Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 81, Hammond, Lake County, 22 September 1919 — Page 1

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DANGER IS LURKING STEELSTRIKE Writer Sees Serious Possibilities in Country Wide Walkout of Steel Workers. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 22. The situation in the steel industry today is serious and dangerous. No one can foresee the outcome of the strike which has started today because this proposed walkout is more complicated than any other strike in the history of the ynited States. The reasons for the grave aspect of the situation are: 1 Lack of unity anior.gr employer', the so-called "captains of industry." 2. The conflict within the ranks of the American Federation of Labor between the "radicals," as represented by John Fitzpatrick. and the "conservatives. headed by Samuel 'Jompers. . . 3. Opposition to President "Wilson hy conservative manufacturers and business men and by radical lator leaders who are apprehensive, of. or hostile to, the program which -V-ih.y. .-tJuiil- be will, put forth., at th coming conference in Washington. EZSE IS INSIDE STOXT. Statements in this telegram about the situation in the steel industry are based i.pe-n by investigation of conditions in i-oarly every large steel center in the United States -with the exception of J ttsburgh and. in the absence of direct -tatements by Judge E. H. Gary, Mr. ij.-nr.pers and Mr. Fitzpatrick. may be considered the "inside" story of the evident disagreement between capital and ibor represented in the steel and iron ; rades. TjjZOUBLES COKES TO HEAD. This strike is in fact only bringing :o a head the strife -within one industry which exlsta In nearly every other line r-f business activity in the country. This strike is only an illustration of f me. of the results which can follow an accumulation of chaotic conditions such as have developed in this country sine? the armistice was signed. TKEEE GBXAT CHASSIS. While the nation is literally fighting with domestic problems of reconstruction ths nation law-making body is a!n.'.ist wholly concerned with a treaty of jtace. Thus there, are not only thre pi eat chasms in this country between employer?, between labor leaders, bel'vron these men and the president, but th'i-e is also a more noticeable chasm (Continued onr age- three.) DISTRICT TIED UP INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ; CHICAGO. Sept. 22. Without thi j slightest sign of disorder, eighty per J I'-nt of the upwards of 100.000 sttel ; workers in the Chicago district, comprising Chicago proper. South Chicago. Indiana Harbor. Gary, and numerous other small steel towns in the Calumet r gion. went on strike today. According to union leaders the strike has "Tarabzcd th" steel industry in this Kfction." tttt.T. OW1TSXS DISPUTE XT. Mill owners, however, refuse to admit the industry is paralyzed and expressed i lie hope that before nightfall many i.f the great steel p'ants would be op-'-atlng, "probably not full blast, but . perating in a way that will save the mills." Union leaders and strike committees .'..clare that fully ninety-five per cent of the men employed in this, the second largest steel Industry section, are out. 'This is not a fight for more money." fleilarcd one striker. "It l? for principle and we will win without any disturbance." NO VIOLENCE EEPOETED. This statement is borne out by the fact that up utnii 10:30 not a single case cf violence had been reported, either by the union men or the officials cf the plants hit by the strike. tJuards are on duty in practically all of the plants. Union pickets are also on duty nt the plants, but both guards and pickets are working in complete harmony, according to all reports. Don't throw ynur paper awaj without reading the want ad page.

CHICAGO

COMING CONFLICT

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FIGURES OUT CONFLICTING w Hepartments at Big Steel Plant are Crippled By Walk Out. WHAT HODGES SAYS: "Any one not wishing to go to bis work, taat Is his business. "Any one wishing- to go to work, may do so witaout fear as he will "be assured protection. 'Aad furthermore aay one lookiag for trouble will get it." These were the declarations of Mayor w. T. Hodges of Gary yesterday afternoon, foUowing the monster mass meeting- at the East Sidj Park aad that he was la earnest, lour o'clock this morning fouud him oa the Job near the miU gate taking charge of the situation and a Uring fearless example of a real mayor. (BTJirETXlT.) At aooa today it was reported that practically every mill ia the Gary worts was down aad that there is a prohahUy that all the fir will be pulled. Tour blast furnaces will he operated to sup - r J . w; ntut water, eiecmcity and power. Strikers are iadlgaaat at the large aumbers of colored men who went iato the plant today aad steps are beiag takea to prerent any possible racial riots. Industry vs. Labor stepped up toe to toe in one of the world's greatest championship battles of. the age in Gary this morning. At 7 j o'clock when the shrieking siren; whistles of the Gary steel mills' gave forth their blasts that a new; working day was in progress, it also officially announced that the monster steel strike was on. NO DISORDER SEEN. There was no disorder. Throw-rr.-r. ,.. -i6 a. ui miy regular po - lice and a like number of sworn deputies, members of the Gary post of the American Legion, Chief of I Police William Forbis thoroughly policed the entire district from Fifth avenue to the mill property. They were prepared for any out break. As lone as the strike lasts workmen going in and out of the plant will be protected. I UNION STKENOTH SHOWN. ! It is evident that the labor leaders 1 gave a surprise to the steel corporation j officials, as the latter greatly under-! estimated the strength of the striking 1 (Continued on pagth7eT) j EAST CHICAGO MEN IN TROUBLE IN HAMMOND

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I mead rlpldly," says the trade paper. Last night John Krajuvak of 3735 1, Jf' BI"na'11 district 1b working! Deodar St.. Indiana Harbor, while in'l? Pr Ceat one dispatch received byf Oklahoma. East Chicago, met thro nv n. I" ?P" "Id" j Frtnk Halal of 4SI0 McCook avenue. I ... AericaE work; all foreigaers

Eart Chicago; Peter Horvat. of 4S20 McCock avenue, and Joseph Kovath, of 4S3 ' ; Melvnle avenue. These men asked him to take a ride with them, so he got in their automobne but on the way to Hammond on Gostlin street they started an argument over the strifte. Krajuvak claims that they beat hi:n up and threw him out of the car at Columbia avenue and also calims that thy sto.e $30 from him before they threw him out. Just then a machine containing Louis Krygonski. John Garr.iclt and Frank Ry.'uewiez of Imliana Harbor and Elmer Zerler and Bert Peterson of East Ch;eame ur ana avge cnase to the orli - er car whieh after throwing Krajuyak j out had speeded up and caught ii at the corner of Sheffield avenue and Gostlin street. Hammond, and called the polie-.j. l-ialal. Horvat and Kovach were rr-, reg'cd b)- Officers Singer and Tandri of' the Hammond police and are out on bond to tppear in the Hammond city court n-nig:-it at 7 o'clock for trial on a charge of assault and battery. When searched at the police station it was found that Horvat had $132.50 on him but not in the denominnti'-n of the money said to have been taken from Krajuyak.

THOUSANDS ARE OUT NO. HARBO Walkout at Inland Steel Co. ; Plant Surprises Officials By Its Strength. It :s claimed that over sven thousand Steel worke-rs in Indiana Harhnr nirl East Chicago .-ti.pped work this morr.it. j.. more than fulfilling th expectations ot f all labor official. The officials of tu i different plants although unable o givj I n definite figure as to what per cnr oi j the men are on strike cdmit that the number is far in excess of anything that ;' was expected. NIGHT SHIFT STARTS STRIKE. ! The strike which was set for six j o'clock this morning really begin -it midnight last night when the nigh' j-".- t : of the Inland sreel Company wem duty. All approaches to the big p. I were crowded with men, many of tl.iiii , from out of town, waiting to discuric j j any who started to work. There was no, ! violence or disorJer of any kind. T'.ie j police required the strikers and pickets! i to remain on one side of the street, ai-j ; lowing the remaining half free for the! use of men entering the plant. "When! the crowd surged forward the plcke's! helped the police in driving them bat'. ON1Y PEW HUNDRED EITTEK. j During the hour between eleven and i twelve when the new shift ordinarily) arrives the strikers stood and hooted any ) - 1"8 - 11 h went into the plant. Those ! " . . . . " v , i t qhu iar k. l v t r i i and each new arrival at the plant was greeted with hand-clapping, Jeers, ca'calls and calls of "scab." Not over two hundred men entered in this shift. A much larger number of men entered tl.-J plant this morning but even this number was below the expectations of the plant officials. The Mark plant with their By-Trr-ducts riant operating about twenty "r tConUnued on page five.) Last Minute Strike Flashes (BULLETIN.) j r INTERNATIONA!. NTWS SERVICE! f NEW YORK, Sept. 22. Officials of the V. S. Steel Corporation refused to 1 make any comment upon the strike to. ( Juae O- cbsJrmaa of jthe board of directors, received the aews. ; 1 vvr mea airing moming long j say, but consented to meet them again u th ,teraon(BULLETIN.) 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE PITTSBURGH. Sept. 22. W. S. rost er, secretary of the national organizing- j committee, aaaouaced figures today, as. ' sertiag that 269,0CO workers weat out i , ia compUance with the inrlke order. I X" ti'JS ! aad "would make no statemeat. j To'tr asserted that the tle.up of the "toel indlltry complete. j "Jufi3 ary will have to retract his m,It taat We do not "Present the , ,t,el work,r cf this couatry," he said, j (BULLETIN.) ! , JISItR"TI0NL NEWS SERVICE J I CLEVELAND, Sept. 23 The Daily! Iron Trade, leadia trde paper of the ! steel Industry, this aftornoon pronounced the rtel strike a "virtual failure." According to the reports received by this paper, the Mahoning Valley, which ' includes Ycungstowa aad Clevelaad, were i the districts hardest hit by the strike. t "The situatioa may be expected to i '"ia -aer aispatch from the ry Am-k-4 "Steel men do not regard the situation ; as serious," the paper adds. j .L!l"NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! ! PTTTSB UH.GH, Sept. 22. Wra. S. ' Poster, secretary of the steel strikers'! aatloaal committee, gare out figures at headquarters here showing that 269,000 1 steel workers throughout the country j went oa strike today. i Poster's figures show: Chicago, 60,000; Cleveland, 30.0CO;! Touagstown, iacludia? Sharoa and Par. j reU, Pa., district. 50.C03; Buffalo, 12,000; I Johnstown, Pa., 15,000; Ecmestead, j 9.C0O; Braddock, Pa.. S.OOO: Eni!n. v. 1 3i0oo: Clalrtoa. Pa.. 4.O0O: Ho..n. ( 3,000; Clalrton. Pa., 4,000; Konesson and Doacra, Pa 12.COO; Wheeliag, W. Ta. 15,000; Steubeuville, O., 6,000; Pueblo, I Colo., 6.0C0; CoatesvlUe, 4,000; McKees- i port. Fa, ana Duquesne, Pa., i2,OO0:i Pittsburgh, 15.COO;. Vandergrif, 4,000; Leechhuig, 2XOO; Breckinridge, 1,000. HEARING POSTPONED. (TIMES BUREAU AT STATE CAPITALl IVnllVlPl'lI.l? InH , ,i ident Chase of the Gary street railway, j the rate hearing set for tomorrow, j has been Indefinitely postponed. '

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Steel Workers Strengthen Forces

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I Photo, takrn at one cf Organizers are busy in every section of the steel and iron industry recruiting nsw memoirs tor the PLANTS ARE II In s te of the fact that ur.:on leaders Saturday had made the statement thnt Hammond industries had been included in the big steel strike which became r-f-fectiie this morning, all are operiting today and from their off;ces comes ti.". word that few if any of their men failed to appear this morning. A canvass cf the different plan's brought practically the same response. 'We have 100 per cent of our i.if-n workir.g this rocrnuig. They m . r hid a-.y intention of striking," was the stattmc-tt made at one plant. At another plnt the response Aa?. "All of our bos are on the job. There's no strike life." As the American Steel l undi ius had apptartd from the first on the. list of plants, in which the men were to be ca".ed out. it had been confidently predicted that the Simplex plant of Hrtnmond would be idle this morning. Acc'irdinf to AVorks Manager C. E. Bauer all of the men appeared for duty and work there ;3 proceeding as u?ual today. "Everybody is on the job and happy, thank you." was Ihc greeting from the. Illinois Car & Mfg. Co. At some of the plants indignation was expressed by the officials that their names had be.-n included in the list of plants in which theworkers were eighty-five prrcen'. organized. It had been said that many cf the men who have returned to work at 'he Standard Steel Car plant would leave their jr.fos again when the "big" strike was called. At the close of last weik between 400 and 50 men were working there and a slight increase in the number was reported this morning. Vmon lcaSers who have been active in Hammond recently were in Indiana Harbor and other cities of the regien wh-re more of their men were concerned ar.d were apparently allowing matters to simmer in Hammond until they could give them more attention later. i, th Somf one entered the home of Dr. H. C .(Jroman of 61 Rimbach avenue, Saturday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, and stole -a diamond ring and a new seal fk:n coat belonging t:- Mrs. Grama n . UNION OFFICIAL TALKSjON STRIKE 'INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE 1 CHICAGO, Sept. 22. L. M. Sogaa, secretary of the Allied Xroa aad Steel Workers Union of this sone. Issued the following statemeat shortly be. fore aooa: "Before 6:0O o'clock tonight the strike of steel workers la the Chicago district will be 100 per ceat ia effect. Every plant la the district will be shut down or made ineffective from a pont of operation.. The only men who returned to work this morn, lag were men who ha agreed to jro back to finish ur their jobs or old men old fellows over fifty-five years whom the union had granted permlssiao to work." Be.ll mills in the district are not affected by the strike as the men are working uader agreement which cannot be breken under thirty days' aotlce. Th3 roll mill men, It is pointed out, have no grievances aad notified their employers Saturday of their intention of remaining at work during the strike.

HAMMOND

OPERATING

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"? S, the large steel plants, showing a leader I twenty-four branches, of workers j fiphtinc thf stee' cornorations. ; i ir.e photo aboe srnw ONE KILLED, ONE INJURED; AUTO SKIDS 'ioir.g at too high a rate of speed In a rainstorm on the glassy surface of Calumet blvd.. near Lake eieorge bridge, early yesterday morning, caused an auto containing seven Chicago mushroom hunters on their way to Gs.ry to turn over and the toll -a as one dead and one injured. The Dead. MRS. M. POLASKI. ag.-d twentyteven. 1CS2 YV. 20th St.. Chi. -ago. The Injured. JOE STIRJECK. 1337 W. 18th St., Chicago. Shoulder bone broken and internal injuries. Joseph. I'olaski. husband of the decedent, had invifd six friencs, all barters, to go with him and his -wife on a mushroom hunt, and as they were about to take the bridge the Ruto skidded on th-? pavement. The injured were t.i'.;en to East Ch:cago and from thence horie. The other three mon, who were in the cir are Joseph K'-lan. 12 13 W. ISth St.. Chicago; K. Hamvle. 1C13 V. lf-th st., Chicago: and J. Wanzura. 1213 W. 18th St., Chicago. ft ri jock was taken to St. Margaret's he.spital. where his injuries were taken car; eif and then taken to his herns. HAVE POLICE GOT DIP GANG? The Hammond iole made what they consider one of the most important arrests of several months, yesterday afternoon when officer Singer arlested George Sifuth, an electrician. 54 years old of 617 Maine street, South Utnd, John Louis, a switchman, 35 years old of 61S. 59th street, ChUago. and Thuinas Howard, a printer, 5y years of ase, of 4161 35th street. Chicago, on charge of being pick-pock-els. These men who have all been identified by one of their victims are believed by the police to be responsible for most of the robberies which have taken place on the cars entering Harnmund for the past year and the police would like to have other people who have been robbed to see if they can identify them. Yesterday afternoon a man came to the Hammond police and told them that w hile on the street' car on his way from Gary to Harr.mond that he had felt a hand in his pocket and that he had grabbed the hand but that the man had broken away and jumped oil the car. Officer Singer waited at the corner of State and Ilornian street?, thinking that the men might be working hack and forth between Hammond and Gary. .'iter waiting s..-me time first one man arrived and then another and as fast as they showed up th y were arrested . When s.-arehed'at the police station the men were found to havo many railroad tickets to small stations out of Chicago so that they could get on or off the trains almost riiv plaee in a hu rry . Smith also had $33. 06, Ix-u;s- $3 . S, and Thomas $177.33 in currency which was done up i nsmall rolls and in different pockets. A e you reading lhe Times?

PREDIC

addressing steel workers. situation near every steel and iron

3rrorations. ; miii in the country today. An ors a typical i ganizer is a&dressinjr U.e workers.

mill in the country today. An orHow Plants Line Up In Great Strike HOMESTEAD. PA. All steel plants operating with practically complete forces. Few blast furnaces closed. WNORA. PA. All plants closed, proximately 300 men are idle. apWHEELING. W. VA. Practically all rlants closed down, with from 10,000 to 12.000 men striking. DL'Ql'KSN'E, FA. All plants operating with practicaly complete forces. SHARON", PA. All plants operating except one, some badly crippled. FARKELL. PA. All plants operating, some crippled by strikers. TAKENTUM, PA. All plants cpeYating. 25 per cent of men quit. NEWCASTLE. PA. All plants operating, estimated 20 per cent of men out. NEW KENSINGTON. PA. Two plants closed down, 1.100 men out. VANDERG RIFT. PA. Estimated SO pet cent of men out. plants operating. MONESSOX. TA. Officials closed plant?. S.nop men out. BETHLEHEM. PA. Em pic yes postpone strike, sending ultimatum demanding conference on Thursday. McKEESrORT. PA. All plants but ono operating. Operating plants crippled. 3.000 were out. CHESTER. W. VA. Mill owners reporting operating 100 per cent. STEUBEN VI LLE. ). One plant closed. BELLA I RE. O. Closed down. WEIRTOWN. W. VA. Plants operating with estimated 00 per cent of forces. JOHNSTOWN. PA. One plant closed, another bsd'y crippled. Estimated 17.000 men out on Etrike. ELAVOOD CITY, PA. All plants operated, some slightly crippled. LEBANAN, I'A. Plants operating with p-racticaly full forces, STEELTOWN. PA. All r'ants operating, men requesting conference w'h officials on Thursday. PITTSBURGH. I'A. All plants operating with crippled forces. BEAVER. PA. All plants operating in Eeavc-r Valley, some cripple-i FIRST SHOTS ARE FIRED IN PITTSBURG i Eight Shots Sent into Mill! None Injured; Men Firing Escape. i IIVTERNATICNAL NEWS SERVICE 1 riTTSBL'RGH. Sept. 22. The first f urry of excitement in the steel strike I here came tins morning when uniden'ilied men lired eight shots into the plant of the Clairtoii Steel plant at- North Clairton. No one was injured. The shrts were fired from a iiiii overlooking the plant. State troopers made a dash after the men. but they succeeded in escaring through the woods. OsTH-ials attributed the shouting to sympathizers of the men -a ho were arrested yesterday afternoon while attempting to hold a mags meeting in a public sejuaie. Mounted troopers broke u- the meeting and arrcste-J nin'-ten ...f the leaders. Times news service is ihe best that money can buy and honest effort can furnish.

Z'DISdER

IS A MINUS Both Sides are Busy Claiming Truth Hard to Get At Till Tomorrow. By OEO&OZ a. rOLVXS FSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N SERVICI1 PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 22.-. The big steel strike broke quietly over the United States today. From the Rockies to the Alleghenies, the big mills which form the nation's greatest industry continued operation with crippled forces, varying according to the locality and the degree of organization which the American Federation of Labor has succeded in effecting. SOMI SKTXXZLT CLOSED. A few plants were closed down completely. Others continued operating fully, feeling little or no effect cf the walkout order. Still others started operation wtta partial forces. So vast was the area covered and gigantic the scope of the strike that definite figures on its sucess or failure were practicaly impossible to obtain. 85 PXS CIITT OUT IN FITTSBUMK. In the Pittsburgh district, which includes all that territory from Johnstown. Pa., to Youngstown, O., and forms the cockpit for the great national struggle, early reports were that approximately 25 per cent of the employes as a whole-had Terused to go' to work this morning. Both sides, as usual, expressed optimism concerning the situation and declared their belief that the ultimate show-down will be favorable to them. V. S. STXEL PLANTS RUNNING. The officials cf the V. S. Steel c tporation asserted that practically -every plant operated by the corpevration it this district was in operation this nomine and unless unforeseen developmen's oc(Continued on page, five.) BUSINESS MEN APPEAL AT HARBOR Ask Men Not to Strike But to Stand by Indiana Harbor's Industries. The Indiana Harbor business mm Have issued an appeal in the form of i circular printed in several different languages asking that the men do not strike. The circulars have been spread broadcast over the city today and rosted in conspicuous places. Coming, at the last moment as they have, it is impossible to say what effect the request win have. The circular is signed "Indiana Harbor Eusmess men." but in reply t j inquiries of who the business men are. nothing definite can be learned. The request is in the following words: " STEEL WOSKEXS OP INDIANA SA&BOS. Don't strike. You don't want to strike. Why should you strike" You have the eight-hour day; you have a good Jjb: you are making good wages if you strike it. is bejauio you are afraid. Yom de-n't need to be afraid. You have nothing to gain by striking; you have everything to losr-. The quarrel is not yours; if you go out. you Will lose the. time and your Job. If you go out, business in Indiana Harbor will suffer; you and everybody else in Indiana Harbor will suffer. How will you pay your bills. How- will ou pay for the home on which you still owe? Why .should you lose money because of somebody's else fight? "Why should we lose money? Sta.nd by your job; stand by the industries that are treating you right; stand by Indiana Harbor; be real Americans. Don't take rart in a strike that isn't going to do you any good. INDIANA HARBOR BUSINESS MEN. 12,000 IDLE IN W. VIRGINIA. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! AYHEKL.ING, W. Va Sept. 22 Th-.. steel strike hit the Ben wood and Wheeling district hard todav. Practically all the mills are closed in the district and 12.000 men are idle. Approximately 3.000 are out at Ihe Benvood plant of the National Tube Co., 3.000 out at the Benwood. Wheeling and Martins ferry plants of the WheelingSteel and Iron Co., 800 at the Carnegie plant at Bcllaire. .. and 200 at :!.e U-v belle Iron Works here. ( The other six mills in this district aie already closed, Saving been on strike for a week. Don't throw your paper awa? without reading the fnt ad page.

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