Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-22
HEADS ARE CLUBBED
AND ARRESTS MADE
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AND ARRESTS MADE
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all three had been forced to suspend
operations
AT theh less important points in
: Ohio and Pennsylvania, including
Portsmouth, Warren. Canton, To-
ledo, Columbus, Lorain, Pottsville,
Reading and Harrisburg, officials of
the various plants announced that
their men had remained loyal and
that operations were in full swing.
One notable exception was Johns
town.. Pa, where 10000 men were
reported to have struck.
Nearly Normal
Outside the great pivotal states
of Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania
conditions were reported nearly
normal with a few important excep-
tions. At Buffalo, where the great
Independent plants of the Lacka-
wanna Steel Company are located,
the union chiefs claimed that 70 per
cent. of the workers had obeyed the
strike call At Wheeling, w. Va, it
was asserted that 5000 men were
idle. The Colorado Fuel and Iron
Companys plant at Pueblo, Colo,
was closed down when it's 1000 en-
ployes walked out.
The mills of the Illinois Steel
Company at South Chicago were
closed, the unions estimating that
95 per cent. of the 1000 men on
the day shift had struck.
By associated Press.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 22. -
Several men had their heads
dubbed and 20 arrests were
made to-day in the borough of
Clarion when the Pennsylvania
State Police had another brush
with crowds that refused to
disperse. Several shots were
fired by each side, according to
Clarion police headquarters.
Dozen Injured
According to the police crowds
persisted in gathering in Second
street during the morning and were
broken up. Finally a large crowd
resisted the efforts of the State and
local police to disperse and many
missiles were thrown at the police.
The State troopers charged the
crowd and welded their clubs Wig
orously with the result that about
a dozen were injured. Some one in
the crowd fired shots and the police
returned the fire, shooting in the air.
No one was hit.
Twenty arrests were made and
the prisoners were sent to the coun-
ty jail here charged with melting TO
riot The police say the foreign
born element was responsible for
the disorder. At noon the borough
was quiet
Many Plants Normal
Yesterdays clash with the State
Police occurred in North Clarion,
nearby.
Later reports from McKeesport
were that all steel plants in that
part of Allegheny county except the
McKeesport Tin Plate Company at
Port Vue, which was closed for an
indefinite period last night, were
operating. Some plants were report
ed as normal, and others as working
ninety-four per cent. of their force
and still others that their works
were short handed but in operation.
Families Leaving
officials of the Shelby plant of
the National Tube Company at ELL
wood City, Pa, said the works We're
in operation, although short some
of its foreign-born labor.
Many families at Clarion and
North Clarion are leaving town.
Some are going to Europe and 9TH
ers to different parts of the United
States. The same movement was
noticed at Braddock where the rail-
road station baggageroom was piled
high with baggage.
The lone mill at Connellsville
that of the Sligo Iron and Steel
Company, was in operation to-day,
its $50 employees having voted not
to strike, company officials said.
Attempt to Enter House
The police of North Braddock are
investigating the circumstances sur
rounding an attempt early to-day of
two men to enter the home of w. ].
Dicksin, superintendent of labor and
transportation of the Edgar Thomp-
son Steel Works. The house was un-
der guard and when the men were
discovered they exchanged shots
with special policemen and disap-
peared. The police are not sure that
robbery was the motive.
2S1,00O Out
At noon William u. Foster, secre-
tary of the national committee for
organizing iron and steel workers,
gave out the following figures as in
dicating the number of men on
strike:
Chicago district, 10000; Cleve-
land, 10000; Youngstown, $4,000;
Youngstown district including Shar-
on, Farrell, New Castle, Strowthers,
Butler, Canton and Massilon. 50,-
600; Buffalo, 12,000 Homestead, g.
900; Braddock, 5000; Rankin, g.
900; Clarion, 1900; Monessen and
Donora, 10000; Wheeling, $4,000:
Steubenville, 5000; Pueblo, 5000;
McKeesport and Duquesne. 10000;
Pittsburgh City, $4,000; Vandergrift,
1000; Leechburg, 1000; Bracken-
ridge, 5000; Johnstown, $4,000;
Coatesville, 1000.
Dawn found mill guards, borough
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