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
Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared
Steve Dudash, who being duly sworn according to law deposes
and says that he resides at 541 E. 5th Ave., Homestead, Pa.;
that on Tuesday September 23, 1919, in the afternoon of said
day, his wife, Mary Dudash, was severely scalded, burned,
and injured by reason of a sudden fright sustained when a
State Policeman forced John Bodnar into the home of the
deponent and his wife, Mary Dudash; that said Mary Dudash,
the wife of the deponent, was in a very delicate condition
at the time of the fright and injury complained of, caused
by the State Police and that on Sunday, Sept. 28, 1919,
following the date in question, namely the 23rd, the said
Mary Dudash, wife of deponent, gave birth to a child; that
on account of the action of the State Police in forcing John
Bodnar with terror into the home of deponent and his wife,
Mary Dudash, she, the said Mary Dudash, wife of the
deponent, has been rendered very sick and has suffered a
nervous collapse and is still suffering from the nervous
shock sustained, on account of the action of the State
Police, above referred to.
STEVE DUDASH
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this first day of October, 1919
A. F. Kaufman, Notary Public.
When on a mission of terrorism the first thing the State Troopers do is
to get their horses onto the sidewalks, the better to ride down the
pedestrians. Unbelievable though it may seem, they actually ride into
stores and inner rooms. Picture the horror a foreign worker and his
family, already badly frightened, at seeing a mounted policeman crashing
into their kitchen. The horses are highly trained. Said an N. E. A. news
dispatch, Sept. 26th, 1919:
Horses of the Pennsylvania State Constabulary are trained
not to turn aside, as a horse naturally will do, when a
person stands in its way, but to ride straight over any one
against whom they are directed. Lizzie, a splendid black
mare ridden by Trooper John A. Thorp, on duty at Homestead,
uses her teeth as well as her heels when in action. Her
master will sometimes dismount, leaving Lizzie to hold a
striker with her strong jaws, while he takes up the pursuit
of others on foot.
If this is thought to be an overdrawn statement, read the following
affidavit:
Butler, Pa., October 3, 1919
I, Jacob Sazuta,
21 Bessemer Ave.,
Lyndora, Pa.
Commenced work for the Standard Steel Car Company in
September, 1913, as laborer. About October 1916 was promoted
to car fitter in the erection department; in February, 1919,
was then taken and placed as a wheel roller, and I worked in
this capacity until August 6th, 1919 [the date the steel
strike began there].
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