Evening star., 1937-06-20
Five Officers
Among Hurt
in Battle
TROOPS ASKED
FROM DA.VEY
Police Use of Gas
Against Women
Starts Fight.
BACKGROUND

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BACKGROUND
Steel strike called May Is BY
John W. Le,pis' c. I. O. to force
big independents to sign collective
bargaining agreements haze been
marked ,0ith bloodshed and riot
ing NTH nine killed in South Chi
cdoo. Effort first ,Oas directed at
Republic, Youngstown Sheet &
Tube and Inland. and later against
Bethlehem. Chief interest no,D CEN
ters in JohnstoWn Pa. 1Dhere Gou.
Earle yesterday proclaimed martial
ldC.
q, the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June l9-At
least one man was killed and IL in
jured tonight in fercely fought bat
tie between police and striking work.
ers Of the Republic Steel Corp plant
The dead man was John Bogovich,
who carried a picket card of the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee.
The identified injured were:
Mary Heaton Worse of New York,
magazine writer, temple grazed by
bullet.
Deputy Clifford Faust, cheek wound.
Deputy Mike Mennlng, shot in
chest.
Deputy 0. Iawler. shot in chest.
Deputy Jack Barrett, shot in hip.
Deputy Ted Wilson, shot in leg.
Nick Velicko, c. I. o. organizer,
shot in arm by flving object.
Thomas Osrabv. shot in hand.
Edward Salt, youngstown Vindica-
tor photographer, shot in leg.
Katherine Wright. shot in leg.
Rocco Luscri, shot in arm.
Joe Malik second degree burns.
The two deputies shot in the chest
apparently were the most seriously
wounded.
Police Use Gas Against Women.
The riot occurred when women c. !.
o. sympathizers, police said, were Or
dered off company property. They re-
fused to leave and C. l. o. officials said
police fired tear gas into their ranks.
Screaming, they gave way. and
scores of strikers rushed the police,
forcing them into railroad underpass.
Bullets spattered down from sur
rounding hills.
c. l. O. leaders put in frantic
call for Gov. Martin L. Davey for
State troops.
The Governor, reported at his home
in Kent, Ohio, could not be i'm
mediately reached.
The Republic plant, shut down since
the strike started on May 26, is
located l mile east OF the city and
until tonight only a small picket
force was maintained there.
Highway Blocked by Pickets.
Pickets not actually engaged in
the fighting formed lines across the
roads east and west of the plant.
blocking the highway, police said, In
an apparent attempt to prevent the
running in Of reinforcements.
A second police line beyond the
picket defense line detoured all traffic
away from the riot zone.
Adit Gen. Marx. commanding
officer OF the State Militia, said, how
ever, he had received no orders from
Gov. Davey requesting troops and
that his own observers in the riot
area advised there was no immediate
need for troops.
The rioting came few hours after
Federal mediators announced that
John L. Lewis, C. I. o. chief, and
off1cials OF Republic and the other
three independent steel companies in
volved, would meet in Cleveland Mon
day in an attempt to find means for
4 peaceful settlement
Previously 10 persons had been
killed-all in a Memorial day riot
near the Republic plant in Chicago.
More Deputies Sent.
Shortly before midnight, Elser
rushed third carload Of special depu-
ties to the battle-ground and mobilized
IS more. He said about IS deputies
were on the scene.
Nearly thre hours after the start
of the fighting Police Chief Carl Olson
reported everything is under control"
He announced the arrest OF eight
men. including Joe Gallagher, a c. L.
o, organizer. All eight we're held on
open charges
nounced he would place charges Mon
day after full investigation"
At the time Olson made his report
the firing near the plant had virtually
dwindled away.
All Roads Closed.
Sheriff Elser announced all roads
leading into Youngstown were being
closed. He telephoned police chiefs
in surrounding towns, asking them to
summon the necessary men to block
ade Il entries to the city.
Mrs. Vores. gray-haired writer for
liberal magazines, was wounded after
the fighting had dwindled
"Scotty O'Hara &C. I. O. orga nizer)
and I were walking up street near
the plant" she related as blood coursed
down her face "All was quiet. The
street was perfectly empty.
We passed group Of pickets
without trouble. said to Scotty, Am
cramping your style?' He said No,
come on. everything is all right
"A truck Of 20 deputies came by.
Before them was sparse group Of
strikers. We turned around and l
thought they wouldn't shoot, but at
that moment two strikers ran and
dropped at my feet 4
Il can't say exactly what happened.
(see youngstown, Psse A-7.)