The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08

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 scat
tered about the hillside. AS fast as
possible these men were driven to the
police station ard 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 q hundred
had been rounded up and brought
here while the little police station in
East Youngstown was filled to over
flowing.
The majority of the men taken were
armed and many of them were under
the influence of liquor they had stolen
from the looted saloons Clearing the
streets gave the Youngstown fire de-
partment an opportunity to get into
East Youngstown and men and equip
ment made the run of three miles as
quickly as possible. They threw
water on The ruins the rest of the
night but the wreck wrought by the
mob was most complete. By day
break the walls of many of the brick
buildings burned began to fall and the
principal streets were roped off and
SightSeerS excluded.
What became of the mob when it
fled before the bullets of the posse
las not vet been determined although
it is known that hundreds of men
leading out of East Youngstown while
many others made their way into
Youngstown.
Militia Arrives UnannOunced.
At O'Clock it was reported that
the mob was reforming on the hills
back of the village determined to at
tack again and the posse which had
been helping the fire department was
reassembled, this time with reinforce
ments and guards were set until the
soldiers could arrive.
General Speaks has been in COM
Governor Willis at Columbus and anx-
iouSly 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
Fremont street saw the long trains
stretched out along the tracks did
they realize that he militia had taken
the situation in hand.
Tube Company's Stock Slumps.
Cleveland, Jan. Stock of the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube company,
where wage strike and riot tied up
the plant, dropped $40 a share for the
common issue at the opening of the
Cleveland stock exchange today. Its
last selling price prior to the strike
was $291.50. But $3.50 was bid as
trading started with no sales. Pre-
IGIIed OcCllIleQ IIOIu d last Sdl6 price
of $114.50 to $113 at the opening.
Dead Man Unidentified.
By noon today practically every
company of the Fifth, Eighth and
Fourth regiments, comprising the Sec
ond brigade of the Ohio national
guard, ordered here for strike duty,
was either in the city or its suburbs.
The mobilization was accomplished in
record time.
A canvass of mOrgueS and hospitals
at noon gave a list of one dead and %
seriously injured as the result of last
nights rioting in East Youngstown.
! The dead man is not yet identified.
He was % years old and was shot
while footing a store. Those injured
include two women and are virtually
all of foreign extraction.
The burned and looted area OF
/ Youngstown is three-fourths of a mile
long and half a mile wide.
Two thousand two hunderd state
I troopes are now in control of the stu
alton. Thirteen thousand five hun
/ bred steel workers are affected by
closing down of Youngstown Sheet &
Tube company and Republic Iron &
Steel company. Clerks are firing
furnaces at Youngstown Steel & Tube
company to prevent the plants ruin.
Two companies of United States
regulars from Columbus are reported
to have been ordered out because of
the Iooting, dynamiting and burning
of the poStoffice.