Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1919 — BLAST FURNACKS ARE HANKED [ARTICLE]

BLAST FURNACKS ARE HANKED

Oat of Commission m Result o£ Shopmen's Strike. Gary, August 4.—Eight of tho» 12 blast furnaces of the Unite* States Steel Corporation today were* banked and put out of commission*, as the result of the railroad shopmen's strike in Chicago territory. Ten thousand men are thrown out of employment, and if the railroad strike Is not settled within the next week every Gary steel industry wilt be shut down. This means that 20,000 men will be thrown ont of employment. Four furnaces are kept going ln» order to supply the city with gas*, electricity and water.