The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-01-12
Strike Sympathizers APP
ply the Torch.
PROPERTY LOSS IS IMMENSE
Wild Disorder Among the
Strikers Of Steel and
Tube Works.
FIRT MAKES MUCH SUFFERING

Youngstown, o., Jan. Three
were killed, nineteen persons, in
Guiding a woman. were seriously
wounded, others were more or less
seriously hurt, between forty and
fifty buildings were burned with a
loss estimated at 100000, and State
troops were called out to restore or
der as the result of rioting in East
Youngstown following a battle be-
tween a crowd of strike sympathiz-
ers and guards at the plant of the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
tonight.
Shortly before midnight mob lead
ers broke into a freight car contain
ing 500 pounds of dynamite. They
took the dynamite and started to-
ward the residential part of East
Youngstown, declaring they would
blow that section of the city to
pieces.
The trouble was the elimination
of a strike of laborers which began
at the plant of the Republic Iron &
Steel Company a week ago and
spread to the plants of the Tube
company, the Youngstown Iron &
Steel Company and the Brier Hill
Steel Company, all independent
concerns. The men demand 20
cents an hour, the companies Offer
ing an increase from 1917 cents to
22 cents per hour.
The trouble started early this
morning when strike sympathizers
and workers at the sheet and tube
plant clashed. Stones were thrown
and several shots were fired, but no
one was injured. Later in the af-
ternoon riot occurred just outside
the tube company plant and two
men were injured so badly they
were taken to a hospital.
The most serious trouble started
tonight when the day shift at the
sheet and tube mills left work. A
crowd of 5000 gathered at the en-
trance to the works and stoned a
squad of private police in charge of
Chief j. NJ. Wolff, of the Sheet &
Tube Company force.
According to a statement made by
Woltz he fired blank shot in the
air to scare the crowd, and then fir
ing became general. Nineteen in,
the crowd were wounded, following
which the mob. frenzied, surged
into the East Youngstown business
district and set fire to several build
ings. AS the torch was applied first
to a clothing store and then to a
jewelry store. the looting began. A
saloon was fired and looted. the IL
quor being distributed through the
crowd.
The Youngstown Fire Department
went to the scene of the fires, but
was driven off by the crowd. The
East Youngstown department also
attempted to check the blaze, but
the hose was cut and the firemen
driven away. The flames quickly
spread and more than fifteen build
ings We're destroyed. More than
twenty families are reported home
less as a result of the fire.
At o'clock this morning the fire
was still raging. At that time it
was estimated that between twelve
and fifteen city blocks had been
burned over, the buildings for five
blocks along the principal street of
East Youngstown being in ruins.
The fire loss was estimated all the
way from 100000 to s1,0O0,O00.
Quiet After Riot.
Youngstown, o., Jan. S.-Quiet
prevailed throughout the day with
members of the Ohio National Guard
patrolling the principal streets of
East Youngstown, where last night
drink-crazed mobs ran riot, footing
and burning property, and causing
the loss of two lives and financial
loss amounting to s1.5O0,0O0, but
rumors of fresh demonstrations to-
night resulted in renewed vigilance
on the part of the militia.
Would Deport Foreigners.
Youngstown. o., Jan. s.--Com-
mon Pleas Judge Barnum, of this
c'.v. tonight communicated with