Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-09-12 | Page 15 | Steel Workers are Asked to Strike

STEEL WORKERS ARE ASKED TO STRIKE PITTSBURG, Pa., Sopt. 11. Iron, steel and blast furnace workers of the United States, not working- under union apree-ment. apree-ment. ar requested not to ko to work September 22. in an appeal issued here tonipht by William Z. Foster, secretary -treasurer of the American Federation of Labor national committee for organizing Iron and steel workers. The appeal, translated Into seven different dif-ferent languages, and addressed not only to the United States Steel corporation employees, but to workers of independent companies, will be sent immediately to the 300.000 employees of the various concerns. The statement, signed by the national ' committee, was issued shortly after rhe . arrival here from Washington of D. J. j Davis, Edward J. Evans and William ; Hannan, three of the six members of the j strike committee, of which John Fitz-patrlck Fitz-patrlck and Samuel Gompers are members. WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. Plana for the strike of union workers In the steel Industry, In-dustry, called for September 22, will he discussed at a meeting- of union officials to be held in Pittsburg- next week, probably prob-ably Wednesday. John Fitzpatrick of Chicago was quoted today by the department of labor officials with whom he conferred, as saying that the strtke would take place on the date set, and that union officials did not expect ex-pect anything to happen which would change their decision.