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Show GIGANTIC STRIKE OF BRH)fiEMORKERSM n INVOLVE 400,000 MEN NEW TORK, April 3. "If Mr. Morgan -wants to take a hand I believe he Is the only man on earth who can, at this acute stage, prevent the greatest striite in history.' Our employers have resisted the stand ve have taken by ignoring us altogether, " They, have organized to oppose us on every hand." J Thus spoke President . Frank Buchanan of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers today. ' " ' : . . ' - . "There are 6000 of jus out now," he continued, "in a strike against the AmeTt-, can Bridge company, a' part of the steel trust. Something must happen within a very few days or these will be 400,000 of us on strike, and In a fight which will without question be the final test of labor organization In "the world," and we will win. , t ' , ... J . c;.. , .-. '. . i ' ' "We have sent a communication to President Roosevelt to exercise his power. I am in New York for a few days, 'and. during my stay something must take place that will either bring peace or war. "We will wait ho longer." ' . Senator Mark A. Hanna. has jumped into the breach, it is 'understood, and the Question is now up to some of the highest officials of the United States Steel corporation, cor-poration, of which the American Bridge company is a subsidiary corporation. |