Wednesday March 29, 1916
From The Day Book: Judge Anderson Quashes Indictments Against Judge Gary

Youngstown, O., March 28.-Ruling that labor was not a commodity and therefore did not fall under provisions of the Valentine anti-trust act, Common Pleas Judge W. G. Anderson today quashed the indictments against Judge Elbert H. Gary, the U. S. Steel Corporation and five other steel companies. Following recent Youngstown steel strike, Gary and the steel companies were indicted, charged with conspiracy to maintain prices of steel and fix wages of common laborers.

In sustaining the motion to quash, Judge Anderson characterized the indictments as "vague, indefinite and uncertain."

Prosecutor Henderson, who had charge of the grand jury investigation, refused to say whether further action against the steel companies is planned. It is believed, however, that no attempt to return new indictments will be made.

Gary and steel corporation were not included in motion to quash the charges, but Judge Anderson's ruling served to knock out those charges also, the court announced.

Indictments were returned as result of investigation into Youngstown steel strike, in which four lives were lost, 38 injured and $1,000,000 property damage sustained in rioting.

SOURCES

The Day Book
(Chicago, Illinois)
-Mar 28, 1916, Last Edition.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1916-03-28/ed-1/seq-1/

WE NEVER FORGET: The Youngstown Massacre of January 7, 1916
-by JayRaye
http://caucus99percent.com/content/we-never-forget-youngstown-massacre-j...

IMAGES

Youngstown Steel Strike, Indictments Quashed, Day Book, March 28, 1916
https://www.newspapers.com/image/77818579
Youngstown Steel Strike of 1915-16, Capitalist Violence, ISR Feb 1916
https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=9VJIAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcove...
The Carpenter, Indianapolis, IN, Apr 1916
https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=fHpIAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcove...

See also:

C99 tag: Youngstown Steel Strike of 1915-16
http://caucus99percent.com/tags/youngstown-steel-strike-1915-16

The Literary Digest for March 25, 1916
"judge Gary's Indictment"
https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=DnFFAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcove...

The Carpenter of April 1916
"Probing the Youngstown Outbreak"
https://books.google.com/books/reader?id=fHpIAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcove...

Homestead Strike Song - Performed by Pete Seeger
Lyrics: http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Homestead_Strike.htm

Now the man that fights for honor,
none can blame him.
May luck attend wherever he may roam.
And no son of his will ever live
to shame him.
Whilst Liberty and Honor rule our Home.