New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-10
RIOTING DELAYS
STEEL MERGER
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lam Cunningham Of East YOUNGSTOWN
and Sheriff Umstead. These oEcials
further say that witnesses thus fax
examined bear out in great measure
the charge made by Joseph Tafelski,
of Toronto. Ohio, a polyllnguai organ.
izer Of the American Federation Of
Labor.
Tsfelsh was sent here TO weld the
numerous nationslities employed IN
the works into an organization. How
many races are represented may be
guessed from the fact that twenty
three dialects are spoken in the works,
and every country in Europe, with the
exception Of Turkey. is represented on
the company's payrolls. He was here
last week, and to-day received char
ter for the organization from Wash
ington.
This trouble was all precipitated by
the company" said Tafelski. ITO be-
gin with we had a conference Thursday
night, or. rather. on Friday morning.
with the Mayor. the Sheriff, the county
prosecutor and others. On our side
were John Graney, labor man; t!ynn
and others. We told the Sheriff and
his friends that we could hold the men
in line Il we were given a chance. To
60 tnaT we hTidEEtN 10 4ioA0 "a illftNlt'p
in a hall in East Youngstown on Friday
morning. When we went 70 hire the
hall we found il had been suddenly
let. We believe the man who hired II
WAS acting in the interest Of the COM
pany.
"All this time the company was try
ing to bring the troops here. They
wanted them to intimidate the men.
Mysterious Men Spurred Rioters.
ION Friday bunch OF men Speaking
various languages appeared in East
Youngstown. They had plenty Of
money; they we're free in treating and
they all talked strike and violence.
Who they were the men did not know.
Thew were good spenders. When the
trouble started these men were IN the
crowd. urging the others 10 do things.
That We can prove. They were the
mysterious leaders that nobody has
been able 70 find since.
eve know who they we're. On Fri
day the company had a bunch OF men
sent here from Pittsburgh. They were
men who were used 10 stir up trouble
here five years ago, when there was dis
order in these mills. They were spotted
in the crowd by roughers and rollers
EMPLOYED in the mills who knew them
then. About seventy-fve in all were
sent here. About one-half OF them were
used in this way. They did not come IN
Ill all other means OF making so nuch
trouble that troops would have 70 De
sent here had failed.
at has been said by the company that
the first shots were fred from the
crowd. That is not the fact. But these
outsiders did no shooting. for they were
well heeled. Even with them, there
would not have been any serious trou-
bic if the company's police had not shot
into the crowd. When more than TWEEN
ty men had been shot the crowd dld ge'
ugly. tn +ron,,o was really on.
The company had started things all
right. But, in all the shooting, not
one OF their men was hurt
That" said Prosecutor Henderson,
"tallies with the stories told by many
of the prisoners with whom we have
talked. These men say that they did
the things charged against them be-
cause they were told TO do so. They
cannot. however. tell who IL was that
gave them the orders or suggestions.
Thev say they never say the men be.
fore. With this class Of people, hair
filed with bad whiskey. the suggestion
that something be done is equIValehV
10 AN order under some conditions.
Every Man to Be Traced.
whether some Of the men wounded
or under arrest are these agita,ors or
leaders, or accelerators, or whatever
YOU want 20 call them, is one OF the
things we have been unable 10 find out.
We are going to check up the state,
ment Of every man in the hospital and
under arrest and see Just where ne
comes from. II is natural TO expect
that il men in that crowd for any ul-
terror motive should be arrested they
would tell stories that would not square
with the facts.
Naturally, cannot tell all that we
know. But this thing Is peculiar
queer, If that is better word -from
Beginning TO end. The strike starts