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Hellraisers Journal – Thursday July 22, 1909
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania – Strikers Cheer Socialists at Mass Meeting
From The Pittsburg Press of July 19, 1909:
“NO SURRENDER” IS SLOGAN OF THE STRIKERS
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American Workmen Are Not Fooled by Ruse and
Refuse to Take Places of Men Who Quit
—–CHEER ADDRESSES MADE BY SOCIALIST LEADERS
—–While the Pressed Steel Car Co.’s attempt to resume work in full this morning at its McKees Rocks plant failed utterly, the strikers held a rousing meeting of several hours’ duration, at which they agreed to stick together and fight indefinitely.
An impressive scene was presented on the Indian Mound, which from the beginning of the strike has been used as the meeting place for the workmen. Between 4,000 and 5,000 men and women of many nationalities congregated there and were addressed in stirring manner in their own languages by speakers of more than local repute.
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