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Show Race Clash Reported From Indiana Harbor; Blacks Chased to Woods. j : i j INDIANA . HARBOR. Ind... Oct. 3. ! Rioftng broke out at the Universal Portland Port-land Cement plant tonight and a union picket was shot by one of two armed negroes, who, with nearly twenty-five other negroes, attempted to return to work. Several shots were fired by the two negroes, who were arrested and placed in jaih Threats were made that the pair might be taken from the jail tonight to-night by force. Other negro c-s were chased into the woods by nearly 300 strikers. Indiana Harbor's industries had been closed since the strike was called until today, when the Inland Steel company, one of the larger independent steel plants in 1 the Chicago disti-ict; the Mark Manufacturing Manu-facturing company and the Universal Portland Cement company ' plant resumed operations. Sheriff 1 j. Barnes assigned 300 new deputies to duly-today, but until tonight there was only -muttering to indicate indi-cate trouble. ' , The strikers, however, increased t heir force of six pickets to about 200, who were on duty when iwenty-five or thirty negroes appeared at the cemcn t plant. Sam Blair and Clyde Rrackcn, negroes, had knives, the police say. and the union pickets attempted to. disarm them. Then both negroes drew revolvers and fired a number of shois. Kizmir Kirchner, a picket, was wounded in the thigh. Blair and Bracken were put under arrest, ar-rest, but their companions lied before the strikers, who pursued them into the woods surrounding the. factory, and they were said to be still hiding in the timber. When threats were heard against the negro prisoners, the police increased the guard about the police station. |