Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-11
IRON COMPANY
RESUMES WORK
About 1000 Men Report al
Youngstown Plant; Grand
Jury Sitting

Youngstown. o., Jan. IL. - The
grand jury investigation into the
strike at the plant of the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Company was
resumed here to-day with a score of
witnesses waiting TO testify. Henry
S. Ballard, of Columbus, assistant at
torney general, sent here upon the
request of Prosecuting Attorney A.
Nj. Henderson, of this county, to aid
in the prosecution of riot cases ar
rived this morning and at once went
into conference with the prosecutor,
The gates at the Republic Iron and
Steel Company's plant where 1000
men have been on strike since De-
cember %. reopened to-day and many
returned to work. According to re-
ports, about 1000 reported for duty.
Recover Much Loot
Thousands of dollars worth of loot
seized by rioters in East Youngs-
town during the wild scenes of last
Friday night and early Saturday, have
been recovered by the military and
police and present a collection of al
most everything found for sale in a
small town.
Four cash registers, two phono-
graphs, 40 trunks, 112 suit cases, "a
flour were among the things first re-
covered. Then the military found 400
cartridges, some of them made into
very fair dunn dunn bullets; 125 bottles
of catsup, spices, coffee and tea; seven
bushels of apples, $50 loaves of bread
two bushels of onions and 40 dozen
boxes of matches.
Wearing apparel appealed parti.
cularly to the rioters, and the military
unearthed 102. suits of clothes, 30C
coats, 500 pairs of trousers, so pairs
of overalls, 220 pairs of gloves. 1906
pairs of shoes, 100 suits of under.
wear, 2100 neckties, 5000 pairs Of
socks and 800 collars.
The soldiers also recovered 112 re.
volVers, 407 knives of assorted sizes
25 raZors, 20 gold and silver watches
20 rings, "a pairs of cufr links ant
SO watch fobs.
There was a vast amount of Other
material stolen, much of which the
authorities believe they will never bt
able TO locate.
Employees Coming Back
Operations at the plant of the Re.
public Iron and Steel Company, where
there has been a strike of laborers
since December 81. will probably be
resumed in some departments late to-
day. President Thomas j. Bray sale
that more than so per cent. of the EN-.
ployes had notified him that they
would return and that preparation:
are being made to reopen the plant
which employs more than 5000 men.
a conference of labor leaders will
President Bray will be held this after,
noon. Fred G. CroXton, mediator, SEN
here to adjust labor differences in thi!
district, will be present.
Three Thousand Get Raise
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company posted notices at its plant to
day that the wages of skilled employe!
now receiving 40 cents an hour would
be advanced to A cents and those re
ceiving SO cents to 43 cents. The ad
vance. it is claimed. affects about 5000
men.
Subpenas were served on Thomas III
Flynn, general organizer of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor; James A
Campbell, president, and C. S. Robin
son, vice-president of the youngstown
Sheet and Tube Company, to appear
this afternoon before the grand jury
Mr.. Flynn, it is understood. will b'
questioned regarding the statement III
issued last night in which he claimed
that the riot in East Youngstown las
week was financial scheme to depres
the value of stock of the tube com
pany so that a merger of independen
steel interests could be made