Evening star., 1916-01-08

= the village was the banking house Of
c. v Hamory. The mob paid no az
tention to it until after ~ oci3on
Then it was recalled that saloon nao
stood in that section and there was
rush to the place. The saloon was
quickly looted and fred, and the names
spreading to the bank soon doomed the
structure.
One Rioter Shot Dead.
. A dry goods store near 7th street and
Wilson avenue shared building with
a saloon. The particular party OF rot
ers who selected it for their prey maze
the mistake of attacking the dry goods
store first AS they approached the
door a man appeared at a window IN
the living quarters above the store ana
fired one shot from his revolver. a
rioter. who had not been identined this
morning fell dead in the street, ana
the rest fed. They withdrew to the
other side of Wilson avenue. and after
a conference tossed a brick through
one of the plate glass windows NO
shot came from above and encour-
aged. they stormed the place.
At a dozen or more places I'm wilson
avenue barrels of whisky, with the
heads gone, stood in the roadway. ana
surrounding them were many men and
women gulping down the raw liquor or
passing it to friends in the crowd VINO
could not get close enough to help
themselves. A number of clothing
stores fell a prey to the rioters, ana
changing their old clothes for the loot
they had seized. This change of ap-
parel was made in the street. lighted
almost to MONDAY brightness by the
flames from half hundred burning
buildings.
Once the rioters were frightened. A
passenger train steaming along the
railroad tracks at the foot of the hill
slowed down as it approached the
burning buildings shout. The MI
lita is coming" rang out, and for
minute or two there was a pause. Sut
when it was seen the train did not
stop the orgie went on.
Better Citizens in Flight.
BY this time so much property had
been destroyed and the mob had be-
come so infiamed that the better citi-
zens of the town had fed. Many faTi-
lies came to Youngstown and others
took the street cars to communities
farther away, as the conviction was
growing that if the disorder spread to
Youngstown nothing could save the
city. Finally dozen or more citizens.
led by Oscar Diser. city solicitor OF
East Youngstown and former member
of the Ohio legislature. gathered at
the police station (the fire had not
been carried closer than block to
that structure) and pleaded with po-
lice and other city officials to attack
before force of forty armed men had
been gathered in Wilson avenue. Then,
with Diser to lead them, they moved
down the street.
Only block away the rioters were
looting the last building in the block,
and the citizens fired over their heads.
They broke and ran, but finding no one
had been killed, they turned and sent
snot after shot toward the posse. No
one was hurt, and the posse fired
rioters went down and the mob tore
down the street. The panic gathered
strength. and scores of men, their
pockets bulging with loot. stumbled
over each other in a mad rush to get
away. The posse followed closely. and
wherever possible chased the rioters
into side streets, men being detached
from among the citizens to round them
up. In half an hour Wilson avenue
had been almost cleared of the mob,
but small squads were scattered about
the hillside: as fast as possible these
men were driven by main force to the
police station. and automobiles took
them to Youngstown. Some were taken
to the Mahoning county Jail and others
to the city prison. By o'clock this
morning more than a hundred had
been rounded up and brought here,
while the little police sation in East
Youngstown was filled to overfowing.
The ma ajority of the men taken were
armed. and many of them were under
the influence of the liquor they had
stolen from the looted saloons.
Little Left to Be Saved.
Clearing the streets gave the Youngs-
town fire department an opportunity to
get into East Youngstown and men and
equipment made the run of three miles
oh
some work for them to do. and water
was thrown on the ruins the rest of the
night, but the wreck wrought by the
mob was most complete. BY daybreak
the walls of many of the brick build
ings burned began to fall, and the
sightseerS excluded. What became of
the mob when it fed before the bullets
of the posse has not yet been deter
mined, although it is known that hun
dreds of men streamed along country
roads leading out of East Youngstown,
while many others made their way into
Youngstown. At o'clock 1t was re-
ported that the mob was reforming on
the hills back of the village, determin-
ed to attack again, and the posse, which
had been helping the fire department,
was reassembled, this time with rein
forcements, and guards were set until
the soldiers could arrive.
Gen. Speaks had been in communica-
ton during the night with Gov. Willis
at Columbus and anxiously awaited the
coming of the troops at daybreak The
troop trains came without any definite
announcement to the public and not
until persons passing along Front
street saw the long trains stretched out
along the tracks did they realize that
the military had taken the situation in
hand.
Outbreak Not Surprise.
The outbreak last night did not come
as surprise to the residents of East
Youngstown. All day the entrances to
the steel mills were watched by crowds
of strikers armed with heavy clubs,
knives and revolvers, and men who at
tempted to enter the plants were driy-
en- away by threats of violence.
As the day advanced the strikers
grew more aggressive. hurting stones
and clubs at workmen., Lunch baskets
were taken and destroyed. Street cars
were stopped and workmen forcibly re-
moved. When a man refused to Join
the strikers he was put on q car going
IN the opposite direction and sent home.
Cars were bombarded with stones and
windows broken when motofmen fail
ed to stop at the command OF mob
leaders.
Frederick Fletcher, q newspaper man,
was mistaken for a workman and at
taoked. He was knocked down. but es-
capped before being seriously injured.
Two Women Wounded.
Mrs. Toth ana IN unidentified woman
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