STEEL TRUST STRIKE.

Taihape Daily Times, 23 September 1919, Page 5

STEEL TRUST STRIKE.

__.__. .- I HALF A MILLION WORKERS AFFECTED. _ ‘ --—-- I NEW YORK, Sept. 21_ .' Reports received from dozens of! cities. including Chicago, Calumct,g Pittsbnrg, Birmingham, I~Tew York! Wheeling and other steel districts in-I dicatc that more than half a million‘ steel workers will be affected by the. strike beginning ‘after midnight on the ‘ 21st. Most. of the organ"lsel~.s have cautioned the men against vi-i.t...cc=.l A thousand deputies and special policemen have been sworn In in the 31’fcct_ed districts.

‘Small disturbancs occurred at Calumet where organising strikers stoned policemen ~

It is estinla.t:.l tua: aliens of 28 nationalities are among the stxtikers. Mr Gray, of the, United Sfates Steel £3orporation,l'efllL~c-d to connnent on the situation_ '

Accofding to a-message ‘rem Pittsburg, steel workers me+=t.illgs w€:r¢—: broken up at McKeesport_, North (‘.lalrton. and Glassport. State constab}ll— charged the crowds.,Sevel-a.l \vor\k'ers were clubbed and shots were fired

" RIOTING BEGUN. WORKS CLOSING DOWN. .. Received 9.15 am. V NEW YORK, Sept. 22_ Fifty thousand Steel Trust employees» will strike ‘on account of the refusal of the management to consider »a conference with a view to a settlement of grievances. The sfeel Worfis are closing. Throughout the country, and strike riots have begun at Pittsburg. The pol'lc._e clubbed the strikers, and shots were fired, many being injured.

t TARRING AND FEATHERING AN OFFICER. SIMPLY‘ REPRIM A NDED. ’ -. R'eé'e'ive‘E{" 8.40 am. ‘ '— ‘ “ " " 4_ L'ONDON,AS'e'pt.. 21. At the court-martial held in:connection with thetarring .-and. Vfeathbcring of a young navaiiotfiéeru (oabléd on June Bth) the Ku"s‘band, Lieut. Wright was found guilty_ The Court administered a simple roprinm.'a~'i with no loss of rank or seniority. ' (This was a case which occurred in England some weeks ago, in which a young naval ofiicer was farred and fe2:~ thered by a number of men for continuing to pay certain attentions to an ofiicer’s wife during his absence.)

MUDDLING AND MEDDLING. CHARGE AGAINST CHURCHILL, Received 11.25 a.rn. LONDON, Sept. 22. Considerable comment has been aroused by the Sunday Times’ forecast that Lord Rothermere will shortly be entrusted with the War Oifice, who.-e Hr Churchill has succeeded only in addiog to his unpopularii.y.. He» is credited with the chief responsibility for the military meddling and muddling in Russia_ 4 GERMANS I-N THE BALTIC. AN IGNORED ULTINIATUM. V Received 11.25 a.m. PARIS: Sept. L-2_ The Supreme Council is discussing the situation -in the Baltic provinces created by VOll Der Golfz, who with his army of one hundred thousand has refused to withdraw. General Gough, at the end of July, handed Von Der Goltz Foehs’ third ultiniaiflun, ordering total evacuation by the end of August and the abandonment of all material to the Allies. Gough’s visit exasperated von Der Goltz who got into a violent temper. Gough was impulsive, and repeated the demands. Von Der Groffz finally adopted the «agreement, not the least clause of which has yet been fulfilled while his army continues to grow.

FRENCH LABOUR PARTY‘. EXTREMISTS DENOUNCED. Received 10.25 am,” PARIS, Sept. 22. The. French Labour Conference, by 1393 votes to 588, denounced the extremists favouring direct action, but initiated a. new party aiming at the widespread nationalisation of industry. THE NOTORIOUS LINCOLN. VISITS EX~KAISER. Reeeivetl 9.15 am. LONDON, ‘Sept. 21. The notorious ex-Commoner, '_[‘rubi~tch Lincoln, who Was deported from England last August, visited Amerongen, accompanied by :1 German, believed to be a monarc.h'mt vzfgent. Lincoln had several conferences at the Ex-Kaise.r’s castle, and returned to Berlin on Saturday. -