The Daily Worker

Mile Long Parade
of Steel Workers
Supports Strike
Indiana Harbor Mills
Come Out on Streets
Against N.I.R.A.

INDIANA HARBOR, Ill., Oct. 6.—
A mile long parade of cars demonstrating solidarity with the Standard Forging Co. strikers, passed thru the towns of the Calumet Steel region, ending in a huge mass meeting here. Workers voted to have a mass delegated conference of delegates from steel mills and workers organizations for October 22 at 10 a.m. in Roumanian Hall, Indiana Harbor.

A mass meeting of workers from the different mills brought money collected in the mills to support the strike. The new developments in the Pennsylvania steel, and mining region were cheered by the workers who pledged to join the struggle against the N.R.A.

The strike of 500 steel workers of the Standard Forgings Co., remains solid after four weeks, having successfully resisted the attempts of Thomas P. Hyland, Roosevelt government's labor conciliator, to break the strike. The company and the press have raised the "red scare," and have also set up a committee of their agents as a "negotiators," committee, but this did not disrupt the unity of the strikers.

The Blacksmith Union of the A F. of L. has been brought in by Hyland, who told the strikers that unless they joined the A. F. of L. union that the government would not recognize them, and that no settlement would be negotiated. The strikers answered that their duly elected strike committee must be recognized and that no interference would be allowed to split the strikers ranks.

Hyland, this week, called a secret meeting of strikers, in the name of the A. F. of L., through addresses of workers turned over by the company to the A. F. of L. About thirty showed up, including some workers who did not know what the meeting was about and also a number of stool pigeons of the company. The strikers heard of this meeting and all voted to attend. They all went to the meeting and exposed the strikebreaking tactics of the A. F. of L. Hyland did not dare show his face.

The strikers took over the meeting. Most of the strikers are signed up in the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union. Strong picket lines are carried on every day. As a result of this strike, the Inland Steel Co., the Illinois and other plants have given increases in wages, fearing the spread of the strike.