nationalguard

A Rev. Father John Conley, regimental chaplain is mentioned in the NYT, June 26, 1916, "BISHOP BLESSES REGIMENT - Twelfth Urged to Go forth with Lofty Purpose." (query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F2091FF63A5B17...)

I think this might be a misspelling of Fr. James Nicholas Connolly (1864-1934). Connolly (for 10 years private secretary to the Archbishop, later Rector of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church) was first appointed Regimental Chaplain in 1901, having earlier served on a hospital ship during the Spanish American War. He went on to have a somewhat mixed record in France during WWI.

See notes under

The Tribune's account names the regimental chaplain as Capt. James N. Connolly as well.
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1916-06-29/ed-...
The building in the background is Goodwin's Hotel on 23rd St., at 11th Ave., seen more clearly in this picture:

Thanks to all of you for your research. We'll add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

This was part of a day-long Labor Day celebration according to The [New York} Sun. September 07, 1915, Page 5, middle of column 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1915-09-07/ed-... "There was a parade in which the Forty-seventh Regiment, the Willets Point Military Band. Boy Scouts, suffragettes. volunteer firemen, members of the G. A. R. and Spanish War Veterans took part."

This is Brigadier-General John C. Speaks (1859-1945) Commander, Second Brigade, Ohio National Guard, and Major Robert D. Palmer, Adjutant-General, Ohio National Guard. The Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company, based in Youngstown, Ohio, was one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world. On January 7, 1916, Sheet and Tube workers at the East Youngstown plant rioted during a strike over working conditions, which resulted in most of the town's business district being burned to the ground. The strike was quickly quelled by the arrival of 2,100 National Guard troops, under the command of Brigadier-General Speaks, but not before three people had died and 125 were injured. The arrival of the National Guard as well as offers of increased wages by the steel companies convinced most of the striking workers to return to their jobs. Within a week of the riots the mills were once again operating near full capacity. This photograph appears to have been taken taken at the Hazelton Railroad Yards on January 13, 1916, as the Fifth Regiment was leaving East Youngstown (later renamed Campbell, Ohio) by train. —Compiled: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]  

Other persons related to the strike:
Oscar R. Diser


Governor Frank B. Willis


and (presumably) T.P. Kearns

Thanks for fuller names, we'll update.

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