The Great Steel Strike and its LessonsFoster, William Z.
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The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons
Foster, William Z.
Steel Strike, U.S., 1919-1920; United States Steel Corporation
Tuesday afternoon the little babies of No. 1 were going to
the school. They loitered for the school bell to summon
them. And here come Kozaks. They see the little innocents
standing on the steps of the school-house, their parents on
the opposite side of the street. What a splendid occasion to
start the "Hunkey's" ire. Let us charge their babies--that
will fetch them to an attack upon us.
They did. But the "Hunkey" even at the supreme test of his
cool-headedness, refused to flash his knife to save his
babies from the onrush of the cruel horses' hoofs.
I am relating to you, Mr. Foster, things as they happened.
You may use my name in connection with your charges against
the Constabulary.
Sincerely yours,
REV. A. KAZINCY,
416 Frazier St.,
Braddock, Pa.
[Illustration: COSSACKS IN ACTION
Brutal and unprovoked assault upon Rudolph Dressel, Homestead, Pa.,
Sept. 23, 1919.
_Photo by International_]
Governor Sproul paid no attention to Father Kazincy's protest, nor did
he to a long letter from Jas. H. Maurer, reciting shocking brutalities
fully authenticated by affidavits--unless it was to multiply his public
endorsements and praises of the State Police.
A favorite method of the Constables was to go tearing through the
streets (foreign quarter), forcing pedestrians into whatever houses they
happened to be passing, regardless of whether or not they lived there.
Read these two typical affidavits, portraying a double outrage:
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA }
COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY } SS.
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