The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-08
TWENTY SHOT IN
STRIKE RI0TING
Eight Men Reported Dead al
Youngstown, 0.
hob FIGHTS The POLICE
Attempts to Burn Plants and Fire
Spreads to City ard is Now Beyond
Control-NiIitia Called Out.

Youngstown, Chic, Jan. Slight
men were reported dead, twelve
others are wounded probably fatally
and the business section Of East
Youngstown, five miles east of here.
is burning as result of frenz-e1
mob of 1890 Youngstown sheet and
tube strikers attempting to burn the
tube company's plant.
Firemen from surrounding towns
were summoned and they were at.
tempting to check the blaze, but the
condagration quickly communicated to
the frame buildings and it Is feared
the entire business section, compris'
ing about seven blocks, will be de-
stroyed.
Riot calls were sent to Youngstown
and Alliance. Companies H and M, OF
the Fifth regiment, 0. N. g., were i'm
mediately dispatched to the scene. Po'
licemen from Youngstown and twenty.
five deputy sheriffs under the direc
ton of Sheriff j. C. Umstead were
rushed to East Youngstown on spe'
cial train.
1t is alleged that many of the strik.
ers had been drinking and scores
were crazed with liquor when the riot
occurred. The mob walked to the
plant without any demonstration and
few were aware of any intentions to
burn the plant until several men were
seen with lighted torches.
When the mob reached the entrance
of the plant they were met by a de-
tachment of police numbering about
twenty-five, each armed with revoi
yer. The officers are said to have or.
dered the mob away when the strik'
ers, it is alleged, attempted to rush
through the open gate at the entrance
According to residents in the vicin
ity when the hundreds Of angry
strikers rushed, each officer discharg
ed a revolver. Twenty men fell with
bullet wounds in their bodies while
the others ran wildly down the street
The watchman's small shanty was
ignited and destroyed.
Flames from the burning shanty
communicated to the bridges crossing
the company's railroad and connect.
ing the plants. The bridges were de
stroyed. but the blaze was checked
hefarn j., ignitsa the plants.
Ffremen from surrounding towns re
sponded and aided in fighting the
flames, but they were hampered by
the strikers who are alleged to have
tossed stones at them. 1t is assert
ed that the strikers cut the hose and
refused to permit the firemen to check
the blaze.
Twenty foreign families were made
homeless by the confagration which
laid their homes in ruins. The fol
lowing buildings are in ruins:
Kaufman Brothers, clothing store
$1,000; Newman & McGrattan, sa
loon, $4,000; Michael Bonahan build
ing, $4,000; E. Schoenfeld, jewelry
store, $4,000; Ranner store building
$4,000; Office building of Youngstown
Sheet and Tube company, not estimat
ed; twenty dwellings in short streets
post office building.
The two women who were WOunde
were standing near the plant with
scores of women and children when
the company pOllcelHeu Opeueu ule
on the crowd Of strikers.
Mrs. Helen Troth was standing
within a few feet of her home, and
was watching her two children play
ing nearby when she fell unconscioui
with two bullet wounds in her body
Three hundred laborers of the
Youngstown Sheet & Tube company
joined the strikers at the Republic
Iron & Steel company's plants, bring
ing the total number Of men then on
strike at the two establishments up
to $500. A large part of the sheet AID
tube company, which employs 5000
men, was idle. 1t was estimated T.,
900 workers were affected by the
strike.
Official announcement was made by
the Youngstown Sheet & Tube com
pany, of raise in the wages for ccm
mon labor from 1919 cents to % cents
per hour. The Republic Iron & Stee,
company has made no announcement