Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-22
Clashes in Pittsburgh District
Sunday, Most Serious Being
at North Clarion, Where
Mob Dispersed.
FAOUNTED POLICEMEN
USE CLUBSNIG0R0USLY
Number Arrested and Meeting
Broken Up, Although Eye
Witnesses Say it Was Pro-
ceeding Quietly.
Hourly tempcra,u es.

between Pennsylvania state police
and crowds bent on holding labor
mass meetings in the Pittsburgh dis
trict today ushered in the strike in
the iron and steel industry. The
most serious disturbance occurred
at North Clarton 20 miles from
Pittsburgh. late in the afternoon.
where the state troopers charged a
crowd of union men holding mass
meeting and broke it up. Resist
ance was offered and it is charged
by union leaders that the mounted
policemen used their clubs. vigor-
ously and injured number in the
crowd About a dozen men were
arrested.
The meeting was broken up at the
Request of local authorities.
According to eye-witnesses the
meeting was proceeding quietly
whem the state police broke it up.
| The crowd scattered and some ran
UP rail1oad embankment and threw
stones and other missiles at the
troopers. During the melee several
in the crowd were struck on the
I head BY policemen. ii vas said. ThEa
crowd soon scattered No one was
reported seriously injured. II is al
ieged that several shots were fired
! nv some cre in the crowd
Protest to Government.
William z. Foster. secretary Of
the national committee for ORGANIC
| ing iron and steel workers. tonight
said that a vigorous protest would
be lodged with the state government
against what he termed murder
ous attack upon law-abidihg people"
Some of the blast furnaces OF the
Carnegie Steel company are located
at Clarion.
There was slight disturbance
at McKeesport where union or
ganizers attempted to hold mass
meeting in defiance of the proclama-
tion OF Mayor George Lysle, for
bidding public gatherings. More
than $500 steel workers and SYM
pathizers were gathered near the
southern limits of the city when
| squad of McKeesport police dis
persed them, driving the crowd into
Glassport, an adjoining borough.
Meeting Is Dispersed.
When the crowd again began to
assemble in Glassport, the locaLpo-
lice appeared and ordered the meets
| ing dispersed. The crowd refused
to >move and detachment OF
mounted state police appeared aud
with drawn clubs, broke up the
meeting. No one was injured. Two
aliens were arrested.
After dispensing the .Glassport
meeting the state police returned to-
Mckeesport and patrolled the
streets. Crowds were dispersed with-s
out difficulty,
| All preparations had been com
pleted by Mayor Lysle tonight for
putting down disorders in McKees-
port. All day long men were being
sworn in as special officers. Mem
| bers of the McKeesport Chamber of
| Commerce were sworn in as special
police
$500 Civilians Available.
More than $500 civilian police
are now available for duty, Mayor
Lysle said.
About 5000 employees Of plants ii
Mckeesport have been made dep-
iuty sheriffs to protect company
property, it was stated. The steel
plants in and about ucKeesport
employ approximately 1900 work
men
I'VE are going to maintain, law
and order at any cost Mayor Lysle
declared tonight
All plants in the McKeesport dis
trict are under heavy guard tonight. I
Searchlights have been installed
and command all entrances to the
company's property.
Quiet reigned today at Duquesnc,
Homestead and East Duauesne
Ihere,w was no attempt made by the ]
steel men to hold meetings.
The steel plants at Homestead
and Duquesne are prepared to pro-
tect their property Special barbed-
wire fences have been constructed
about exposed property and search
lights have been installed. DEPUTY
sheriffs aye patrolling the company
properties
Feel Effect Of Summons.
Although the call OF the unions
made the strike effective tomorrow
morning, reports showed that steel
companies in the Pittsburgh dis
trfct, at least, have already felt the
effect of the summons. The skcfe-
ton Sunday day shifts in many
plants we're not as complete as un-
der normal conditions and u:nogs
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