Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DISORDERS MARLK GitEAT STEEL STItIKE (Continued from Page One.) atteui ted to hold a mass mseetilig in die, 1n( of the prelaiation of Mayor George Iysle forbidding 1ul1ic gath erings. More than 2,500 steel workers and syni;athizers were 'atlered near thI southern limits of the city Whnll a sttad of iMcKeesport police (I1 S'r sed them, driving the Crowd into llhisSpro i. an adjoining borough. Whi:1 tie erowd again began to as "Ilei) in Glassport the local police )eed anI ordered tile Imeeting dis persed. 'T'le crowd refused to imove and a de(achlent of state police appeared -Id with drawn clubs broke upl) the meeting. No one was itjured. Two aliens were arrested for refusing to obey the order of the police to "move on." After dispersing the Glassport meeting the state police returned to 1te -porkpd patrolled the streets. Crowds -We'e dispersed without difll vulty. All preparatlol had been con ,Ibeted by Mayor Lysle tonight for putting down disorder in McKeesport. All day long men were being sworn in as special officers. Members of the McKeesport chamber of commerce were sworn in as special police. More than 2,500 police are now available for duty, Mayor Lysle said. About 3,000 employees of the plant at McKeesport have been imade deputy sheriffs to pro teet property, it was stated. The steel plants in and about McKeesport em ploy approximately 18,000 workmen. All plants in the McKeesport dis trict are under heavy guard tonight. Searchlights have been installed and command all entrances to the con pany's property. Quiet reigned throughout the day at Duquesne. Iomestead and East Du quesne. There was no attempt made by the steel men to hold meetings and there was no congregating on the si reets. The steel plants at Homestead and Duquesne are prepared to protect their property. Special hailbed wire fenses have been constructed about exposed property and searchlights have been installed. Deputy sheriffs are patrolling the company )roperties. Although the call of the unions inade the strike effective tomorrow morning rgports showed that steel companies, in the Pittsburgh district at least, have already. felt the effect of the surumons. The skeleton Sun day day shifts in many plants were not as complete as unider normal con dition and union leaders Raid that a large number of men had decided not to report tonight. Sunday was a <lay of expectancy in virtually all the iron and steel com imunities in the -'istrict. Active un ionists were bu.:. canvassing men In their communiti, ; to get an idea of the extent of 0- walkout, and In thk afternoon mass .-. inu were held In many place sin last etforts to jer suade men to join the strike. IBELCIU'M .ND IIOLL.N) BREAK OFF LELATIONS lirought .About by Demand by Belgium for Return of Part of Dutch 1im. bwrg. London, Sept. 21.-An official wire less dispatch from Berlin, dated Sat urday, says that the helgian ambas sador at The Hague having been with drawn, the Dutch ambassador at Brus sells has also been withdrawn.. Several times recently there have been reports that diplomatic relations between Belgium and Holland were strained as a result of the denands of Belgium for a revision of the treaty of 1839 between Belgium and Holland under which Holland annexed the southern bank of the Scheldt river, an elongated strip of Dutch Limberg ly Ing between Belgium and Germany. If you are getting less than 10,000 miles from the tires you are now using, it will pay you to equip your car with "South ern" Tires. These extra thick, toughened, hand-made tires are Tire Dealers built to give 10,000 miles or more of service. If the whole success of your It sizes - plain business depended on the merits of a single tire you and non-skid treads. could not select a better tire Rube C. n which to stake your suc Southern Tire & than a "Southern." AUGUSTA, GA. "southern" Tires are made Harney Electrie C o. In the South for the roads of the South. We have a liberal Lauren., S. C. P~hone No. 391 proposition to make dealers tn sectios owhere we are not now represented. Laurens edpt ceum ourse (ATTRACTION BY) Redpat Chatauqua Company A COMITTE OFLUESCTZN . . .l. .e.le.........w... . NZ,,. d. 'k V AXOR COMACMITTEEO THEAOLENS CTZN beobaied(hscntions frm siesofLyeu Enterra)mnt(Fore gien Lduin) th-aln RICH-WERNO COMPANY THE TYROLEAN YODLERS AND SINGERS (Original Killarney Girls) (Six in Ntmber) DUNBAR MALE QUARTET ALTON PACKARD (Instrumental and Vocal Music) (Cartoonist with Chautauqua last Season) d'. CHARLJES R. TAGGART, (Musical Humorist) This is the most expensive Lyceum Course ever given in Laurens, but the Comrmittee believed the people wanted the best. PRICE OF TICKETS: Scoo"hiden - -'.7*# S ingle Adm~ision~U $1.00 Aaction First attraction October 4th. Buy your tickets now. Remember Killarney Girls and Alton Packard are worth teP