Show STRIKERS FIGHT FIGHT AGAINST ODDS ODDS I I I ITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OP PRESIDENT GOMPERS that the I WITH VY Federation oi of or Labor will give sive moral and financial assistance to the Amalgamated association a in its ItJI struggle straggle with the steel trust the pose of the strike are greatly broadened and assume a ume even a graver aspect the men of ot the Federation be called out in support of ther their fellow laborers IR lit the Amalgamated association aa the sphere of business bu b s stagnation wilt will su be widened and the consequent depressing depre effect on the commerce of the I country more J ih l te Ee deeply felt I IT There T teno doubt that the active assistance tance of the Federation of ef Labor LaborI I 1 j aid d tremendously to the power for aggression a gre lon and aDd resistance of the I strike L Yet Tet it te I doubtful if It even eyen with this thih powerful p w rt rM t reinforcement r merit t a astrike J str strike begun bua be ul under the conditions that confront the Amalgamated 1 Uon can caa ultimately succeed It Ia te tru that thet the association representing as ast asit 1 jt it t does millions m Ulon of capital in fu brawn and and muscle IK Is a most puissant UI labor or orI I I But It is 18 opposed ed by a combination of capitalists backed by 1 mose than then in wealth The trust is also aiso unusually well equipped to pt ht the association Among its Ita numerous plants are many masy m Y that are ad admittedly d dUte Ute nonunion Over tye Iver these the the strike order will have no effect They I I can caa be kept running in spite of President Shaffers call and by working them themI I overtime at t their full tull capacity it would seem eem that the combine should be bet I t 4 j able to fill All a good share of or Its orders and keep up the tile fight indefinitely until I the ule strikers are forced into submission 1 It may maT be that the number of nonunion mills mn is te not nearly so o large as aI asu f u trust claims eI This can caa only bo ha known when the full effect of President Predent Staffers rs call eaU Is te seen seeR But should it develop that there Is te any considerable r of the plants planta that are able to operate it scarcely seems possible Ht 4 th that t the t will wilt be able abIs to succeed sue in hi so 80 unequal a 8 struggle tru |