It can also refer to paperboard signs or notice carried by picketers or demonstrators. Nearly two dozen picketers and troopers were injured by hurled missiles during the night. Steel companies also turned toward strikebreaking and rumor-mongering to demoralize the picketers. Nine picketers were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. The Woman's City Club also demanded that picketers be protected by policewomen. The picketers refused, and the deputies arrested five of them. Violence between guards and picketers broke out almost immediately. Picketers outside the court held up signs praiseworthy of Muhammad. Filming of episode 11 was disrupted by picketers. Police arrived to remove the flowers and drive off the picketers minutes later. The federal government charged eight of the picketers for interfering with interstate transportation. On May 11, Selander, Pollock and all the picketers were arrested. During the Writers' Strike in 2008, Affleck voiced support for the picketers. Geller had spearheaded about 1,000 picketers at that event. Pamela Geller spearheaded about 1,000 picketers at that event.