Real Cause of Big Steel Workers Strike Report
The outstanding cause is company refusal to recognize union demands on right of organizing hours wages and work conditions. About 26,810 workers in 1918 across 135 plants in Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Indiana Minnesota West Virginia Colorado and Alabama. Wages range from 3.50 to 6 for unskilled, steel helpers 7 to 70 80. Companies listed include United States Steel Corp and subsidiaries Carnegie Steel 82 plants American Steel and Wire 35 American Bridge 14 American Sheet and Tin Plate 26.
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Aining
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
West Virginia
Colorado
Alabama
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
American Steel and Wire Company
American Bridge Company
The
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Striking Mill Workers Claim Upper Hand in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh reports a large steel strike still early in effect with leaders claiming 90 percent of workers out while companies say only 15 to 25 percent joined. Carnegie plant notes most American workers at work and mills largely operating, with some blast furnaces closed. Cone company stands as state’s largest with subsidiaries.
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Pittsburg
William Fish
Steel Workers Committee
Allegheny
Carnegie’ Steel Company
Cone Company
Ninety Percent of Workers Out in Steel Strike
Pittsburg Sept 22 William Foster secretary of the steel workers national committee said at 9 o clock today the steel strike was ninety per cent effective. Police said a small portion of workers in Homestead Clairton Braddock and other centers had not reported for work. Foster cited 12000 men out at Homestead and predicted all nonparticipants would be out by morning. An extraordinary steel workers committee meeting chaired by John Fitzpatrick was called for Wednesday in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
William Foster
Steel Workers National Committee
Homestead
Clairton
Braddock
Foster
Steel Workers Committee
John Fitzpatrick
Strike May Tie Up Structural Work In St Paul
In St Paul on September 22 union leaders warned the steel strike could halt structural and building trades. David McKee said workers will refuse to handle scab material and may urge steel firms to quit if they cross picket lines. A council meeting will discuss the strike and its impact tonight.
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St. Paul
David McKee
Structural
Builders Trade Council
President Tours West as Campaign for League Treaty Moves East
Ard Twe Crees acnscendent aboard Wilsons today left the Pacific coast headed eastward on campaign for ratification of the League of Nations treaty. He was to speak at Reno and Sacramento, addressing crowds from the train platform. The president was pleased with western receptions, Seattle and Los Angeles being the most enthusiastic so far.
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Wilsons
Pacific Coast
Reno
Sacramento
Seattle
Los Angeles
Search for sunken Spanish liner Valbanera near Key West
Wrecking crews and divers set out to examine the sunken Spanish steamer Valbanera reported off Cuba. The vessel with 300 passengers and 150 crew is believed lost after leaving Havana during a storm. Wireless contact had been maintained with shore before the ship sailed again. Passengers and crew fate unknown, believed Spanish or Cuban.
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Key West
Florida
Valbanera
Cuba
Moro Castle
Havana
Northing
Assengers
Allied commanders issue ultimatum to evacuate Fiume port
Wireless dispatches quote Munich and Laibach reports that allied commanders have withdrawn warships from Fiume harbor and warned Gabriel D Annunzio to evacuate within 24 hours or face bombardment.
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London
Berlin
Munich
Laibach
Austria
Fiume
Gabriel D’annunzioi
First Violence in Steel Strike at Clairton Mass Meeting
Mounted state troops moved into a large outdoor gathering in Clairton to disperse striking steel workers. Troops fired after say they were shot at from a bush. no injuries reported. Responsibility for the shooting remains undetermined.
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Clairton
Fett
Minnesota Employees Fail to Strike in Iron Range
Duluth Sept. 22. Employees of Minnesota steel companies did not strike early today. It is expected the Iron Range district will be spared. Great Lakes seamen who voted to strike in sympathy were still at work this morning.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Minnesota Steel Companies
Iron Range
Great Lakes
Plant Shuts Down Today in Pueblo Steel Strike
Pueblo Colorado Sept 22 The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company announced the plant here employing 6000 men will close today due to the steel strike affecting operations and workers across the area.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Few Strike at Vandergrift Plant In Pennsylvanian Works
About 30 cents of the American Sheet and Tin Plate works were offered for work this morning, according to company officials. The men striking were mostly foreigners.
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Vandergrift Vandergrift
Penn
American Sheet and Tin Plate Works
Union reports no orders to join Atlanta steel strike
Atlanta, September 22. Twelve thousand employees of the Atlanta steel company reported for work as usual. The local union president said he had received no orders from the national headquarters for workers to join the strike.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta Steel Company
Large scale steel strike grips Cleveland area
Cleveland on September 22 sees about 19,000 workers already off strike with organizer H. W. Raisse predicting total strikers will reach between 25,000 and 28,000 before nightfall in the local steel district.
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Cleveland
H. W.raisse
Old Men Return to Work at Clinois Steel Plant
Chicago Sept 22 Only men of old age who are working for pensions returned to their jobs at the Clinois Steel company. In all the striking districts disorder has been reported. Extra state police guard the companies property in all districts.
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Chicago
Clinois, Steel Company
Lines Carried Troops From Russia Reach Orkney Shores
A liner with two thousand British troops from Russia went ashore in a storm off the Orkney Islands near Kirkwall Scotland. Assistance is being rushed to the scene. The troop ship was refloated today and suffered no damage. None of the soldiers were injured.
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Scotland
Kirkwall
Russia
Orkney Islands
President Wilson Arrives in Los Angeles After Train Stop
President Wilson reached Los Angeles after a late-night stay on his train, which had been placed on a side track at Delmar near San Diego. A large crowd gathered at the station but the president remained aboard the train for some time before leaving the railway area.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wilson
Delmar
San Diego
Australia ratifies treaty with France Britain United States
Melbourne Australia September 20 the national assembly ratified the peace treaty and the defensive alliance among France Great Britain and the United States by a viva voce vote as reported today
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Australia
Melborne
Australian National Assembly
France
Great Britain
United States
Threaten Organized Riots Stance Sparks Steel Labor Debate
In New York on September 20, Robin, general counsel of the steel workers union at Pittsburgh Ure, warned that organized capital must confront organized labor or risk organized riot, signaling a hardening stance in labor tensions. The remark frames a binary choice for industry leaders amid ongoing wage and labor friction.
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New York
Robin
Steel Workers
Pitts Ure
N E Barnhart Named District Superintendent for Friendless Society
The Society for the Friendless and the State Humane Society of North Dakota announce that Mr N E Barnhart has accepted the role of District Superintendent. Barnhart, a longtime state resident with religious publishing background, will lead northern districts with his wife and one son, who is a State U student. The family will move to Bismarck shortly.
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the Society For the Friendless
State Humane Society
North Dakota
N. EB. Barnhart
Society For
Pecans
Humane Nt. Ir
Barnhart
Bei Town
Ar. Barnhart
Bismarck
Langer Warns North Dakota Farmers Against Elevators
Attorney General Langer informs North Dakota farmers that old line elevators and independent buyers are using unfair competition to push them out of business. He has filed three criminal cases and seeks cooperation from every grain dealer and seller. Farmers urged to report recent grain sales including date type grain grade price seller to aid action.
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Bismarck
N._D
North Dakot
Occident Elevator Company
North Dakota
North, Dakota
What North Dakota Needs and the Call for Leaders
Fragmentary political letter urging a real Governor and state officials who challenge corrupt plunder plots. It champions one hundred percent Americanism, elimination of perceived misleaders, and a constructive program to restore honest governance in North Dakota, referencing Fargo and broader towns.
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North Dakota
Big Boas
N_P. League
Fethersam
Elena
Fargo
Celery blanching and storage tips from Agricultural College
A method to blanch celery by burying roots in earth and covering tops with soil, leaving exposed tops to blanch. Storage suggests packing plants with roots in sand or damp earth, using an old tub, placing in a cool place, and adding water as needed. Care is to avoid wets on leaves to prevent rotting.
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Agricultural College
Mart's Mart Ad Promotes Own Home Ownership
A historic ad promotes buying homes with easy terms. It highlights a five room modern house with a sky basement on East Front near 8th Street, vacant October first for 3600 dollars, and a six room house three blocks from the post office with city water sewer gas electric lights and a toilet priced at 2750 dollars.
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Sears & Rocantes
Ax 8Th Street
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Society For the Friendless
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Ately
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Winterer
Pitchie
Lawyers Valley Cry
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Mima
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Eest
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