports here by union and sited mill of ficials and police. Approximately 15,000 men are. out in Cleveland, according to H. W. Raisse, union organizer. In Canton, Ohio, only 400 out of the 10,000 sttal workers struck. Two hundred left the steel corporation plant there. MINERS REFUSE TO STRIKE TO 1 STEEL MEN Convention at Cleveland Votes Against General Sympathetic Walkout—Hit Cummins Rail road Bill. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 23.—-There will he do sympathetic strike by the United Mine Workers of America in behalf of Ihe steel strikers by which men work ing under agreement might bo called out. This was made clear today when the committee to which was referred, a resolution pledging the minors to refuse to furnish coal for any purpose which might endanger the siu-cesi; or the stee! strike reported instead a sub stitute committing the organization to use only such means as locally can bo employed to give practical aid to the striking steel workers. The convention further adopted reso lutions demanding the immediate recall of all American troops from Russia, self determination and the right of self government for the peoplo of Ireland and all other small nationalities capable , of self government, and defeat of the Cummins railway bill. Nationalization Plana. The convention late Saturda.y de veloped its plan for the nationaliza tion of coal mines, which includes pur chase by the federal government of all privato mines at their actual value as determined by federal appraisers and operation by the federal government with equal minor representation upon the bodies administering the industry and fixing wages and, conditions of employment. Nationalization of coal mines in Canada is also proposed. The miners offer right of way to national ization of railroads, provided the rail road brotherhoods pledge themselves to continue the fight with equal vigor for the nationalization of mines. The convention further adopted reso lutions demanding legislation to taka from the United States supreme court the power to declare unconstitutional laws passed by the- elective congress; calling upon President Wilson to re move Postmaster General Burleson as the ‘‘uncharitable, harsh and malig nant” opponent of labor; and asking a new trial or full pardon for Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings, the repeal of the espionage act and amnes ty for political prisoners. It refused, however, to call, as proposed, a general strike and stoppage of all production until all political and industrial pris oners are released, and in Its resolution on the espionage act declared that many offenders had been Justly con victed for interference with the proses cution of the war, and that it had no desire to condone such offenses. RESCUE STURM STURM REFUGEES Survivors Huddled In Light house 11 Day3 Without Food —Steamer's Crew Picked Up. Miami, Fla., Sept. 23.—Eleven dayi without food or water, 12 survivors ol the recent hurricane, huddled in a lighthouse on North Elbow Key, a small island in the Florida straits which was swept clean of every vest ige of human habitation during the storm, were located yesterday by a submarine chaser when brought back a story of devastation and human suf fering unsurpassed by any that has come from the storm area. Huge waves sweeping over the island carried away sepnlchres containing the bodies of former inhabitants, it was re ported. swept all livestock into the sea and destroyed other food supplies leaving the inhabitants, whose only hope of survival lay in the impregna bility of the lighthouse in which they gathered, absolutely destitute. PICK UP SURVIVORS. Tampa, Sept. 23.—Eleven survivors of the lost British steamer Bayronto and one survivor of the American steamer Lake Winona were landed hers Sunday by the fishing smack Ida. With 19 of the crew of the Bayronto landed at Charleston, S. C., on Septembei 16, and 18 others landed at Savannah the same day this accounts for her full complement. The men were picked up in oper boats on September 17, GO miles of I Egmont light. The lone survivor ol the Lake Winona, a Porlo Rican negro was In a obat full of water eating crabs and sea grass. Ho had been without food and drink for seven days and nights. Chief Officer Moody, of th< Bayronto and Wireless Operator Colt were among the survivors. The Bayronto, the survivors said foundered In heavy seas during the gulf hurricane. POSTPONE GENERAL STRIKE IN BOSTON General Labor Union Officials Decide Time Not “Oppor tune” For Walkout. Boston, Sept, 23.—The Boston central labor union at a meeting Sunday held for the purpose of determining its at titude toward the police strike in this city decided against call ng a general Strike at this time. The report of President Michael .1. 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