Steel Corporation, which di
rectly or indirectlv affects half
a million wage earners, pro
duced the usual conflicting
claims by the generals on
both sides.
In the great strategic centers of the
struggle, the Chicago and Pittsburgh
districts, many thousands of workers
oheye.d the strike order but early re
ports stated that comparatively few
plants had ibeen compelled to close.
At large numbers of the outlying
points officials of the smaller plants
reported they were operating as usual.
The first rioting in any of the cen
ters affected by the tieup was re
ported this morning in Pittsburgh.
Men had their heads clubbed and
many arrests were made today in the
borough of Clairton when the Penn
sylvania Stale Police had another
brush with crowds that refused to dis
perse. Shots were fired by each side,
according to Clairton police head
quarters. According to the Pittsburgh police,
crowds persisted in gathering on
Second street, during the morning and
were broken up. Finally a large
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STEEL STRIKE NOT
TO HAVE EFFECT
ON BRIDGEPORT
Manufacturers Have Suffi
cient Still For Some
Time.
The steel strike will have no Imme
diate effect on Bridgeport, but if it
should continue for many weeks or a
month, the results would be serious in
this city. This was the summing up
of the steel situation today by George
S. Hawley, attorney and general man
ager for the Manufacturers' Associa
tion of the city.
It was pointed out that most of the
factories have enough steel to meet
immediate and future demands, if
there should not be a long cessation
'of shipments. The American Tube &
Stamping Co., the American Chain
and the Bullard Company would be
the hardest and earliest hit of local
plants if the strike should be prolong
ed.
