The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-21
PLANT IS CLOSED
 AT JOHNCTOWN
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Continued from Page D duty to care for the furnaces, sup ervise their banking and see that equipment is left in proper condi- ton.
 The usual pail of smoke that hangs oyer the city when the mills are operating was missing today. No official figures were released re- garding the payroll of the plant, but on the bases of the average steel workers pay of 0S cents an hour, 1t was estimated the idle employees were losing 4l00,0OO each day the plant is shut down.
 Earle gave no indication when the order would be lifted. He said that solution of the strike had been placed in the hands of Presi- dent Roosevelt's steel mediation board.
 No Disorders Yet
 The police, undenr the command of Colonel Augustine s. Janeway, national guard officer and military governor of Cambria county, report cd no disorders and confined their activities primarily to preventing anyone but maintenance men from entering the mill.
 So far the strike against Beth lehem has affected only it's Cambria plant. But David Watkins, sub regional director for the CIO in this district, hinted that hthe walkout might be extended to include the company'S plants in Bethlehem, Pa, and Sparrows Point, Md. The larg- est independent producer in the country, Bethlehem employs 65,000 workers in it's three mills.
 T wouldn't be surprised" Wat kins said, If in very short time strike call will be issued to the others"
 Situation Based
 Bethlehems decision to close the plant and the unions withdrawal of pickets from its IA gates eased the situation here.
 Three men were injured critically and scores suffered minor hurts in riots that flared almost continuous ly in early stages of the strike.
 The projected march of coal miners from all parts of western Pennsylvania to attend a planned mass meeting of steel-workerS here yesterday, caused Earle to decalre martial law and order the plant closed.
 At first he appealed to Eugene Grace, Bethlehem president, to close the plant voluntarily. But refused. The police detachment was then ordered here to prevent "blood- shed and violence" Lewis later cancelled the scheduled mass meet ing at the request of Earle.
 Mayor Still Angry
 Mayor Daniel J. Shields, who last week aroused the ire of the strik- ing workers by espousing "back to work" movements in the Cambria plant, ordered city policemen to re- main away from the strike zone. He was bitter over the martial law proclamation.
 q fully submit tot he orders of the governor" Shields said. How ever, do so under protest and will not admit that all is justified and warranted. Gov. Earle can't trottle an aroused citizenry. He might close steel plant which wants to operate. He might keep men away from work who want to work. But in so doing he signed his political death warrant"
 Court Order at Warren
 Warren, O., June 21.-(UP)-The Republic Steel Corp, today obtained county court order restraining strike pickets from arming, ob- structing the streets, interfering with movement of materials in or out of the plant or damaging com- pany property.
 The court restrained the Republic company from permitting workers in the plants of Warren and Niles to throw missiles at pickets, call names, or threaten families of union members.
 Tickets were restrained from asa sembling in a group of more than 12 at any time at the main gate of the Niles plant. They were liin- tied to a total of 52 pickets around the big Warren plant. At both plants they were ordered by the court to picket along the side of the street farthest from the com- pany property.