Show K CLAI MS MORE SEVEN DEAD SCORES INJURED IN GREAT S LABOR COr La Labor bor Leaders Meet to Consider Extension of Walkout Conflicting Statements Are Factions N S. S I Given Out by Opposing S S The Record to Date At F Farrell Four Farrell F Four our killed scores score injured At Pittsburg One Pittsburg One killed several wounded I At Newcastle One Newcastle One killed twelve injured S At Buffalo One Buffalo One killed four wounded S At Cleveland Cleveland Four Four wounded two probably fatally At Indiana Harbor Harbor Eight Eight men injured Sept 24 Interest Interest in the nationwide steel strike 1 P which has been in progress since last Monday centered today In the meeting here of the national committee for organizing iron ironI I and steel workers Those in close touch with the strike are arc of or orthe the opinion that the session called by William Z Foster secretary secretary- treasurer of of the committee will bring out facts relating to the walkout of thousands of workers who heeded the call of their leaders i Mr Foster declared that the committee will not consider I peace plans but will wiH discuss discus's the advisability of extending the I strike to include seamen on Great lakes takes carrier vessels and union trainmen According Acc to the secretary the union for a long struggle struggle gle and ho ho- declare declaI the w workers wilt will fg t to he en J.- J. t t RIVAL CLAIMS 1 The strike situation b m tie the Pitts Pitts- Pittsburg burg district remains p practically ny unchanged unchanged un un- unchanged un- un changed with employers and nd union anion leaders issuing conflicting statements as to the number of ot men Involved Inthe in inthe inthe the walkout The union men declare that thousands thou thou- thousands sands of ot workers are arc Joining the ranks of ot the strikers dally daily and that scores of ot mills have been crippled Employers say they are aro pleased with present con eon conditions conditions which it is announced by a representative of ot the Carnegie Steel company are improving and Sod i aging s MANY DISORDERS Disorders Incident to the strike continued eon eon- in the Pittsburg district last night The most serious outbreak oc occurred occurred occurred oc- oc at Farrell Pa where two men were killed during a clash between strikers and their sympathizers and state Mate troopers In the disorders of ot Monday and Tuesday at I Farrell Newcastle Newcastle New New- e.- e. castle and other points four persons persona have been killed more than a score shot man many others have hae been slightly wounded and hundreds of or arrests arresta have ha been made The rioting started when Paul Ko- Ko 2 25 a workman was attacked b by ly a dozen or more men while on his bill way to tl the tle e plant of oC the American Steel and Wire Ire com company pan Special Policeman Policeman Police Police- I man Samuel Carter a a. negro went to I rescue Bv By this time they were surrounded by b a mob of ot several severa I hundred persons S SEEK SHELTER f S The two men sought shelter sheller liCa butcher shop hop The Tho crowd i Ja is alleged 16 have attempted to enter entel the of ot shots shot Joseph and fired a a number S. S 21 21 t said b by the police to b ba ba he hea a striker r. r fell f with bullet a wound In inthe tho the abdomen He H wa Ws wa trampled by the themen themen themen men an as the they rushed Into the shop The windows of or the place ilce were chattered shattered chat shat with clubs and bricks and moats moab were str strewn n about the floor loor Carter I and I cornered fought for fOl I Ith th their lr lives and were about exhausted when police came to their rescue Mounted police pollee and special officers dispersed the crowd Three arrests were made TWO MEN WERE KILLED Two T men inca were killed and two others were wounded in another enother clash between state police and strikers and their sympathizers sympathizer at lo Farrell rrell The trouble started when a crowd crowd congregated congregated at I Staunton and Gr Greenfield streets street agul d refused to disperse When hen the troop troopers era ers charged the crowd they were fIr upon it IK II alleged Tb Th Th mounted officers officers cers turned returned the fire tire killing two m mec eye ec witnesses said sid J Fatal Riot RiotAt I At Buffalo S By Associated Press BUFFALO DUFFALO N. N Y Sept One 24 24 One man was killed and four tour persons one of bt them a a. year old boy were wounded wound wound- ed when plant guards fired with shotguns shotguns shotguns shot shot- guns on a crowd of ot strikers and strike who had congregated near one of oC the gates of ot the Lackawanna Lacka- Lacka wanna Steel Shel company's compan compans s 's plants late lato yesterday afternoon City policemen restored d order after the shooting but the tilt strikers are in I an ugly mood according to reports to th the pollee police and further trouble is II expected before morning Culmer Casimer Mazurek 24 years ear old shot through t the e head died In an I lance tance ance on the way to the hospital Mazurek Mn- Mn was tas a striker He lie had be been Continued on page 10 I S S MUCH 1 MARKS MARK DH h i f STRIKE STRIKErs 1 1 J and Ur Union Men Jen Employers rs Loth t Both Claim Gai Gains s int in S. S t r Contest l P. I 1 t tt from page 1 1 1 If r king at the steel plant for about Months since his return from nee Moe oe where he served with the Seco Sec- Sec o x w Buczkowski another striker shot ahot through the right temple and die iC I l b Will vm ft t C the e they other injured two are nd nfl one onea a year old bo boy boj They i potty only slightly wounded 1 t was was the second one of the theo then o n About 5 JO 0 o'clock steel steels s k tg guards clashed with the crowd Y r 11 hots were fired by he guards I no nO one one was hit Ut M May Import r y 7 fH fJ 0 Strikebreakers r J Press Press f Ij By Associated CHICAGO Sept 24 The 24 The third day dayt t ti v tet i of t the strike in the steel industry t t. t ou d rumors of the importation of the Chicago district district district dis- dis 4 strike breakers into v and reports that some some of the mills idle since Monday Monda contemplated f resuming operations by pooling workmen work- work neon mon who had remained loyal 3 3 The only rioting I in this district since Inception of or the strike occurred at ath ath h hi Harbor Ind last night w when hen lI 11 strIkers outside the coke plant of the tl th lark ark Manufacturing company at- at say ked about twenty-five twenty men as they vron work v ta T MEN BEATEN beta beff r ht or ten mel mere merl were badly beaten th thi die el e taken to on an emergency hos- hos ort rt tit 1 in i after Indian Harbor police to lowness es fd d the fighting A number of Th were fired at the thc Police but none lt it A negro striker who carried ber cco arrested fort was and ami fO not vea iron steamers carrying carrying were dea dehr a f an r Iron ore today were tied up InI in I little UC r g gi tel ter harbor at South Chicago by bea of the e crews to dock the 2 2 rials ls Chicago officials of the sea sea- sea sea- seas c can s union said their men had voted strike ike in sympathy with the steel steel- ft ien en Implants Plants Closed Close I At Steubenville By Associated Press STEUBENVILLE STEUBEN O o. Sept 23 The 23 The Steel strike situation hero today was Unchanged with the La Belle iron ironworks ironworks t works and Steubenville plant of the Steel company compan closed closed r Il Plants Closed Closed Down By By Associated Press Pres s. s YOUNGSTOWN 0 O Sept 24 r hios hio's greatest steel center the idal ida Ma- lat l t valley with the city of Youngs- Youngs t as as' as its axis is completely par- par today The steel strike which 1 s vegan egan last Monday morning has reul ic- ic ul tilled in the closing of e every erY ery mill in 1 js Valley volley four Forty-four thousand p r men meno to o Idle lda and nd weekly wages aggregating t fl are unearned ned and unpaid W T Throughout the valley valle the same i which marked the walkr walk- walk r i. e ti t Q of the first firt men Monday l conI con- con I 4 t A k-An k A An 1 a aerial patrol of the Youngstown n rike r ke district t was established today s i by y the Youngstown police department f Tile Youngstown Aviation club profI prof prof- I r red i d the use us of ja JJ a machine which has hasen been en accepted Captain Deeds of or the toyal Ojal Flying corps Canadian will willot fi ot the m machine Aerial photographs W 11 l be taken of activities abo about t the theft theS 1 ft 4 S plants and turned turned over over to the poCo po- po Co ee department Afi rF ur Hurt in t. t t Stabbing Affray fx Oy Ry Associated Press t kh CLEVELAND Sept 24 Four Four men c rt ere stabbed two probably fatally rr d two others w were re badly beaten near nar the entrance of the American Steel and I Newburg plant this morning In the first serious local disorder disorder disorder dis dis- dis- dis order of the steel strike The trouble broke out when a streetcar stopped near the plant to let ot off men bound for work at the mills 0 Warning Given By Steel Company By AlISo Associated Press INDIANA HARBOR Ind Sept 24 Officials Officials of the Inland Steel company company company com com- pany sent an ultimatum to their striking striking striking ing today toda that unless they returned to work within two days the company will shut down the plant for six months The company company's s furnaces are said to have cost 2000 each and the ex expense expense ex- ex pense of starting a fire in a furnace after it has beer drawn is set by company company com com- pany piny officials at Union labor leaders said they would ignore the warning I Cleveland Mayor Bars Strikebreakers By fay Associated Press CLEVELAND c Sept 24 Mayor Major Harr Harry L L. Davis is aroused by reports of disorders issued instructions to police that no strike breakers be permitted to enter the city and that all suspicious persons be turned back Fifty nine Fifty nine men who police said were brought here from Detroit to work in a Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land steel mill were on their way back to Detroit today Police are invest investigating investigating I gating reports that negroes were being bem be- be m ing imported from the South to work I be-I in the mills I Pueblo Plant Remains Closed PUEBLO Colo Sept 24 There 24 There was no change in the steel strike situation here today The local plant of or the Colorado Fuel and Iron company ic remained re- re closed re-I re Six SK hundred of the Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado aC Wyoming railroad which owns terminals at Sunrise Wyo and Pueblo Colo serving the Colorado I Fuel uel and andIron andIron andIron Iron company's iron mines and steel plant are out of work worl as a result of the as the company is making no shipments Woman Dies Of Injuries By Associated Press NEW NE' CASTLE Pa Sept 24 Mrs Mrs Sophia Johnston who was shot in a astrike astrike strike riot here last night died in a hospital last night Twelve other persons persons persons per per- I sons who were injured In the rioting noting are aie expected to recover Mrs Johnston John John- I. I ston stop was the wife wite of a striker She leaves two adult children t Rival o Claims Claim I Io At Birmingham i. i By Associated Press I I BIR BIRMINGHAM Ala Sept 24 Steel Steel corporation officials in m the Birmingham Birmingham ham district declared today that the I I strike was broken and that most of the he men who went out here were ready to return while strike leaders asserted assert assert- ed that thc the fight has just com commenced Many Arrests Made at Pittsburg PITTSBURG Sept ept 24 Scores of arrests were made made In in of I Ithe the steel mills in tote the Pittsburg district today of persons for alleged violations of or city ordinances Twenty foreigners were arrested and fined on charges chargE's of Interfering with men on their way to work Laura Miller lilIer has filed suit for divorce di- di di divorce vorce against Samuel D D. Miller charring charging charging charr- charr I di-I ing nonsupport and cruelty A A. R RI Pass asks for divorce orce from Pearl Pass on ground of or desertion Millie 1 Adams Odell asks divorce from William Villiam G G. I Odell on grounds of nonsupport Lucite Luclle Lu- Lu LU-I LU cUe cite Marsh was given an Interlocutory decree from O O. H. H Marsh on grounds I I of desertion j |