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Show OTA TE COMMITTEE OPENS STiZEL STRIKE INQUIRY; FIRST BREAK li STRUGGLE IS REPORTED Gary Plant Declared to Have Received Many Strikers Back; Ohioans to Vote on Return. Senate Probe Brings Out Extended Statement State-ment in Justification of Walkout in Industry. WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.3. Appear::.; as labor's first witness in the senate investigation in-vestigation of the etee! strike, John Fitzpatrick Fitz-patrick of Chicago, chairman of the strikers' committee, declared today liia". an agreement by the United States Stee: corporation to arbitrate the difference? with Its employees would result in an Immediate end of the walkout, which.-he said, now affects 340.000 men. Fitzpatrick's statement came af ;er v six -hour recital before the senate larco"" committee of the efforts to organize the steel workers ar.d of the conditions, whi t led up to the strike. Had E. IT. Gary, chairman of the board of the steel corporation, cor-poration, met the workers' committee, the men would not have walked out. Fitzpatrick said, but an agreement for a conference now would not result in thi men returning to work. Samuel Gomuers, president of the American Federation of Labor and chairman chair-man of the first committee formed to organize the steel workers, will be heard by the committee tomorrow. On Saturday, Satur-day, William Z. Foster, secretary of the workers' committee. who has been charged by P-epresentative Cooper, Republican, Re-publican, Ohio, with spreading I. W. W. propaganda, will be heard. Judge Gary is to appear next Wednesday topreseiu the steel companies' side of the controversy. contro-versy. PAINTS A LURID PICTURE OF INDUSTRY. In his recital today. Fitzpatrick paintei a lurid picture of conditions in tiie s:ec; districts of western Pennsylvania. He . declared there was a reign of biood and iron there, with deputy sheriffs, paid "gunmen" and Pennsylvania state constabulary con-stabulary as its chief exponents. Murde;-and Murde;-and assault of steel workers were o: every-day occurrence, he alleged, and in this connection he sketched dramatically the story of the killing of one woman, an organizer of mine workers, which occurred oc-curred before the steel strike was call-d. Fitzpatrick's deductions from this occurrence oc-currence led to sharp questioning by senators. "lo vou feel that the steel company officials" directly ordered the killing of this woman ?" asked Senator Sterling, Republican. South Dakota. "Think they had a meeting and decided upon murder?" "Oh, I don't think they passed a motion mo-tion and left a record, if that's what you mean." Elsewhere In the steel industry, tin-witness tin-witness said, striking workers were meeting meet-ing with fair treatment. (WAS "BAD SPOT" IN WORKING WORLD. Fitzpatrick said organ izat ion of tha steel industry had been decided upon by the American Federation of Labor because be-cause it was "a bad spot In the Industrial Indus-trial situation." with the men forced to work long hours at small wages and und-T bad conditions With the actual calling of the strike, a list of twelve demands had been mad.? uDon which the twenty-four unions ii.id combined, Fitzpatrick said. These demands de-mands included recognir ion of colU-rti ce bargaining, the eight-hour day, reinstatement reinstate-ment with pay of all men discharged for union activities, and adoption of the "check-off." a system by which the companies com-panies would collect union dues from the men. Wages were not speeiilealiy mentioned. men-tioned. On this last subVrt Fitzoatrkk had two vitws. "The industry pays less than I paupers eet." he said at one point, nut ! several times later he asserted that money j was no: the issue. ' "Its conditions." he declared, "and tiie 1 hours are terrible, the men tell us. T;:0 conditions are awful. Their woniT want, more happiness." HAS TWO VIEWS OF WAGE QUESTION". Referring to ?G0 a day as the wago drawn hy highly skilled steel workers. Fitzpatrick said this was "a mere pittance pit-tance for the work they do." Avera; wanes, he said, were around 40 cents an hour. Fitzpatrick opened his statement with what he said was a brief history of UiIht conditions tn the steel .industry. "With the creation of the steel corporation corpora-tion a campaign was besun with the object ob-ject of pushing organized workers out of the mills." he said. "A preal sum of money, I don't know whether it was -Oun. HOP or g?n.ono.nnp. was appropriated. (Continued on Pa:J 3, Column 2.) FIRST BREAK IN BIG STRUGGLE REPORTED ICoutiniiod from 1'nno Ono.) In .'.vent , li. i,K , ,.. livim'ii.loun lin,i i,uic., ,,f llio -;'.'l llUlVlSHy U.s t,llll-IU'0 ell OtllOf "Mill,. n w,.,. K.,,iK ,,, etKhtlioui' WtiiT ,.iKnm ,',.ti,liiiu else-"it.'iv else-"it.'iv the steel nulls Mill epeinto.l will! l.'l loiiR hours ,uu Mlfh Mimes l.elou He 1'ivhT Imi... I.ni.,.,- mul.TsuvJ then ill.' Iwventy (lip Steel iu- '"l,,r' '" ,h' purpos,. ,.( oontivlhn,; its cll.vts u the oil.ois ,lml :n ilw Pim t com ohlion... ,. 11,,. l Y,l,T.itU,,i el !.:,(,,., Lie stop .,s ailllMltrJ " TELLS OF ATTKMPTS TO ORGANIZE MILLS. Vltji..,tfl,-k s.,i,l rvi'iVM-matives. of toe.t -i.nir iiu.M i,.m,.,,:il um,.,, nffili-"" nffili-"" Hll llu- .iii, ri,-.H, K, ,l,.,.,i, ,,( l.iilvr ii. fl in n,u,n ;,l,,u :i K., ..tut etloole.l a i-anip.in eoimiiiuoe u, oiK.im:.. th.' stool ikns. S. null. 'I liom- 1.'!S ttilS U-.t , .I , h.,11 111:111 ..mi Wllll.llll ' 'o!ei-. s.vi . tin . M,m mid monev, Hi.' it .loss s.,1,1, were .m.e,l. but mints were so liiml,-,l i.:il II.,' in. mil or- Kllll.'.ltlOll .'If, 'lis ,'!,' ,'OH'lll,',l i,i llio Calumet ,1 s-.iiol. lu.-iu,imK cinca.;,. ii,l lliir,. 1ml. 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Sho io.i,lio,l ,l,,n ami imllo.l up lior skills i,ii, piil:,, I t, ,m ai'oiin,! tho o'lll-ilion o'lll-ilion In a ootnor. l,iiiiio,ll:ttoi' tho mill-lil.'ll mill-lil.'ll fll',,1 :u;,l ,lo, ,,." "Who w.-io tl'.oso Klllinion"'- usl,o,l I'li.iti ina n Knii on. Aliened Company Employees. "Tlloy Moro , tnpl, ,y, -os of tho .', nil p., no-Moo. no-Moo. 1 lo toiTori.o tho oomiiuiiilt los." l-'lt.-.-patiiok iiosu oi oil. 'I'lio ,to'uly sh, -Mils an, I iiiiiiition alo aotliis all tin.".hoi " "What ,'ti moan to miv." wal.t Sonator Walsh, IViiuvrat. Massa.'hiisoit.s. "Is that ,lilo,'ty or pniiroot U , those ni.ii woro lu-i:uoii. lu-i:uoii. o,l or ,liro,'to,l hi llio stool oorpoiii-tion oorpoiii-tion "' "Vos. tl..,.v mo null miauls." l'itr.pat-riok l'itr.pat-riok iop:u,l "!' ihlio of i loials .'" asK',-,1 Soiin'.or W.iKli. "'nio- woro sworn In us ,loput si.er-llis." si.er-llis." tllo witnoss oplalno,l. "We ilou't Know w hero ihoir pav oomos train." "It is a taot that tills shootlt; ooourroil lu ooiitiootlon with a ooal si like an. I ho-! ho-! I'm .' the steel tloul'.o. Isnl If" asked , S, ".ator l'lilp(,s, KepiiMle.in. I'olota.lo. I "llllt sho was shot to put the fear Into ! our poople," Kllxpalrlek sal.l I "Has thero hoop a proso, u t loll of tlnil -leal In.liisli v." l.'li.ii alrlok a'",Mei, ,l " I'lio f i. I Is Hial a vol , lew sklllo, I n on IV.. I U 010,111 1i.mii s I . :o .o iii,ii' not n, S pi or , , on l". i a ,l., " " on n onl.t t ot , ill lliui a 'a o nil I in 'o.' Weill, I von'.'" Hon., lor I'lilpps lu- ipi'io.i. ; i " os. 1 WOllll." s:, l'llp ,11'lr k. ",'ll- I n.loi in,', llio mil . li. v" v o K,. lo on n 1 1 T loilsainls ii'.on t!i, .11,.. in. Is of how - r. r. are iloiin; t ro'lsliosl , II. I I ,h at son of work hii'li" hours n ,la- tor! lorl reins an hour." j Thinks It Pittance. j SiMUltur ilvlii tl If lllO A in.Tl.MM l-V.lr: at ion l 1 .iUir hml m : I i-ni( .-.1 nr-k!uil...tUMi nr-k!uil...tUMi i-f tin- uiKllil woili.-i-M in Hi.' st.-l ih.lusin. "Y rs. ..MiihiuoMxK-." Kt! lrl.-l io- plii'-l. "lint th- oi-position ami tvmml of 1 town-- hi w . Ni .1 n 1 1 a iu.i nvv , hu('H ilia! cm:.iii!.iMiiis ran't i'Imm.iio. j M.-iTk .-t tl iuul , Unal nshtH ni o Bhov r.i a.nfr," I 'Yon thlnU that purl of 1 Vrmsvlvii nl.i j Is not sal.- tor l. nuH'r.u y '.' ' i'liau man Kmi on in U rnipital. "Yt'H. U I.n i ninny," natl Kit .pat rlok. "1 .Ion'! tlilnU liir ninal t'ri- ctM,Mi o - n in l.u Iv.'s: Kunnu." Kop.'lin; l iiUf'Mloiis of Son:i 'or I'll! imi, I "I t ,' i a t tioU sahl ti II I Ito mi Ion nioiiov aa!lai'io lot' .-triU would uoi i'.'tit Ji',l',lHHI Tht" l on t v - tout" unions, he ahl, "ha.- pro r.iu-.l atnoi:L; l i ir ins.-! i-m an amount not to i- v .'I'i'vl J " ihi a iiuMU h to oai i imi I on:an t.a( ion w or li " j ''I'ho i-tu'i'U - oft" s stru 1 oiu of he I llonM vou hav i' Ut'iruii.ti' I," S.'iialor ! fliii'ps Nal.l. '-That iik-hiim thai you waul j loo ooinpani.'S lo oollfot union iluo.s from j lUo work iu.-u's pay ol.vp-" mul linn I it ovrr to our ufan'at ion." J "No, It's ium u lltil.' linanoial aiTair.:--' li'rnt adop.rl Py oommoti oousont ol' I'lii- p'ov, i-s a n.l Miiplo its lo a . f i lotion," l''ll. it i loK Ml i.l. "Yos. and It 1 ;i!sii a li.n i-Iiuiifnt In making a clo.sod llort,' S natoj- l':nppf iTturnod. " don't uso t'at t-Tin." .iU l it-pat it-pat rii k. "It's a irrin inlopti-d to hurt lai'or unions " "IM ou ay t'uil t ho rlo.s.al ilio;i is tiot an isiio In l !u.s ,ink.-, tlion '" Sr:m-toi Sr:m-toi K 'tt on a cd . "It Is not i' i'ii mooted now," 1 'llJlpat-tlok 'llJlpat-tlok sa.d, "You u.iniol union .-.io;'-!. at Irasi V" : askod Sooalor 'hipps i 'hl! I'onriiliiit; thai an "'froi-t was ta'-!mi; ta'-!mi; t) hi do to uti'on I.-1 t :n- nip a' !'! ', pat :-:.k .-.aid tins wiu;l I rnt pi ml iiomiTiion n'.'-n i'loin woi'l. i n; In Mich f- l.lh.iShTlUMllS, Not Steel Men. Koplyiri; to S. uaior I'hlpps, F; : zpai rvk said liolio of 1 1 r (Jlr'.ko oominUtof iiiotii-i" iiiotii-i" rs as (MiiploM'd in thf slo.'l mills, lull thai Miini1 in' iiu-nihors of unions havinn wotknirn In tho ini.is Kil.'atii.k said t:it. whUo mrmhrs of t):o unions in I'aiia.lii o.d not oto i'H tho h'.r'ke. It was hop.- i t , ;a t t lo-y w o ild ooni i l.-iito lo tho s: : - ko fund''. Tho proposal that a s: rik- ! oa!'1 was p::n:.al in srwral Kuik'u.ikVK, tho witness sod, so all nieiuN'is tif thf union oo .'d mileisl.oi.i 'hairn.a n lv inmi a ram tn ni tlia Sarin if! ' I-'ir.ptTs. :ro -uoV n ! ot ti:o Anof-, Anof-, iran Kt'd ration -f ..i!nr, wou'd t,- ailed Im-'. o: o h.o ooiu m 1 1 1 r-o t imiht uw . Statoment Challenged. t no mon In tho .-tool mills." Kit.-pal- i ; riok ootunuiod. ' wo:o looUmi; for rol.oi. i , Thoy had no tpe. They vospondod m I i !ar:o iniiul'iMs and it was onlv a s:ioi t ' tur.o until wo had a crv suov-vsstul or-; or-; K . ma.it ion " I to that Tiiuo thoiv had boon no I nunisin m tho stool nulls:" asUod ; t'hairtnan Kon on. No." K'.ttpatruk ropliod, -'.Vhout that tm-.o-vV'toh.r. PUS tho sJool ooriH'ta- lion was resorting t, ,-orv ,ufort to foroo action on tho part of tho nun or of tho I labor oram. ation to spj a-ad thoir intlu-; intlu-; onco. Tho announcod i staMi.shmont of 'tho oht-hotir day, and wo know that ; was an effort to prcwut our nri;.iiu:.i-I nri;.iiu:.i-I ticui. i Initiated by Federation. Sop.ator Joius, IVnuvrai. of Now Mox-Icw Mox-Icw askod whethor tho -mplooos liad i mado application to llio American Kod-erav Kod-erav ion o: Labor for organization or whether tho mo emont had boon initiated initiat-ed by the American Federation of liibor. ' The A m.oru an Ked era t ion of 1 .abor init wed tin- nun emont." Kitzpatrick re-phed. re-phed. "'as theri no movement of tho men ! tT:viinn tlio orcaniratioi1. : " asked Senator "No. only as the mm met in different 'lOoa'.t os and epi05Stsi their desires." "Why was it l tc a nibein on the ,:ner-ii'.in ,:ner-ii'.in Kede:at:on of labor to organize the; steel :..dustr ." Senator Jones asked. I "it was a Nut spot in the in.hast rial 1 situation." V'A i"atr k replied. "In t he- ! steel industry the hours ate loni;. the j waives smail and the treatment ou can't I des Tibe th.e t rea: mer.t." Thev; coi-.-l.tio:-.!. he added, led ether '.arce en p,oe:s to consider lmpostnc sitn-i'...r sitn-i'...r conditions on their enip!oees, and so, for te hi-:.ef.t of orKanired workmen everywhere the country, ortramzation of tho steel i'viustry a deemed essoii-t essoii-t ;a! l-v the lea tors of the labor move- !Vet. , The first effort to obtain a conference w::h. JvaUo i.;a rv w a. made last M xy. the t witness sahl TV. is was by tc.e tin work- u;n,.i immi uaiiiii t o. "It's our i-xporlouoe th.it yon enn't yet arv prosov-ut uu of cases I'ke that." the w u noo-s said. "The fact is that the trial In that case h is not been hold. isn't it l" Senator 1'hlpps asked, " l want thit po.nt clear." lias No Information. V ll.-.palnel; said he h.id no information on the Hiibt-ct. He branched off into eoiits at Hammond, 1ml, where th-ne aere fatalities in the Standard Stool v'ar company MHKe, and said orders had Koa Issued "to treat 'abor rouch." "Wet!, ttils has nolhim; lo do with tin1 steel corporation, has H ."' asked Senator I'h.pps, "Wo fool all these companies are under the domination of the stool corporation," Ftt.'.patt ick returned. "That brus up my u"estlon aain." sa lil Senator Walcot l "How many of your n ombership really w or.; for t ie stoi-1 coi poi nion ."' "We don't know how many of these companies are subsni aries of the stool corporation." Kit.'patt .ck leplied. "Wo or-K.im.'.e or-K.im.'.e anywhere " .Ml of the .io.o. i. :iow on stne. Knx Patrick sal.i in reply to Senator Ken.on, ate members of the American Federation of Ijibor. Knipatriek said the charge that moM of the stnlers were allers was "a bugaboo buga-boo rai-e d by new spa per s conTol!eil by tho steel corporation." lb1 added that, since t ",e war. K i i; ! ish- speak ; iik w orkei s. had maimed ttie mi s I'resident ilson ti led to ot a conTer-etn-e with Jnde hrv for the union committee. com-mittee. Kit-).atrick said. "iMd he tell ou so in sO m.inv words"" Sen., tor K.'in.m asked. "We saw him. ai d tie convinced us ttiat he had tried." Kr -it a t n k respoe.d.si. "and that h:s etforts h ol been frmta-ss" ' Siia-e this strike at Mckeospot t." Kilz- I I union nickots w ill be place at all rneet-I rneet-I iii; pl.ices to liy to induce nonunion men i not lo att.-i. d. i .I'-eit M:c fvterest w:s mat ife-t to-! to-! pi-hYm I pioj os. d m-. '.ncs, Tho pre-aihm: pre-aihm: bo' f i ttuit ttu- n.eetm-: ! he .1 1 M':-. be t e entfrti. Wede in breaking the' d. c.d'o. k t- strilv. I'e;:'.-' t oil!'-: , v: : t u . a.al to hold thro'li;h.-1 thro'li;h.-1 out the d iri'-t todav. , ' . 1 ! vArad:.V."v..is h.-hl ; n Kasi Yo ini:s:ow n 'tomtit. It was atN-iahd bv about .Via ' men. Jt.at as it was hreaktni: up the ' shoritf appeared and warned the spcakois that no more saeh moeim.s can be i'eid I u nless a i . i m 1 1 is first obtained from , him. ThoYo was no distui ha nco. No i , r.inon men :ire said to have attend., d. . hire numbers sought employ mer.t. but satisfaction was epiesed witii t::e proi;-! proi;-! ress tieinc snow n. i Sf ike headqua-ters had no figures to , nive. So -rotary Wi'bam Z. l-'o-t.-r of t!ie sto-'l workers' national coi : . 1 1: : 1 1 ee con-; con-; tentim: iunise'.f with i :o statemer.t t'...r. 1 move men are !eaiiii; the mi'ls eor' day. i "There is no use iinln; any more f : it - ures." he added. ".Main1 plants are closed , and others are e.om to close, ami there is eorv reus m to feel on.-o'irai;ed.'" The rarm-ir.e i'.ants in I M t ts' n: re. Israel -! doc',;, lo.restead. Pi!iU's:u' and C'airton j w ere r it imi nit to. lay. and of: :cia!s of the compa ::y said production w as increasing. , It was also said at the Carnegie offices that a larger ier-'entao of f o re: ,u n - born workers are returnim;. Tlie plants at I Hmora and Monessen remain "down," and mills of the comn;;j-y at New Cist'e and Karrell are workitn: with decreased forces, according to ofncials of th.e concern. con-cern. Heprosentatlves of th.e Jones I.at:?;h- tin Steel co:nnan, one of the largest in-i in-i - - ----- r.. I t dependents in the IMttsbur- dis'.r-ot dene iisonious of sink,- loaders t'-.it us plants ; this compare w ore lit lie affected bv t'.- il'-t last Mondav. to-t -:,ce th, n i'e t str::e:-s I'livp c.o,-entrated on tc.eim A . number of arrests of men toun.l 'oiio-h-" abotic the Jo:5,.s lV I a:- nii'ls or d-s" pass m or out hae b.-en trade. ' '' ' ' Sinailer independent plants in the i'h:s-; i'h:s-; bu: disi-'i w .:c: s-iove u d .:: : vmai: -' ins; in o; . i tton durim; '.. fi-st no;,',. of davs o-' the str ke are also reported as I h;t im; moreased t'-e'r foies I The entire Ihttslmri; .ns.iict wa s -phc j durin- da v. There was ono fatahtv 'u ! cotinection witii the strike, a state i r. on- -! khlitm a man t Fi'.rrel:. Pa., w ho w as ; susnected of tie nr asui:-e:. ; For several da;-s s ots '::ivo been f;rod j into the American Sloe! - rj;'t. ; 'ant at ! that f 'ace. and today the si tie polh-'e i accordimr to reports from Far---". ... ' tContip.ucd ou Page Fo'.ir. l'li-pa It 1,1. s.i id t'ne a erajce w a '-e ut I the steel indusliy wa 4.' .ants an hour. ! I 'r-i, tie add-d. "l!:au tau'ir f.-mhles ale K . en for support." I "I don'l waul to bd that statement en unehAlUuio -1." S, nator Hupps ml, r- ; rupted. "Vii'i s.ml tt.is moinne ou wete i nt familiar witii vate scabs in the in- tin st r ." I V i tn pa t rich said the unions involved in the strike had all the data. Senators) asked what wanes were beim; paid to or- ( j Kam.'rs by the unions. Th' se were $s la day, the wdiu-ss said, with '. dally for j expenses. His own salary, he said, was a week. t 1 'Van ou tell something about profits, of the suel eorpvra ; ion ."' tikeil Senator ' I Ken on. J l "Tto-y were lakux ihwn a mil 'on do.- lars a !a all ;hrou;h ttie war," t-'Hpat- ' I rick said. j Senator K.-uyon took the w:in--ss j hand to sum up. arid Kttrpa t rmk. ai..-w,-- 1 1 ir r tus ijue"tiou. .ud tnat th.e "on y t F'"N!iel-is m the s'.-el tr.ke are the olft- i rials of the mill tow nv" Senator Ken- o:i r-ol some .-hort ex.r.uts from a boyk J j l-y Wiil'.un. h'os'er, now se.-retary ot (tie federal committee conductnm the I strike, in which patriotism was stamped as a df ice tor sepa rat i m; workers I rom t-.tch oilier, and s ndicahsm praised. j Defends Foster. 1 ! "T!e had to Co to the uravevard to eet i t: al." Fitpa'rmk said s.-ornfu l. "Thai 1 was ten e.' i - :u;o he wrote that when he was a bo. lb'"s i;ot ins teet (n ttu t; round j.now. ami thinks a man's t horn; h t . ' i "lon't ou thit k there is a ttind par-y j at interest in t!ie.-e strikes, the putP.c'."'j 1 Senator Kamyon asked. "Yes, and we went to ttie president and ! laid our case belore turn be auo he rep- t i resents ttu- put. lie." Fiti'.patrick said, r t'oncludit c, he a-ked ttie commutee to i "help us tet the wo: Kefs' citizenship 1 ; r.nhtjj returned in I'etir.sylvania." ! "uii' 1 not have much time to act." lie : paid. "ilod knows ui:ei tins t hi r.i: is i noiiit; to end or what will happen if they ke.-p o:i trampliu.i; on women and ch;!- j j olreu. ami beatu.t; men's heads ult." i ALLEGED SNIPER ! SLAIN BY TROOPS j AT FARRELL, PA. ! Says Gary Refused. j "They received an answer statin? that I the corporation would not meet the- rep-I rep-I rc"eiit.u:u- of labor." said Ya zpatnek. After t1',' steel si t i:at 'on. had been d:s- cussed at tee June convention of th American Federatmn of Labor. Freidetit i".ompers wrote airman v'.ary, Fitvi,t-I Fitvi,t-I nek said, a hlm-r. "That letter was innor-vl. fVbsoUitel. There was no r,ply." I li i',i:i'.:!i.r,:,i; the st-el vork-rs' o'tan- ! hratior. Fl tr n 1 1 nek s;.!. the in. n o--w-Irers were "jailed and opposed m everv possible way." Finally, on July IbV he said, the twenty -four Ft eel unions" representatives rep-resentatives decided to take a strike vote of the men. "The orcanl.-a-!on responded unanl- rc.onslv." the Witness continued. "P:d oj h.ave th.e lota! nun. her of men ' who rtol on the st-ike"" asked Senator Wol -oft. I Vino-" rat. pe 'aware. N,"o. each ntion ot its own fit; tires and' rerorf d whatever per cent had oted for the strike. Th.e average of the twen-tv--n :r iT'iVis was 9- ner cent." Fitpatri k a:d on-'it'th of the men !n ' e steel industry were in the union when I the vote was taken, bnt added that "when I i 'e workers saw hone. ;OjV nior( joined." j Says 340,000 Join. i -k- 1 as to the number now affiliated, j I e --iid ;t '." -o had joined the strike. "We a ithonze.i a committee to ap-I ap-I rc-oa h J nice t'.ary and net a eonference." o..4., -,. sent word askh.t: to be excused ex-cused from a personal interview, savm-we savm-we colli submit unr pronf In wnt'.nu. v (llu so. and not a letter from him I sav'ni: that he dl-1 not consider us to bo rtm-esn'.a':ves ,,f the men," "If Judite liary had cons-nted to this confe-en-'e would this strike have been o-.'Vd"" asked Senator Kenvou. "No." K'.Upturlck r'-s; omU d. "T' Jufi-'e 1a:y co:is-?nts ltow, v,..; tie " ""v'.-s" "ithev are jrolmr on V--w. in n.y ! cpl! don. until they -ot justice." t th;s time, had the presidents m-d--stria! canrorenre been called ?" 'o 't r.ti 1 not." ' We d l e interested in ravin? you tell -a i i ii iv ivuu.-iUHi, i i: e oj osu I Oil IS simply sim-ply unimaginable. Two men ean't talk on the street. In I'lurton. 1 in.piesne and Homestead, a'athoi it .. s are dcn i m; ah riKhts to llie nun. Trent, ers ride ,nto ttie houses a ud I ra m p'e our men . " At South I'hlcao. liahat.a llarbur. hiry and oth'-r w eterrt st. el ma mi i o t u i In ? j plants, lie said. "u'H : nio w has l-.-e-t stiu-k because the men are uo; li." ra-il by the authorities " "We feel 'hat this sti'ke is neoes-ary to sustain ttie uuihority of the pre.-'.dent of ttie I'mted St.t-s." th : Jii.it im k said. "He ukod for r otmtt-rei.ee and th- ta.i.I of a com p.i !. y w h icti was m a i n t a i n i -k a :i armed force tn the Tinted States re:',:ei. So t;.e men In t'ne mill- s iw it was i.eees-sar i.eees-sar to sustain the president's piestme "As your siory stands. t::e otily reas m I you called '.his strike was tha; Mr. ij iry refused a conierence." Svii.tioi' Joies, I'ernot-rat, New Mexico, said, "and when ou ca letl the strike you called it ill a'l plants, whether t!i steel corporation owned t. em or not." I Struck Anywhere. "We struck wherever we were ortpan-i ortpan-i ized." F;lznatr;cK replied, "witcoul re-j re-j nard to the name on the door." "Vou've stressed the respect for the president's requests w hien ou sanl you I hold." said Senator I'hipps. "Why d-d not I you comply wuta his re. pa, st for delay un- til the in instrial conference convened I here ."' I "We told h'-in why we conld not.' Fi;z-j Fi;z-j patrick I'epiiott. Fitzpatrick told th.e committee tie was I a horse shoer oy t:uie. Senator 1'lupps ' cjiiestioned him reartim? h.s knowletiire lot the steel industry. Fit z; a I rick said lie t hail had no e;vr;em'e in t'r.e mill. ' "Are you familiar with the scales of wages'.'" aked Senator I'hipps. "No," the witness replied. "Ik) you know tue rates of pay; what rol. ers. helpers, hookers or o: her c'asses of workmen receive on the average?" "No." "lo Oii know th.e rates paid ordinary i riay labor?" "No. In th.e Chicago district it is as , low as ti' cents an hour." "Is that loss than p i:d ot her unskilled I labor in that district j "Oh. my. y, s. 1 p'ir.k .to." "lo y.''.i mean to say that ordmary un-' un-' '-ille.l In'iKii- in the Th1. -ai:o (l:tr'cf .-ere FA K KKl.l,, l'a.. Sept. -hV Vtem.dna-tion Vtem.dna-tion of the local authorities to stop the i practiy'O of shootin? at ttie mills h.ero re- suited todav in the kihin'4 of a man sus- . pet-ted of heim; one of t. e snipers by a member of th state police. Ttie man was Nick iho-.m or ilrata. He was em- j pa.yed m t.ie S:i.uin steel 1kxi plant until un-til "the steei strike be-.;an. His trotht r i Pan was in.c ued by a gullet and nnoth.erj mm was badly bat r ere,l by a state po-li'-emen for rcs:s:mu arrest. Sniping at the American Steel and Wire plan: has been indulged in ever since the strike started. It continued this mornim; adn empioees of the .-oir.-viin- and state policemen located where the firms: was eomin? from by means of a sur eyor's j i : ansit. A suu.nl o: four crack shots , amoni; the state troopers advanced toward the house and arrested a maul w ho came runumi; from the place. i W-resiste W-resiste I an.d was : eaten into suhmiss, on. it is a. lout d. Whale beini; ted away, u is saitl. some one i tin- hui.-i1 fi:ed u-on the trttope: s lb-p rts h.. ler as to what teen oct'urred, line 'ers:ou had it that irata tame out with one hand oehiml j CHICAGO DISTRICT ' STRIKERS REPORTED RETURNING TO WORK . rilkWIO, Sept. Pespite the do- 1 l nials of union labor leaders, i.'c.e ap- ' i peared ti tn a steady in .-rease in actt- j ity at a number of th,- steel plants in the' i Chicago distr.tt today, and untUhicia: re- ' j ports Indicate,! t j-.a no era! t ho a sand ; strikers l.ad returtied to work. Tim union ' pickeis at several plants were more ac- ' other was thai he w.is scot while watch- In; (he troopers from around a corner of ' the house. Seeral shots were fired, one kidm him and another hunuy, h.s I 1 This "u:ter-aur. strikers held a meeting j ; in the horo'mh. but it soon subsided t I erins; of crowds. ' j Tuis -Uhernoon strike-s ! eld a meetn? over the Vhio ;-;ate line about taree miles from Farreih Mass tnei-ihus arc ' , forbidden :.i Farrel'. , ,,, -w'-.v VOU cou -in l J osu'ooo i a- u..rii -(fter that'.'" cuntln-.ieti Sonator Ken- 0"The date h.ad b-en s.-t." Fitnatrick aid. "It" ':,'t'1 '-ted. we wotild have been shot to pieces " . ,n.. . , "hat do r on mean by that. asked Senator' Smith, p.-moemt. Gt-orcia. 'l kinds of intimidations. t:iroui;.i the V'siT'ess men." Kltvinatrick said. "M"en ,',;!' jn. eho'ce of tearinc up their union ca'-d's or nu'flmr their Jobs. Shot like Kanuie Seller--1, one of our organizers at lira -ker.r:d-.c Pa.' Produces Photograph. preps-'d for an e vpla na t Ion. Pitapatri-h Introduced a photos raph of a dead woman. M .... "S"o -pi.ke at one of our meetings, he Bft'.i ' '"When the Simmon siiot an old man she tried to n-rote-'t some children w'th he'- skirts; then tae order was Kven j paid niore than -to cents'.'" j ! Has Seen the Mills. I , . , 1 "Ph. yes, i 1 "Have you visited the steel plants per- j souallv and ;u tually seen rise conditions ' under" hi-.-h the men work and learned . ' the character of this wm-kV" 1 ' "Oh. no. None of our organizers can . jet in tee mills. We -isit th.e me:i at ! their homes or ;t meetings outside." i "Then your testimony of actual work-in; work-in; conditions and oJ waues is based on j hearsay?" i "U's general intormatlon, published j evervwhere." , "Yon have stated. Senator rhipnsl continued, "that the men receive a 'mere nit'anee' of wastes what a pauper would . receive. IH you think that Is a fair statement of t-m situation, from what you have been tehl"" ; Yes 1 think so. The way I reach t int fouoh'smn is that there Is a twelve-hour d i v Itome lir'e is destroyed. I: is rot! I a o -es-'O'i of money. We don t want the,1 moncv. What we want ts happiness and j wo can" t uet Rappiness witn the twelve- h"Vh' "it per cent of the men work the j twelve-hour shift?" Senator I'hipps : U"That is the basis of operation in the . tive than on ptowous .;as, ,n th.eie was no disorder except at WauUeuan. wheu seven sinkers were arrested lor making threats and one employee of p:U. Am.M iciui Steel A: Wire company , was severe. y beaten. At the Illinois Steel company plants m South rhioa.Lto it was re; orted i.ial atvut 4nni nun ware at work and that s blast furnaces, a slab mi1! and a plate mill were in operation. Offiehils denied a report re-port that iH'ii'O strikebreakers had been employ ed. Th.ev dec'are t h.at t ;it y are operatmi witn neariv a'. per cent o; their normal force and thai every man at work is an old employee. At th.e ihiry. liai.. maiU of tim puited Slates Steel corpt'ra t itn, it w as ivaoiied that a slab mill and fi e baiienes tf coke ovens were in operation and that a rail mill would soon be put in service. It is said that between left and ;:Hi' strikers have returned and that t'ne working work-ing force aitttrostates about 4c0ih Other plants at Oary reported to be opera tins; witii a reduced force w ,-re ; he American thhtiae company and ttie American Amer-ican sheet ,; 'Phi I'lale company. At Indiana Harbor. Imi.. ,'an.i employees of the inland Steel company announced their willim-.ness to relurn to work as scon as adeuuate protection is provided, ami the mayor and sheriff saitl that means would be found to protect ad men who desired to so back to work. Officials at all the plant in th'-s d:s-tri.'t d:s-tri.'t attempt in i; to operate re tun-ted that the strikers wort1 re. arnim: in small groups and thar th.e scope of their activity activ-ity was gradually bein?; enlar.ttett. CLAIMS CONFLICT j 1 AS TO CONDITIONS I ABOUT p:ttsburg ; IMTTSIU' Klh Sept, h.V -Pevelopments j in th.e stool workers" stiike in the Ihtts-j : bu-i; d:s;-;et todav were - ew. lioth sides i . maintain, d their firm position and neither' , made any claims ,if ci-'iu quills, j Steel companies eominued lo S;iv, as they have done since the secoml dav of" the strike, that there is a steady return j of workmen. No cla.ms were made that MAHONING VALLEY MEN TO DISCUSS RETURN TO WORK YOrN'dSTOWN, Ohio. ."-e-H. L'a. -Whai appears to tie the first move in an effort to briii a'aoat resunu'tion of o era t ions in th.e on; steel plants of t!:o Ma i, n n hi','ey, w h,e"e -It.-.'-O men ate out of work, w .11 tie made tomorrow, when a nuu-bor o! meetnms are sehodu'e ! to l-o i ehl b se'uislihhvt ami unskilled laborers to con-sale- action n re t :'ii m; to work. At strike hi j do. ua ' ; s it is ,i e-'hi ft i th.at the mam,; fa cl ur. rs are ba d; of the movement and thai the unions ' m. e ah-solute'v ah-solute'v :u connectiou with. them. im the other bar.d, th- mama: act urer-s declaim de-claim any i es; 'Ons 1 1 ty for or k no w (a i - 0 of tho (iiamosed iiu'.'Hiii;, insisting t'-.n ;f suv-aN'.ectmi;s are planned tl e men themselves them-selves did the planning. FIRST BREAK IN BIG ! i STRUGGLE REPORTED; ! (Continued from Fage Tree.) J rated the house when e the shots came : and the kn.tnc :'o.v.ej. j A march, of strikers and s y n ; p t ' v. r. e r s ; fr :n I'-onora to Moni-ssen was prevented : today hy state poh v. Strike leaders re- ce.yed :r forme. : :c;i that the : rooters used; violent methods in hreak.ne up tr.e n:arch. j hut this was dented by kvai authorities' at Icnora anl Moiii ssen, ho said the strikers dispersed wit' out d - s o r d ; r . Ma., or n. V. Babeoek. :n rt-spone to an i n o u ; ry t o n : c h ; . z a e o t t h e 1 o o w ; -. c statement s.m;ri::c th.e strike s.tua- i tion in the Ihttshure district: j "1 ani glad ;o report th.it good order I I ha. been maintained in th.e city and ' vicinity throughout the who e week. On'.y sic'i; disturhar.ee have occurred. Ore. ii: . is due to the men themselves for he'.pm.c ; to keen peace and order. I '"Based upon rejiah'.e information re- ; reived dahy, it is my opinion thai an an- : prec. able number of men are returning to t h e i r post s w i : h few. if a r y . a d d : t io n-a". men ;ea:ug their work. This anph.es not1 onlv to the city of Fittsrvurc, but to aii , 1 Aheg-'neny count?". Near'y a'd plants are 1 j running and. as far as the pub'ie is con-j j cerned. titere is :ii evidence of lah-or trou-i trou-i b!e noticeable. The eity is moving; fi'.ong" . in its normal condition." I late todav the strikers" national com-j com-j mittee received the answer of the Beth- j 'ehem Steei company, to whom an u'ti- i i malum had been sent by th.e committee j giving the company until 4 p. m. today to i make an Answer or a strike would Ve j ; oh hod against its p-'ants Monday. A sun- I I co-mnittee of the national committee met j torn?: it to oensirier the answer. National strike headquarters were Quiet 1 t h.rouchout the c.iy. Mr. Foster spent the greater part o: the c.&y preparins: to extend the unions fi.cht for the right of free speech ano free as-senih'flce as-senih'flce at McKee sport, C'.airton and Duo.uesne. Arrarrements were made to i hold a mass meetir.c of strikers in a min-j min-j in?: town two miles out of Clairton. in de- fiance of the sheriff's proclamation for- h-cidinc- such iratherir.es. Mother Jones I j will speak. The date for the meeting was ; kept secret. The activities of th.e state police in this j district were closely watched all day cy j union representatives. Mr. Foster asked j h : s n i e n to forward affidavits r e c s r d i n c j the state troopers' artior.s at Parrel 1 and j Monessen today to the Pittshursr office, j These will be forwarded to the senate j committee investigating the strike. Fho-I Fho-I toeraph.s are also to be obtained as evi-i evi-i dence. The action of the s t a t e t r o o p e rs i r. ! break in c up the strike meetir.c at Mer.es-; Mer.es-; sen and Iorora has extended the ficht of the unions for "constitutional rights'' to I I these places, Mr. Foster said. I |