The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-01-15
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STRIKE RIOT BLAME
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in after liquor, they were at once ar
| rested.
'"This seems to indicate that some-
thing was planned and that it was a
part of the plan to burn a certain
number of buildings OF course, we
do not know who is going to pay for
the burning of these buildings, and
we cannot absolutely prove at this
time that men were paid to. use the
torches, but our men did ~ men set
ting fire to buildings and they were
not molested by the police. These
things are ugly facts.
II have seen sluggers here that
can Identify as sluggers that have
operate in other places. 1~know these
men were brought here for this Job.
This whole thin. was engineered by
financiers. Pres. James A. Camp
bell, Of the tube works, is slated to
head the merger.
"Organized labor demands that
this rotten thing be Investigated to
| the finish. ..:,..
1--WE have evidence, that we regard
as conclusive, proving to us that. this
sluggers brought to East Youngstown
company. r. r.
| we have established:
These sluggers working for the
! company, conducted deliberate
campaign Of liquor buying on Friday
to get as many as possible of the
| workers intoxicated.
Bosses Blocked Peace Plan.
"A hall hired by thu Rumanian
workers on Thursday for our use
Friday morning was taken away by
the com. any so that we could not use
| it.. The hall was Rumanian hall.
Our purpose was to urge the workers
not to drink and not to permit them
selves to be drawn into trouble
1--WE were not trying to organize
| the sheet and tube workers. We
were orge nizing only the men at: the
Republic plant. But We did offer
our services to help prevent trouble
at the tube works. 1t was for that
reason that we wished to address the
tube workers in Rumanian hall. We
did not intend to try to organize and
do not now intend to try to organize
them until they cool down.
There are 10 detective agencies
on the job here with men. The Job
Is peddled out. to so man, agencies
because in times of peace these agen-
cies are able to help the companies
with tips. So, when there is some-
thing to be done, the reward is
passed out to all of them. The gun
men who did the shooting were resi-
dents Of Pittsburgh
Could Not "Fix'' Reporter.
Another highly significc mt fact is
that after the riot, when newspaper
men got on the ground. a represen-
tative of the company hunted up two
New York newspaper men and tried
to Fix" them so that they wouldn't
blow the cover off the thing: One Of
these men happened to = an old
all street reporter, who not only
could not be ''fixed,'' but whose
training enabled him : to spot the
woodchuck in the. woodpile. Then
Ind theret,the' fat was in the fire and
| there was no fixing" 49,
| The Wall street veteran saw q. big
light, and not only proceeded, to let
it shine, but loaned his glasses that
others might see it. It was that,
m AL LIKELIHOOD. that storDed work
n the merger and spoiled the whole
plan for the Wall street crowd. To
this Wall street reporter those who
have come to know the story are in
debted. -.
The company. this laundering rep
I rPSanf9 tive I'M fo1
about the small town papers and the
local papers. but he did want to see
the big papers 'set right" about
things. 1t seems that the plain Eng
lsh way to say that would '>e to say
that he wanted the right kind Of
14ews to get to Wall street:
All that the company lost was
two little Blackstone a coop used
on pay days by the paymaster, the
other coop used by fireman. They
were mere flag stations. The blocks
that got the torch were owned by
private persons. These went COM
nletely. Drunken :1ooters went
through them.
Jury to Probe Thugs Work.
1t is charged that the men who
started the drinking on Friday were
company thugs. that these men en-
couraged the drinking and paid for
much of it, and. when the rioting
started, led the way in the orgy of
destruction by the torch.
Whether this is true, the grand jury
is expected to determine. The grand
Jury is expected to determine wheth-
err it is true also that these agents
provocateur spent much Of their time
prior to Friday in the work of STIR
ring up passions and inducing the
walkout Of totally unorganize6 men
men of % nationalities and with
but little to bring them to common
action. They were untaught in the
ways of orga MIXING and making hon
est efforts to improve their condi-