| Show National Guard Again Fires on Toledo Rioters y I Tr Troops ops Use Pistols to Drive Back Mob OutS Outside Out Out- S S side Plant Strikers Attack S Man Strip Him of Clothes j f t t I 1 Br Associated Press TOLEDO Ohio May 24 24 National National guard troops opened fire with pistols late today as they pursued a mob of rioters between houses and down all A crowd of 2000 alleys ys was congregated congregated con conr in the vicinity when the shooting began The guardsmen also were using gas bombs The mob was hurlIng hurling hurling hurl hurl- ing stones bricks bottles and other missies Two truckloads of soldiers were dispatched to disperse a crowd of ot sq which had stripped Stephen Kar- Kar Kar-I Kar dox dx 29 an nn Auto Lite worker and chased him from the riot zone Were going back to get help and well we'll come back here and strip you the rioters shouted at the guardsmen I IS as s they departed Guardsmen and local authorities tightened their hurriedly established d defensive arrangements arrangements' as J. J Arthur Arlhur Minch general manager of oC the strike strike- rid ridden cn Electric Auto Lite company compan informed them that dynamite had been smuggled into the cit city to aid aidi aidlin in Lii the long siege of the thc plant I I Minch said his information came camel from rom a detective agency hired by the company The 3 agency ency not only reported reported re reo re- re ported the presence of oC dynamite but bul aid id that practically ever every man going going go go- o. o ing through the Central Labor union h headquarters last Jast night waS was armed Reports partly substantiated by the detective agency that delegations of or radicals from lom many nearby cities were headed for the battlegrounds here continued to circulate Police Continued on Page Pace Two To TROOPS MOVE UPON RIOTERS Strikers Smuggle Dynamite Into Toledo for Siege of Plant PIan Report Continued from Pare Fite One announced that they were meeting every and b bus Still Continues Desultory rioting which started a anoon at noon continued through the afternoon after after- noon but it lacked the fierceness of the fighting yesterday in which two men were shot to death Crowds of ot men and a few women gathered at the scarred intersections where yesterdays yesterday's battle occurred anc and shouted derisively at the soldiers They brought new supplies of paving bricks bottles iron bolts and other heavy missiles and kept up a steady bombardment on the factory building and the positions of the soldiers Protests against the use of ot national I guardsmen in the strike area were received by Governor George Whites White's office at Columbus today from labor groups in m Ohio Detroit New York Brooklyn and a score of other cities 51 Brought Into Court one Fifty men and boys bos were brought into police court on charges of ot rioting noting and loitering They were were imprisoned imprison d in city in nf cit city j jai H last night after alter they were t. t taken ken into custody by guardsmen at the theriot no rot riot scene The 51 were required to sign peace bonds and then were warnet warned to stay away from the company plant Charles P. P Taft son of the late President William Howard Taft headed a group of ot mediators trying to bring strikers and company officials of o- to common ground The progress progress rc ress was slow and hampered by the ill feeling of ot the rioters who haunted the area in m disorganized groups Coroner Frank G. G Kreft of ot Lucas county planned an inquest tomorrow into the death of ot two men shot during during dur duro ing a frenzy of rioting yesterday The coroner announced that a preliminary preliminary pre pre- examination of ot the body o ot of Frank Hubay 27 one of at the two victims vic vie tims tuns led him to the belief belie that the wounds were inflicted by shotgun slugs and not rifle bullets There were three gunshot wounds in Hubay's Hubay's Hu Hu- bays bay's head one in his chest chesL The other victim was Steve Cyigon 20 Several others were wounded by gunfire and approximately have been injured In the three days o of rioting Will wm Move for Peace Adjutant General Frank D. D Henderson Hen Hen- derson in Columbus announced today today today to to- day he is leaving immediately for Toledo and would attempt to bring the disputing forces together in J an effort to reach an agreement The latest of ot demands from rom the United Automobile Workers' Workers Federal union the striking organization are A 10 per cent wage increase no discrimination against workers establishment establishment establishment es es- es- es of ren seniority o ity rights tights recognition recognition recognition rec rec- of oC the union time and a half pay for more than 40 hours hours' work a week with double time tune for lor work on Sunday the return of or all strikers striker with full lull seniority rights I Militiamen repelled rioting strike sympathizers in nine nine hours of desperate desperate des des- fighting yesterday Strikers Renew Battle Aft After r troops fired on rioters k killing kill 11 ing two th the strikers fell b back ck but returned to battle last ni night ht Two men were shot and three others were injured The crowd numbered at the height of ot the rIots Quiet was restored shortly after midnight Four more companies of ol guardsmen guards guards- men an armored car and trucks loaded loaded loaded load load- ed with with gas gas bombs were ordered into Toledo to tighten the hold of ot the military authorities bringing to near nearly near ly Iy 1000 the forces of ot the militia To Shut Down Doun Plant runt Adjutant General Henderson announced announced announced an an- that officials of the company company com corn pany had agreed to shut down the plant today and tomorrow The rifle fire tire and the popping of gas bombs the clatter of rocks and other ther missiles the scree screech hJ of ot lance ance sirens and the shouts and jeers of ot the rioters were raised last night only eight blocks from the heart of downtown Toledo and five live blocks from the city halL haiL Theatergoers reported reported re re- ported they could smell the gas That some of ot the rioters were armed with guns became apparent in inthe inthe Inthe the early fighting At field headquarters headquarters head head- quarters in the damaged factory outposts out out- posts reported snipers were firing into nto the plant One man was heard to say ny he seen so many guns and so much ammunition since I left the army as when I passed through the mob i At central labor union there were unconfirmed reports that rioters would be armed with I machine guns brought in from D Detroit De Dc- trolL troit An attempt to appeal to the rioters was made during an an interval in the fighting lighting by Thomas Thoma J. J Ramsey of the Automotive Federal union which is affiliated with the American Federation Federa- Federa tion of ot Labor Appell Appeal Meets l Rebuff Appearing In the midst of oC the crowd he began Dont throw any anymore anymore anymore more stones The reply was To hell hen with them the guardsmen Drive them out of ot town Ramsey gave ga up his appeal Prospects for lor a general strike in Toledo industry grew crew stronger with the announcement of ot favorable votes on oh cn the proposal by 11 more union groups bringing to 51 the total o ot of such organizations that have gone on record for the move or half hal the number of at organizations affiliated with the Central Labor union Military officials undertook an investigation investigation in in- of at the rifle fire lire which resulted resulted re suited in the two deaths yesterday The troops had received no order to fire said aid Colonel William L. L Marlin second in command to General L. L S S. S Connelly The excitement probably caused some some of ot the soldiers to lose control he added Machine gun p posts were manne manned by the guardsmen but at these posts the soldiers held their fire lire Taunts and raucous calls from th the crowd included the cry What ar are you doing here Why dont don't you go go Get Dilliner In Washington William Green I president of ot the American Federation Federa Fedora tion of ot Labor blamed the strike bloodshed on on the management of ot the Toledo automobile accessory plants It U is s the outcome of ot the determination determination deter deter- of ot the management in the automobile parts part industry to main main main- tain lain the company union at any cost and resist the attempts of at the men mento mento mento to organize and bargain collectively under section 7 A of the law he declared d. d A resolution directed to President Roosevelt by the committee of at 23 o othe of the Central Labor union declared murder has been committed in in Toie Toledo To To- ie ledo o by Ohio national guardsmen Strikers Order Ships With Food Released SEATTLE May 2 C First q First Firs break reak in m the paralyzing Pacific coast longshoremen's strike came caine today today today to to- day when ships loading for lor Alaska were ordered released on orders of oi Joseph P. P Ryan president of ot the Longshoremen's union The S. S S. S Yukon of ot the Alaska Steamship c company will be loaded I with cannery supplies and foodstuffs and may be able to sail for lor Sew Seward rd Alaska Sunday company officials said The Northwind of ot the Northland Transportation company will vill also be loaded as soon as 83 crews crews can be assembled officials said s Three Men Injured In Houston Rioting HOUSTON Texas May 25 UP UP- UP Three men men were injured when noting riot not ing jag broke broke out early today along Houstons Houstons' Houstons Houstons' Houstons Hous Hous- tons' tons waterfront Police rushed to the scene arrested three men and charged them with vagrancy WIFE WINS DIVORCE OGDEN OGDEN Lenora Kern was granted grant grant- c ed a divorce Thursday by District Judge Eugene E. E Pratt from rom Jacob Kern Cern au 0 on a cruelty ch charge rge They were married June 28 1923 in m San Diego Cal Cat There are no children Kern was ordered by the court to make a cash settlement on his wife of and turn urn over to her a home in Ogden and certain household furnishings j |
