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Show Seme to RULE i Foreigners Boast of Plans and Make Dire Threats. MORE MEN RETURN Labor Leaders Reduce Estimate of Workers Still Out. WASHINGTON. Oet 4. Activities of union organisers in steel districts before the present strike was ealled had "all the elements of a conspiracy," conspir-acy," T. J. Davie.', a New Castle. Pa., tin worker told the senate committee investigai ins the strike today Foreign For-eign workmen in some cases, he said, expect it to result in soviet operation of the mills. "Their mn movd mvsl eriouslv around the plant," declared Davies, who said he represented the sentiment of 5,000 tin workers. These foreigners, foreign-ers, when we a-ked them, explained tbey were going to get 'the closed shop. " 'President Wilson, President Gom-pers.' Gom-pers.' they all say are with us. Yo.i Americans can't work here afterward Nothing but union mn. ' "'We'll get the check-off svstem.' thej said. And collect all the union dues.' "Some of them explained to no-: 'We won't Jieed bosses after this; commit' tees will run mills.' " Davies said some workers were intimidated in-timidated hecause 'they are told th-ir houses would be blown up and iheir wives killed " When the strike was called, Da ies said he and other workmen who sought to get into the mills at New Castle were attacked by picke'.s at i K A Thcv whipped the city police, 1 h v whipped the count) police," Davies said. ' and whipped men trying to go to work. There were 500 foreigners I around the mill gates, mi until re (turned soldiers took charge of th- situation sit-uation there was a continuous fight" Davies said his own earning u.t' $17 a day as a roller. He added hat he was a Y. M. C. A. worker In France during the war. Davies told the committee that when mill employes hi I grievances they could appeal to th.- foreman .nd if dissatisfied could go to the superintendent superin-tendent "I don't know of any labor union which has anything to offer us. ' Iji vies said "Most of us have been members mem-bers of unions "A union man is in danger of be-inc be-inc called out whenever nny agitator gets inflamed with Bolshevism, and has no redress acrainst it " Chairman Kenyon .isked him if he'd seen any evidence of Golshevisni in the strike "You've developed the doctrine amonc them riirht hcr " hr aid "This talk about committees, the ter rorism and intimidation, the condition at New Castle after thcv- licked the police The wronp education. th. in naming of these men. is Bolshev m at th crest" "Don't you think the managers, the steel employers, have some responst bility in the situation'"' asked Senator Kenyon. "Sure they have." was the reply,! "and the government should Join 1 with them, get the men out of th' country' shoot them if necessary." Davies discussed the union lenders "They won't ficht back the rabid 1 element or the mob spirit." he assert-j ed. "for fear of losing their jobs." More Strikers Return. CHICAGO, Oct. 4 More strikers returned re-turned to work at the steel mills in the Chicago district today, but most t of them were laborers and the numhci was not as large as on a fpw previous days The force of union pickets wat materially increased at several poin's. but no disturbances wr-re reported Greater pro'ection was afforded workers work-ers at Indiana Harbor. Ind , and in th South f'hicago district by the swearing swear-ing in of hundreds of special polio and deputy sheriffs. At Gary, Ind , it was reported that there was a surplus of laborers in fhf Indiana Steel company's plant and a L'roat scarcity of skilled workmen As a result of this condition it was said that while the force equalled 50 perl rent of the normal number, the production pro-duction did not exceed 25 per cent of the plant capacity, The American Sheet and Tin Plate companv plan' was said to have 75 per cent of Its normal force at work and to be turning turn-ing out about 50 per cent of its production pro-duction capacitv A larv it was i aid several hundred skilled workmen had left the city to work as section hands on Indiana and ' hio railroads at 40 cent- an hour Thej former! earned ?io or more a day in the steel mills At Indiana Harbor. Ind . additional strikers were reported to have returned re-turned to work at the plants of the Inland In-land Steel company and the Mark Manufacturing companv p,oth plants are said to be running at about Go per cent capacit . Leaders Reduce Estimates. BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 4. Labor leader oday reduced the estimate of employes of th" Bethlehem Steel companv com-panv affected by ihe strike from K5 per cent to 7 pr : cent, but announced ' lhat they were well satisfied with th Situation. I bmpany officials maintain that all shops are working with virtually vir-tually 1 On por cent production. no |