Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-08
Soldiers Called Out to Sup
press Rioting Among
Steel Workers.
NINETEEN WOUNDED
In NIGHT RIOTING
Strikers and Sympathizers Battle With
Guards, Policemen and Fremen-
Much Property Destroyed by Fires
Set by Wild Mob-Rioting in Prog
ress in Strothers, Nearby Town, and
Soldiers Arc Rushed to Scene.

Youngstown, O., Jan. S.-Fearing
new outbreak Of rioting this morning
when a crowd Of strike sympathizers
gathered on the hill opposite the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com
pany's plant, Brig Gen. John c. Speaks
ordered four Cleveland militia COM
panies Of the Fifth regiments to the
strike scene. Two companies marched
into the plant to reinforce 100 strike
guards and the other two companies
patrolled the opposite hill to prevent
mob organization.
Work at the mills is entirely sus-
pended today and no attempt was
made to operate it. Three hundred
office employees are marooned In the
plant. where they spent the night for
safety. lt.
Mob Arms at Strothers.
Two hundred citizens of Strothcrs
across the Mahoning river opposite
East Youngstown, armed themselves
today and massed on a bridge to re-
pei threatened invasion Of strikers.
Fifty pounds of dynamite was placed
beneath the bridge and electrical con-
nections made ready to blow it up the
moment the mob started across.
Answering an appeal from citizens
Of Struthers. General Speaks sent two
companies of militia to that village
for protection from rioting there. The
message stated that a mob has formed
and is engaged in n general fight in
the streets, men shooting and beating
each other up.
Later reports said THAT the situation
atg Struthers was under control but
troops would be kept on duty there tc
prevent further trouble.
To Declare Martial Law. =
BY afternoon state troops were tr
full control OF the situation at East
Youngstown and 1t was expected that
complete martial law would be de-
clared before night in order to pre-
vent any new outbreak after night
fall
A canvass Of morgues and hospitals
today gave a list of one dead and
twenty three injured as a result OF
last nights strike rioting in East
Youngstown. The dead man was not
Identified. He was 23 years old and
was shot while in the act Of lootlng q
store. @f@
Mob Forms at Plant.
The trouble started early In the
evening when the day shift at the
mills in East Youngstown. a suburb
quit work. A mob OF more than 5000
men and women formed ut the entrance
to the plant and hooted and jeered the
men, many of whom were said to be
strikebreakers. A number Of the work
nv ctU ban
The private police force of the mill
was lined UP on bridge across the
river leading to the main works of the
plant. Someone In the crowd threw a
rock, which struck one Of the mill
guards
Immediately several of the guards
drew their revolvers and fired to scare
the crowd.
Fired Into tho Crowd.
Then the real trouble started. Re-
volvers were produced by men IN the
crowd and answering shots were sent
backs, The guards answered by firing
intos the crHwd.s Men and women
wounded. fell amid the rain Of bullets
Finally tho crowd fell back ant
vented It's fury by applying the torch
to buildings In the neighborhood.
The first place fired was the two
story office building of the sheet IaG
tube plant. While the flames wer,
roaring into the air, the torch was
applied to another building, smal
one story storehouse.
Not satisfied with this exhibition oi
| It's fury, the mob turned to .he bust.
I ness section. Part of the mob entered
a saloon, and. after looting the place
and distributing the liquor among tn,
frantic foreigners In the crowd, Sc
It on fire.
Crowd Begins Lootins.
AS the flames had spread to adjoin
| Ing stores, the crowd began lootlng
Clothing and jewelry were taken from
the stores and distributed thru tn,
4 crowd.
| Firemen summoned from Youngstown
arrived on the scene, but before the,
could get the hose connected up will
the city hydrants the crowd drove tn,
fire fighters away. Many shots wer,
| fired and the flremen drove or will
their apparatus amid hail Of stones.
! BY this time the flames threatene,
&c sweep .!:::.: The the entire business ssc
ton. The infuriated crowd surge,
thru the streets and threats were mad,
to burn the entire town. All available
guards were marshaled by the shoe
and tube company and by other mills /,
the suburb In an effort to prevent de-
struction of their property.
Sheriff Sends Appeal.
4 Sheriff =, G. Umstead's telegraph,
request to Governor Willis for troops
i read rs follows:
please send national guard to vii
lage OF East Youngstown at once
Lives are, being taken and many por
/ tions or East Youngstown arc beini
burned We are helpless to copo witt
1.-The situation."
cemmlssleH % Investigate.
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