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Show smuggled into the plants, but that in the absence of the skilled workers the mills still were unable to produce steel. As on previous days, a slight increase In activities since yesterday was apparent appar-ent at Gary, South Chicago, AVaukegan and Joliet. Claims from within the plants were that 6000 men were at work at Gary, 5000 at South Chicago and 600 at Waukegan. Union pickets were active, and tacks said to have been scattered about plants in Waukegan and South Chicago wrought havoc with automobile tires. Complaints of threats were made by wives of both strikers and union pickets-Except pickets-Except for an attack by seyeral men on a nonstriker'a home, which was partly ; wrecked early in the morning, virtually i no violence was reported. CHICAGO DISTRICT PLANTS RESUMING PARTIAL OPERA TION CHICAGO, Oct. .1. Resumption of operations op-erations bv the International Steel coin-pan coin-pan v. t he " Mark Manufacturing company and the l.'nited Slates Portland Cement company, with about -JnliO men, according to reports, chhMly marked tin: day In the sieel strike district uf Chicago. Since t lie si riku was called Ind in na J I arbor's industries had been closed. Strike leaders said today they knew Chut sumo unskilled workers ;v,ad been |