The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-10
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YOUNGSTOWN STRIKE
Men Confess Having Been Sent From
New York to Prevent Manufacture
of Munitions
OVER 400 STRIKERS HAVE
BEEN TAKEN INFO CUSTODY
Youngstown Shoe; and Tube Company
and Republic steel and Iron Com
pany Start Movement to Put An End
to Strikes.

Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. S.--The in
QUESTION by both Federal and Mahon-
ing County authorities irto rnob VOL
ence at the plant of the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Company last Friday
when two person wecs &..!e5. many
wounded and million doila-& worth
of property destroyed. took a sensa-
tional turn tonight, when County De-
tect4ye Kane said two Austrians in
the county JAN here have made con-
fessions in which they are quoted as
saying that they were sent here from
New York to start the strike so as to
prevent the manufacture of war mu-
nitions for the Allies The men are
Dan Eleck and John Brisky.
1T would be useless for us TO at
tempt TO operate our plant while some
of the workers are in their present
frame of mind" j. A. Campbell. presi-
Tube Company said tonight, discuss
ing strike conditions for the first time
since the riot at the plant in East
Youngstown Friday night. which re-
suited in two persons being killed.
We do not need any protection fer
ourselves, but we want to have our
workers and their homes protected.
Brigadier General Speaks has inform
ed us that he will remove the national
guardsmen from our plant, 1t was
never intended that they should be
CHARTERED there.
Not to Import Strikcbreakers.
We Will not import strike breakers.
am confident that outside influences
were responsible for the shooting and
destruction of property Why should
men want TO destroy their own homes
II has been suggested that this trouble
was provoked by enemies of the allies.
They may have been factor. We
have been making war munitions. and
when we started many of the Austrians
IN or employ refused to work They
ma have seized tho opportunits Of
assisting in this trouble nv inciting
the other men"
over AGA persons were taken into
custody in Fast Youngstown today by
soldiers ard deputy sheriTs, and to
night the authorities were In . guam
Diary as "a where the prisoners we're
80 be kept. The county Jail and city
iock.up are packed Late this after
neon officers placed prisoners in the
fire engine house. where they were
herded like cattle. Soldiers with fixed
bayonets were stationed outside the
municipal building 10 thwRrt any at
tempt at jail delivery.
Movements toward settlement of the
strikes at the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company in East youn gst own and
In GtrutherS. and the Republic Iron
and Steel Com hany, I'm Lansingville,
where probably 1900 men are out.
less than 1000 Of them on strike. feA-
tured a Sunday Of comparative quiet.
Peace plans outlined ny Governor
Willis were launched today by Fred
&. Croxtou. chief of the State Media
tion Board, whom the Governor sent
here from Columbus. The first meeting
10 ~rttfe the strike rrohahiy- witt he
hslf tomorrow. called by Croxton. TO
which Will be invited representatives
Of the companies and the strikers.
Thousands Of dollars worth of plum
der taken from buildings later ared
and destroyed by the mob Friday night
has been recovered All saloons or
dered closed Friday night will remain
closed over Monday. sheriff Umstead
announced tonight.
Federal Inquiry to ne started.
New York, Jan. a.-~The Federal au-
thorities Investigating German activt-
ties will inquire at once into the stories
OF two Austrians who are under arrest
In Youngstown, Ohio. and who are said
TO have confessed that they were sent
from New ork to foment strikes in
plants making munitions for the allies.
william ofiey, chief of the Depart
ment OF Justice operatives here, tele-
graphed Special Agent De Woody. in
charge in Cleveland to go at once to
Youngstown and question the two men
and report at once eff they are con-
nected with other plotters.