Wednesday March 29, 1916
From The Day Book: Judge Anderson Quashes Indictments Against Judge Gary
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Wednesday February 2, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: A Report on the Youngstown Massacre
This month's edition of the Review offers an overview of the Youngstown Massacre:
Capitalist Violence at Youngstown
By JOHN RANDOLPHA GANG of gunmen broke loose in Youngstown, Ohio, on the night of January 7. When they got through with the paid job they came to Youngstown to do, three union workingmen were dead, twenty more labor rebels had bullet wounds on their bodies, and somewhere over $1,000,000 worth of property lay smoking in ruins.
Not a life was lost nor a bullet gash received by the enemies of labor, according to reports so far arriving. Of the $1,000,000 and more property destroyed practically all was owned by somebody else than the big steel sheet and tube works, whose workers were on strike.
Look at it. Three working class rebels are dead, murdered by hired gunmen. Who paid the gunmen and where did they come from and what were their orders? Nobody is telling. The one certainty is the dead are dead.
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Tuesday January 25, 1916
From the Chicago Day Book: Report on an Interview with Mother Jones
Mother Jones was recently in the city of Chicago and was interviewed by a reporter on various topics. Monday's Day Book gave the following account of what Mother had to say:
"MOTHER" JONES CALLS FOR HAPPY HOMES
IN AMERICA
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There will be no strike in the soft coal fields if the present demand for soft coal keeps up, Mother Jones told a Day Book reporter Sunday. She says operators are expected to give in to the demands of the unions this spring. "Mother" left Chicago Sunday for Indianapolis, where last week she brought the two warring factions of United Mine Workers of America together.
[She says:]
The outlook is not so promising in anthracite fields...Operators are not expected to give in to demands of miners. Strike is likely.
Thousands of tons of coal have been stored away by railroads. Some industries have contracted for delivery for months in advance, fearing an industrial struggle.
Mother Jones is hopeful in general. She sees better wages and better working conditions for American workingman. She thinks the "little revolt" in Youngstown taught money kings a lesson. She expects more voluntary increases like 10 per cent raise in steel industry.
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Thursday January 20, 1916
From The Outlook: Speculations on Causes of Youngstown Strike & Riot
From The Outlook of January 19th:
YOUNGSTOWN: THE STRIKE
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Ohio National Guard on duty in ruins of East Youngstown.
``````````If it is true, and we have not seen it contradicted, that the battle in Youngstown, Ohio, in which several men were shot dead and many others wounded was one between detectives hired by employers, and strikers, and was on the public street, then that fight and those deaths were a disgrace to town, county, and State. Private detectives, hired by one party to a quarrel, are not the guardians of public order; they correspond rather to the paid bravos of mediaeval private war.
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Wednesday January 19, 1916
Chicago, Illinois - Report by George P West Exposes Conditions at Youngstown
From The Day Book of January 18th:
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Tuesday January 18, 1916
Chicago, Illinois - Basil Manly Speaks Out Regarding Youngstown Riots
From the Chicago Day Book of January 17, 1916:
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Friday January 14, 1916
East Youngstown, Ohio - Steel Strike Settled with 10 Percent Wage Increase
From the January 12th edition of the Decatur Herald of Illinois:
EAST YOUNGSTOWN STRIKE IS SETTLED
-----Men Vote to Accept Company's Offer
of 10 Per Cent Increase in Wages
and to Return.
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FLYNN'S CHARGES DENIED
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Grand Jury Investigates Trouble and Calls
Employers and Union Leaders.
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Militia patrolling burned district.
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Wednesday January 12, 1916
From The Day Book: State Investigation Vindicates Labor at East Youngstown
The state of Ohio, upon an order issued by Governor Willis, is investigating the recent strike disturbances at East Youngstown, Ohio. Attorney A. M. Henderson of Mahoning County who is conducting the investigation has issued a report which vindicates labor. Tuesday's Chicago Day Book, 2nd edition, reported the news:
LABOR VINDICATED IN THE
YOUNGSTOWN RIOTS
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East Youngstown Burning, January 7-8, 1916
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Tuesday January 11, 1916
East Youngstown, Ohio - Mayor Blames "Desolation Wrought" on Company Guards
From The Pittsburgh Sunday Post, page 2, of January 9, 1916:
East Youngstown Mayor Blames Riot
on Guards
-----YOUNGSTOWN, O., Jan. 8- "I am completely dazed over the horrible occurrence here and the desolation wrought," Mayor William H. Cunningham of East Youngstown said, in commenting on the riot.
"From what I have been told I fear it was caused by the armed guards on the bridge. Had the guards been kept within the limits of the mill property I doubt if there would have been any trouble.
Eye-witnesses have told me it was the guards on the bridge that fired the first shots. That aroused the fury of the mob.
"I think the trouble is over for the present and do not look for any further outbreak unless an effort is made to operate the plants with strikebreakers. There will be trouble if this is attempted."
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