The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-01-08
REIGN OF TERROR
ALL NIGHT LONG
Police Unable to Control the
Crowd, and Gov. Willis
Ordered Troops Modified
at YOungstown-Mob Pre-
vented Firemen from Ex-
tinguishing the Fires in
Many Places

Youngstown, O., Jan. s.-Fearing q
new outbreak of rioting this morning
when strike sympathizers gathered on
the hill opposite the Youngstown Sheet
Tube company plant, Brigadier General
Speaks ordered four Cleveland militia
companies to the scene. Two companies
entered the plant to reinforce the strike
guards. The other soldiers patrolled
nearby to prevent the mob from organ
izing.
Let by Mayor Slough, 200 citizens Of
Struthers village, across the river from
East Youngstown, armed themselves and
massed on the bridge leading across the
river, ready to rcpel the threatened in
vasion of strikers. The men are armed
with rifles and reyolyers.
Fifty pounds Of dynamite has been
placed under the bridge and a wire is
ready to carry q current to set off
blast that viii blow up the bridge the
moment the mob starts across.
General Speaks received an appeal
from Struthers citizens to send help i'm
mediately for protection from rioting in
tAdl uG Ih1ESnEf StutNh AHdt
mob had formed and engaged in gen
eral fight on the streets. Men were
shooting and beating each other. Gen
eral Speaks quickly sent two companies
of militia to Strnthers in automobiles.
During the trouble last night three
persons were killed, ID persons, includ-
ing woman, were injured and more
than Is buildings were burned with a
loss estimated at Ss00,O00. The trouble
was the elimination Of strike of la
borers which began at the plant of the
Republic Iron g. Steel company week
ago and spread to the plants of the
Tube company, the Youngstown Iron & |
Steel company, and the Brier Hills Steel |
company all independent" concerns.
The men demand 25 cents an hour; the
offer an increase from 1914 |
to % cents.
crowd of 5000 gathered last night
at the entrance of the works and stoned
a squad of private police in charge of
Chief j. NJ. Volt of the Sheet & Tube
force.
According to statement made by
Woltz he fred blank shot to scare
the crowd and then firing became gen
sral Nineteen in the crowd were
after which the mob, frenzied,
surged into the East Youngstown bust
ness district and set fire to several ,
As the torch was applied
irst to clothing store and then to a
ewelry store, the looting began. A sa-
Don was fired and looted. the liquor be- {
ng distributed through the crowd. l.
The Youngstown fire department went
% the scene of the fires but was driven
,ff by the crowd. The East Youngs-
own department also attempted to
heck the blaze, but the hose was cut !
md the fiTemen driven away. The
lanes quickly spread and more than Is
were destroyed More than
% families are reported homeless as a
esult OF the fire.
Sheriff UImstead found the situation !,
'eyond his control and asked that state
roops be sent here. Governor Willis
rdered the 5th regiment with head .
uarters at Cleveland, and the Sth regi-
nent with headquarters at Bucyrus. to r.
his city. The 4th regiment at Column
us was ordered to mobilize and move o
o the scene of the trouble as soon as g
ossible
Shortly before midnight mob leaders
roke into a freight car containing 500
ounds of dynamite. They took the
ynamite and started toward the resi- A
entail part OF East youngstown, de-
iaring they would blow that section OF
he city TO pieces.
An unidentified foreigner was seen Il
,oting the postoffice building shortly al
efore fire destroyed the structure. A in
oliceman shot the man in the right leg. ci
Rioters broke into a saloon IN Wilson al
rect and carried away hundreds OF e,
pllars worth Of bottled wines. beer and d.
hiskey. After looting the saloon they lcs
the building by fire.