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Show GARY IS SILENT TO PROGRESS' OF GREAT STRIKE NEAV YORK. Sept. 22. No comment whatever on the strike which began today to-day in the steel and iron industry was forthoomi ng from the headquarters here of the Fni tod St a tes Steel corporation. Elbert 11. Gary, chairman of the board of directors, who shapes the policies of the pigant tc industrial combination, declared de-clared hot h in the morning and in the afternoon that he had nothing to say for pub heat ion. Twice during the day he met newspapermen and chatted pleasantly pleasant-ly with them, but he declined positively to be quoted except to the effect that there as nothing he could say. It was learned, however, that he had received many messages of felicitation upon his firm stand against the "closed shop," although lie did not tell who sent them, one message, however, came from J. 1 Morgan, v.lio is now in London. "lleartksi congratulations on your st a nd for the open shop, with which, as you know, 1 am absolutely in accord," the message said. "I believe the American Ameri-can principle of liberty deeply imolved and must win out if we all stand firm." Frequent ri ports were receiv ed at the steel corporation's offices from the 1-1 3 plants in twenty states involved in the strike, but no estimate was made of the number of men who failed tu report for work. Tt was indicated that the success of the strike could not be determined definite! def-inite! v until it was known how many men of the night" shifts had joined the walkout. |