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Show ttliiS ioLE IH"" STEEL ILL SHE tPREADS TO TWENTY STATES AND AFFECTS HALF A MILLION MIL-LION WORKERS. Indications Are That Country Faces a Struggle Between Workers and the Steel Corporation Which May Prove Long and Bitter. 1'il Ishury. At tin' end of the opening open-ing day of economic war between organized or-ganized labor anil the scaler part of the iron and steel industry of the country, both sides rested Monday nif-'lil, apparently satisfied with the reports received from the far-I'Miiij; haillo reaching; into twenty slates and affecting directly or indirect ly half a million workers. After the first test of strength, in-ilusirial in-ilusirial leaders anil commanders of labor's legions were willing to admit llial they faced a struggle which might prove long and bit ter. (.run evidence o! preparations made lor the industrial conflict were seen in the armed guards surrounding tin? mills, but the first day of the strike ended with no signs of serious disorder disor-der except in New Caslle, l'a., where seven persons were shol in rioting following fol-lowing an alleged attempt to prevent workers from entering a plant. From slrike headquarters in Bills-burg Bills-burg came claims that 2N4.000 men bad taken their places In the ranks of the strikers, but although no statement was fori hcoming from the steel corporation's cor-poration's headquarters in New York, company officials in the zone of ac- y tion hastened to challenge the estimate esti-mate of labor leaders. The sleel corporation, against which the main offensive is direeled, is able to operate most of its plants in the I'illsbiirg district, according to company com-pany officials. i In the Chicago steel center some of the larger plants were forced to close down, but others oper- ated on a reduced scale. The men are striking for recognition recogni-tion of the union, better working conditions, con-ditions, higher wages, shorter hours and one day's rest in seven. J. P. Morgan, in a cablegram from London to Judge E. H. Gary, chair man of I he United States Steel cor- poratiou, heartily approves of his open slioj) policy and urges the steel corporation to be firm in its attitude. One man was killed, two state troopers troop-ers were shot and mnny other persons less seriously injured in an outbreak at Farrell, Monday night. The fight occurred near the American Ameri-can Steel & Wire plunt, when, it is said, members of a crowd threw bricks and other missiles at local officers. |