Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-11
F F|NANC|ERS CHARGED
WITH PLANNING RIOTS
Alleged to Have Started Younps-
town Trouble With View to
Depressing Prices.
WOULD MAKE MERGER POSSIBLE,
Sensational Statement Issued by Gen.
erai Organizer Of American FEEDER.
alton OF LabOr-He VIII Re Called
to Testify Before Grand Jury.

fouNGSTOWN. O.. January 10
opening of the grand jury fnvestira
ton OF the strike and riot in East
ouhSstowi. the resumption Of work
at the plant of the Youngstown Sheet
ana Tube Company aud tn. ordering
nome Of the Fourth Regiment OF rho
ono National G@ard. called out for
strike duty, were the devclopmeuts in
the situation here to-day.
'Snicf prevailed in the vicinity or tha
'uoc works. and employees who re-
ported for duty to-day were not mo-
tested either when entering Or leaving
me pant. There were no pickets in
cNiuehce. ana the crisis in :hc situa-
tioh Is believed to have passed
Many witnesses were eyar,,p.l 81.
the grand jury during the dav. bur NJ
cor"lhg TO Prosecuting Attorney \. NJ.
Henderson, no report will he made until
the latter part of the week. and many
more Will be called before the probe
is completed
SENSATIONAL STATEMENT
Hf GENERAL oar: iNIZER
Thomas II. Flynn. general organizer
OF the American Federation of Labor
VINO returned here from PITTSBURGH to
DAY. issued a statement Tonight IN
which he charged that the riot.ng here
last week was a financial scheme 70
uepress the value Of stock % the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Companv
so that a merger Of independent steel
interests can he effected
We have evidence that We regard
as conclusive, proving 10 III that this
entire trouble was caused by paid slug
1lr,,
the Youngstown sheet and Tube Com
pany, Mr.. Flynn charged IN the state
ment. The gunmcn who did the
shooting were residents of pittsburrb
We understood that these gunmen
twenty-five in number. were deputizcd
by Sheriff Gmstcad. If this IS so, the
sherin violated the law
Il do not think there was any for
eigh influence involved. think il was
financial scheme ri.ged ~ as tbc
last desperate resort to depress the
value OF the tube works stock, &c that
interests that are trying u form n
great s5co,0oo.oo0 merger could get the
control they wanted.
CAN IDENTIFY SLlrt:GEnS
BROUGHT FROM OTHER PLACES
Il have seen slucgcrs here ;hot
can Identify as sluggers that have
operated III other places. ! know these
men We're brought here for this ioh
This whole thing was cuginccrcd bv
iinanciers. organized labor der~ands
that this rotten thing lie investigated
TO the finish
Prosecuting Attorney Henderson said
that Mr. Flynn would be GATED before
the grand jury To rcpca, his charges
under oath.
At the Office of the tube company it
was claimed that abou, 500 men had
returned to work
The Federal Investigations were
started here to-day. the first ~ George
\. West. Of Washington. u. c.. repre-
sentng the Federal Commission on In
dustrial Relations. Postal inspectors
are also investigating the robbiue and
burning Of the post office IN East
Youngstown on Friday night IL con
nection with which six men already
have been arrested
Persistent reports tonight said that
the strikes in the plants OF the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
and the Republi" lror and Steel Com
pany in East Youngstown. Struthcrs
and I.ansingvillc, affecting iS.uGo. had
been settled. Confirmation wns impos-
sihic.
Counsel for persons whose homes and
places OF business We're burned by .hc
mob, resulting in Il loss estimated n.
more than Sl.oO0,0on. said they would
be unable to collect any DAMAGES In
snrance companies will not pay il is
held. and neither the Sta.c nor county
can he held liable
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