Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-01-12
HORRIBLE STRIKE RIOTS
AT YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
Mobs Enter BarRooms, Seize Liquors. and, Crazed With
Drink, Fire Building After Bui1ding-About One Hun
dred Wounded Property Loss VIII Exceed Milton


buildings are burning. the fire is not
under control and threatens the
whole East Youngstown business sec
tion as result of the steel mill riots
tonight. State guardsmen from AL
lance are expected here by II p. m.
Youngstown and county authorities
declare the situation is beyond their
control.
IIater.-Fires continue to rage un-
checked In East Youngstown at 10
o'clock tonight. A wild mob was
still surging through tho streets
while the authorities were powerless
to control the populace The esti-
mated fire loss is 100000 already.
Nineteen Shot.
Youngstc wn, Ohio, Jan. 7.-Nine-
teen persons we're shot, four probably
fatally, four business buildings and
two buildings Of the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Works were burned,
and a mob of 5000 people battled
with private police at the plant early
in East Youngstown left work.
Sheriff umstead, who with Adju-
tant General Hough and other ma
tional guard officers, went to e asst
mob. Red pepper was thrown in
the shcrlff's eyes, and he was badly
beaten.
The fire companies which at
tempted to check the flames in the
East Youngstown business district
were beaten off by the mob. Many
shots were fired, but the flremen got
back safely to Youngstown.
All of the 19 injured persons were
taken to hospitals here. One of the
most seriously injured was woman.
Scene Of Wild Disorder.
East Youngstown, which has a
population Of about 10000, Tonight
was the scene Of wild disorder. Po-
lice, being helplessly outnumbered,
made no effort to control the mobs
which surged through the streets and
Most Of the residents are foreigners.
The trouble started ealy In the
evening, when the day shift, among
whom we're said to be number Of
strike-breakers, left work.
A mob Of more than 5000 men and
women formed at the entrance to the
mills and hooted and jeered as the
workers left the plant. A number Of
the workers were stoned and beaten.
The private police force of the mill
was lined up on a bridge across the
river leading to the main works of
the plant. Some one in tho crowd
threw a rock which struck one of the
mill guards. Immediately several of
the gaurds drew their revolvers and
fired to scare the crowd.
Then the real trouble started. Re-
volvers were produced by men in the
crowd, and answering shots were sent
back. The guards answered by firing
into the crowd. Men and women,
wounded, fell amid the rain Of bull
lets.
The Torch Applied.
Finally the crowd fell back and
vented it's fury by applying the torch
to buildings in the neighborhood.
The place fred was the two-story
office building Of the sheet and tube
plant. While the flames were roar
ing into the air the torch was applied
to another building, small one
story storehouse.
Not satisfied with this exhibition Of
its fury, the mob turned to the bust
ness section. Part Of the mob enter
ed a saloon, and, after looting the
place and distributing the liquor
among the frantic foreigners in the
crowd, set fire to the place.
When the flames had spread to a
clothing store and a jewelry store the
whole crowd took a hand in the loot
ing. Clothing and jewelry we're
taken from the stores and distributed
through the crowd.
Firemen summoned from Youngs-
town arrived on the scene, but before
they could get the hose connected up
with the city hydrants the crowd