The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-08

VI said. when thu policemen nred.
~ nnuuasa frif tn the street snd the
6G1USkS Fan down tsgqYi street.
HHfek she sheattsx the strikers,
& ~ ~ rs tive scene enacted st the
tI&S< Vi sh their feilew- wsrkmen were
<<e&s Mean afrssks in ~ saloons and
,1Szl $ aaAg uauof = fThe saloons
IS Easse q. 9ass e. p'cifsE this after.
[is}hs - Il wsx feared the men might
x4usn trouble. Liquor was carried
~ lse streets and drunk by the strik-
Abcut ? o'clock tonight the property
EI1lnha@xo was estimated at 100000 and
<the blaze was stu beyond control
& esR was sent "a the Youngstown
Esrr Department, hut the officials We
ssffssea 10 send the firemen. saying
&bat they were not assured protectioh
frpsa 4he angry mot Of strikers.
H7rcmcn 20 the Rescue.
fs3ssy,tpn from surrounding towns
<rerrontied and aided In hghttng the
flanleS hut they were hauperea ny
Ts4hs Fsr3krrS. who are alleged to have
Z a ss,,ssSssa stones al them It is assert
- hat the strikers cut fhe hose AFRO
ssref,sssa ID, permit tho frcmen 70 check
rw.,,fv foreign families were made
sshntneleSS by ths Contlagrauon, "hl"h
laid their homes in ruins me ioi
\ tuwlng buildings were so runs AZ
sesciock tonight. ...o
tzi a0o. Newman a McGrattan. sa-
ss..,,, sa. pae. Michael MoHahan
sfnfak;ina. SIS. zoe: T.. SChoenfield. Jew
rtrY store, s. eco. hammer store build
sfsarr. SEQ. eOo. office building OF
SSa,nrs;own Sheet and Tube Compa-
M not estimated; twenty dwellings,
n Short streets, postoihce building
The injured are $50.
Mrs. Helen 10th. George Earsh
fstaliNP>- Frank RoesA
a ,,rt.hablx fatality. n8n Nonat. Georse
rtsas Jim SolicN. David 1ngar. Joe
nsttar, Doninick Chitlz, Harry MONO
sppshsl,lv fatality
4, The tsco women v ne were "ounued
acre standing near the plant WIN
.rs.ures of women ard children wnen
the com parry policemen opened mrs
ON the crowd of strikers.
/ Mrs 10th was standing within
fsw feet Of her home. and was ~atCh-
Ar her two children playing nearby
y FER she fell unconscious with TWO
ballet wounds in her body
The unidentified woman IS beleNed
IL have hsen visiting relatives III East
youn<ktowu and went to the plant
With strikers. She r. aged abeu TWEEN
kst.rsght years, and IL believed 10 De
an American. Physicians operated
or her and stated that Rhe had slight
chances for recovery.
At ii O'Clock the mob was IN alb
pulute control of the district. aud had
In .yrssr possession five hundred pounds
Of dynamite with which the leaders
rid they would blow the town Il"
hell
Taev obtained the dynamite rs
Breaking into railroad car in which
the dynamite, which was owned by
Ioais Bebasio. "a contractor. was stored
temporarily.
Everyone OF the eighteen saloons in
East Youngstown had been smashed
In and looted their doors and win
ssows had been knocked out, and IL Fl
striker wanted more drink he simply
went I'm and got II
The action of the strikers follows
the rofnpany's announcement, made
earlier in the day. that the rate of pay
fy1r r-r,7Tr14rrsy iistet4. 4eefs at IA ntsssd
from 70 - 10 % cents an hour.
Nj All midnight 3oe0 strikers and kin
ssre5 spirits most of whom were wild
IN excited by drink. were marching
around the streets. in absolute control.
The militia will not arrive until morn
ifng, and in their absence the police and
deputy sheriffs refuse To try TO control
the situation The iremen have been
sfrsven from their - elnpts to put out
ran fres. and there was nothing TO
#rhark The incendiarissn Of the mob.
a. g.. II