Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1916-01-08
Troops Sent to Struthers
After East Youngs-
town Trouble.
ONE RIOTER is KILLED
AND 100 ARE WOUNDED
Ten Blocks and Entire Business
Section Wrecked-Estimat
ed Loss Sl,0OO,OOO.
AUTHORITIES HELPLESS
BEFORE MOB'S FRENZY
Stores and Saloons Are Looted
Amid Scenes of Widest
Disorder.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan S-Gen-
eral Speaks has received an appeal
from citizens of Struthers to send
help at once TO that village for pro-
lection from rioting there. The meg
sage stated that a mob has formed
and is engaged in a general fight i'm
the streets, men shooting and beat
ing UP each other. General Speaks
at once sent two companies of militia
to Struthers in automobiles.
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. S.-By
noon today practically every COM
pany of the three regiments COM
prising the second brigade of the
Ohio National Guard ordered here
for strike duty was either in the city
or its suburbs. The mobilization of
the Fifth, Eighth and Fourth regi-
ments was accomplished in record
time.
With the militia under COM
mand of BrigadierGenerai John
G. Speaks patrolling the smoulds
ering ruins of the village OF
East Youngstown, o. encamped in the
steel mills nearby, the civic and mill
tary authorities here today expressed
the belief that for the present, al
least an end had been put to the wild
scenes of rioting and looting which
marked last night, and left the tl1riv-'
ing little city a mass of embers. One
life is known 10 have been lost, fully
ten blocks of the town, including the
entire business section, were burned
and several thousands of people were
driven from their homes. The ivsa-
was placed at no less than 100000
Believe 100 Woundede.
Physicians who were called to loo
after the wounded placed the number
at 100. although only fifteen had been
brought to hospitals here. While the
majority had been shot there we're
many wounds from knives, bearing
out the statement that when the riot
ers were finally driven from Wilson
avenue, the main street of the town.
they began fighting among them
selves.
Mayor Carroll Thornton of Youngs-
town, two miles from the burned
town. was expected to issue on
order today closing all saloons in the
city. while arrangements were being
made TO restrict and perhaps prohibit
the sale of firearms. if the military
did not act. There was no liquor
question to settle in East Youngs-
twon. for of the twenty saloons all
pNl wv AiHAh btth bhkAths anu tiiCf
hnd beer looted.
Two weeks ago laborers OF the Re-
public Iron and Steel Company struck
for an increase of wages from nine
teen and one-half to Twenty-Five
cents an hour. The Youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company offered them
twenty-five and one-half cents an
hour Immediately after the United
States Steel Corporation had an
for laborers. This was rejected by
the workers and the strike has since
been in progress. Reports today are
prevalent that strike breakers had
been imported which precipitated the
trouble.
Trouble Started Late in Day.
The trouble began late yesterday
when the day shift at the plant Of
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company quit for the day. The
plant IS located on the fats OF the
Mahoning river. several hundred feet
from the hillside on which is built
East Youngstown. where most OF the
workmen live. The mills are reached
from the town by a high bridge
spanning the railroad yards which
has been carefully guarded by prf-
vate watchmen since the laborerS Al
the plant several days ago Joined the
laborers of the Republic Iron and
Steel Company and other mills, for
an advance OF twenty-five cents
day.
A crowd of men and women esti-
mated at 200 had gathered at the
East Youngstown end of the bridge
and jeered the workmen as they
crossed. Suddenly a shot was fred.
and guards taking this as "a signal
fired over the heads Of the crowd.
The mob replied and another yolley
came A number OF persons, includ
ing two women. fell to the street and
the mob broke and ran up the bib
side. A block away they tired Z
small warehouse. and then turned
their attention TO private proPertx
Looters Fire saloon.
A saloon stood on the corner 4 nd
rush was made for the door In q
minute a shouting crowd filled the
little room and helped themselves to
what they saw. When the feotiES
was complete the match was applied
and the mob went wild. kaufftuan's
clothing store. nearby. was next en-
tered, and the stock passed out to the
constantly growing crowd IN the
street by those inside. Clerks fcd
for their lives, and when the lootiug
was finished the place was fired H0
this time the mob was in q frenzy
Men danced and sang and women
| Joined them. Liquor was passed
around as freely as water. and thoss
who had no cups scooped it up IN
the hollows of their hands. for wfthir
half an hour other saloons had been
looted and the fire was spreadlns
rapidly.
Wilson avenue. the main street. par,
allels the railroad tracks AZ the foot Of
the hill and streets led out Of Il 40
the hill to the residence district. Eos
fully an hour or more the mob wa
content with the small SHOPS and 50
looms ON the side streets. But then Z,
turned its attention 10 the more pre-
tentious stores on Wilson avenue.
BY this time It had lost all ssf1-
blance of leadership. and. splitting ~