The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
Heavy Force of State Troops
in Charge of East Youngs-
town and Struthers Situation
NO MORE TROUBLE Is
ANTICIPATED UNLESS
STRIKE-BREAKERS USED
All Saloons Closed and Cut
ting Off Supply Of Drink
Helps Situation-Sixty Loot
ers Landed in jjaiitt

East Youngstown. Ohio, Jan. s.
Over 2.ooo soldiers are parolling the
streets OF this devastated city tonight
After a night OF wild revelry, rlotlng
and conflagration. during which the
business section WAS reduced 10 ruins
hundreds of houses devoured ey
flasnes, rendering families homeless
with possessions standing on the
streets. quiet and order again pre-
walls. The toll OF the mob violence
viii exceed 81 800, oGe, with but slight
hope of retrieving the loss BY insur-
ance, as the policies carry riot causes
in them. Business men yesterday pos
sessad of means today find themselves
penniless
This town. with a thousand state
tnliitianlcn shouldering Springfield
rifles with fixed bayonets trayersins
streets dispensing throngs of foreign
ierS, gives every indication OF being the
,,h4tct of attacking army HAD
heavy guns directed their lombard
rnent AGAINST buildings in the down
.,,Vp section the damage could not
have been any more appalling,
Searching for Lootcrs
search IL now being made for
hooters. ana a house to house hunt re-
Il
al plunder being recovered. over
6sfxtv men al whose homes the stolen
goods were recovered are behind the
bars Every effort will be made TO
ran down leaders OF the mob which
took part in the riattng. which Will be
she subject If a grand jury intesttga-
tiou at the instance of Prosecuting AT
tcrrcy Andrew r. Henderson, OF Ma
honiug County.
oil M1sfhartffa0
expected here tomorrow to conduct an
taonisltion into the burning of the
postoffice building.
Several thousand dollars were paid
nut to striking workers in this dis
trlct this afternoon. Il was the regu-
lar pay day Pavnastcrs. with thou
ssrtis of pay checks, were stationed
IN open lots near the plant. and the
workmen lined up and received their
money. Dusk had set In when the
last check was handed over
Troaps on Streets at Noon.
While the troops began arriving
hare AT -f,..sis.tats-th this morning they
did NOT put in their appearance on the
7 streets until shortly before noon. Their
arrival gave relief as with the great
crowds congregatine there ware fears
Of more violence. To avoid stirring
nm feeling police officers withdrew
tiiers arrived
Al Hrst there we're less than thirty
ynitIttamen on hand, hut this force was
later augmented until before tonight
ends there will be over 1000 brown
clad soldiers here.
The troops had mparatively little
trouble with the strikers after they
arrived. From the outset they made
II nlatn that no one would be per-
iaFy tn
conxregating of crowds was prohibited
shortly after , o'clock this after
noon several shots rang out through
the afr from the hills 10 hack of the
town whore the strikers started To
congregate, hut soldiers were dispatch
"A there and the crowds were dis
persed.
Discr a Hero,
The name Oscar r., DiSer, former
Assemhiyman and new city solicitor OF
East YOUNGSTOWN. who. with handful
!. OF men foreign down upon the drink
crazed mob made mp of several tnou-
sand foreign strikers, and succeeded In
routing them, enabled the firemen 10
6egin fighting the flames which
threatened entire town, Is constantly
upon the lips of the people here, His
display of courage is credited with
saving hundreds of thousands of dol
lars worth OF property ioST' it'rUi .
the man of the hour. He is a Spanish
war veteran.
While denied by officials OF the stee
companies. there are indications tina
preparations are being made to i'm
port strikehreakers. Hundreds of cot;
were brought into the mills in g
special tra.~. while dining rooms were
titfed up In different shops.
Mill officials were firing boilers TO
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