Arizona republican., 1916-01-12
YOUNGSTOWN |S
 QUIET, STRIKERS. RETURN TO WORK
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Republican A. p. Leased Wire1 YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. 11.-F'red CroXton, state mediator. announced tonight that the strike of the tube workers at the plant of the Youngs- town Sheet & Tube company had been declared off The men at the mass meeting tonight voted to ac- cept the company's offer of an in crease in wages amounting approx imately to 10 per cent. and will re- turn to work tomorrow.
 The plant employs 9500 men, not all of whom. however, have been on d strike, although tEey were compelled to quit work
 Mediator Cr0Xton is endeaVoring to settle the strike at the plant of the 1 Republic Iron X Steel company and conferences of representatives of the company and the men will be resumed l tomorrow.
 ! Announcement was made at the | headquarters of Brigade General John | C. Speaks, in command of the two
 regiments of Ohio National Guard
 now here, that as result of the | change in the situation an order for | the withdrawal of militia would prob
 ably be issued tomorrow.
 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in tele- gram received late today, denied charges made by Thomas H. Flynn. general organizer for the American Federation of Labor. that the Rocke- feller interests were in any way in | tereSted in the proposed merger of big independent steel interests or were indirectly responsible for the rioting n East Youngstown last Fri day.
 | MT. Flynn had charged that the riot
 was part of a scheme to depress the
 value of stock of the Youngstown
 Sheet X Tube company, so that the
 control could be obtained and a mer-
 ger affected with several other com
 panies in which the Colorado Fuel X
 Iron company was to be included When the telegram was received, MT Flynn at once replied that he would, if Mir. Rockefeller desired, submit to him the source of his information. The grand jury Investigating the strike at the plant Of the Youngs- town Sheet X Tube company and the riotirg which took place last Friday during which drink -crazed mobs footed and burned practically every place of business in East Youngs- town, was resumed today
 The inquiry will be thorough, &C., cording to H. $. Ballard, assistant at
 torney general of Ohio. and every cause leading up to the strike will l be investigated. The grand jury als; | will inquire into the riot. especially | endeavoring to ascertain if it was in- | spired by any person. corporation ol | foreign government
 l Announcement was made tonight D, l the Republic Iron 6, Steel compan, | that the company's plant at Lansing | vile, near here, would resume in full l tomorrow. The strike, which tied LII l the operations of that company, orig | mated at that point and affected 700 ] men. The company also expects t, reopen the local plant soon. All em l plOyes will be granted a 10 per cent l increase in wages.
 : The Youngstown Sheet X Tub
 icompany also posted notices toda,
 'i"t US Shllleu eilployeS would D
 granted an increase amounting t,
 about cents an hour. An increas of from 172 cents to 22k cents al
 hour for laborers was announced Fri $ day shortly before the riot.
 IL The East Youngstown and Struth Il CTS plants of the company resumed il Il all departments today. according t.
 an official announcement which sai, ' that 2500 of the 11,000 employees ha, e returned.
 y Federal postal inspectors toda n made three more arrests in cOnnec IL tion with the footing and burning O the East Youngstown pOstoffice S
 were arrested yesterday. All are be
 ing held pending further investigation