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In light of the prior photo with figures from the Youngstown, Ohio steel strikes and the National Guard, this is likely Ohio Governor Frank B. Willis, who ordered 3 regiments to Youngstown on January 8, 1916 to deal with the violent situation there. select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30916FC3B5B1773... Willis' entry at politicalgraveyard.com: Willis, Frank Bartlett (1871-1928) — also known as Frank B. Willis — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Lewis Center, Delaware County, Ohio, December 28, 1871. Republican. U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1911-15; Governor of Ohio, 1915-17; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1916, 1920, 1924; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1921-28; died in office 1928. Died suddenly, from a cerebral hemorrhage, as he was about to give a presidential campaign speech, at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, March 30, 1928 (age 56 years, 93 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio. Relatives: Son of Jay B. Willis and Lavinia Willis (1842-1915); married 1895 to Almira Parmelia Dustin (1873-1956). See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willis.html and see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_B._Willis

@artolog: The Ohio Historical Society agrees with you. See www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/File:Willis,_Frank.jpg for the same photo from their collection of his papers.

My history?Ancesters?Oh how I would love to know it means so much.

Full name to be added, thanks!

Caption is erroneously permuted, should be "E. Youngstown -- Vigilantes under Oscar Diser, City Solicitor" In 1914, Oscar R. Diser of Youngstown (Ohio) was a State Representative and republican candidate for Congress, see The Mahoning dispatch., August 07, 1914, Image 4, with photo. He didn't win the election. in 1916 he formed a committee of safety and helped stop the rioting in East Youngtown (according to The Mahoning dispatch., January 21, 1916, Image 4, column 4). The Mahoning dispatch., January 07, 1916, Image 6 reported that attorney Oscar E. Diser had been elected solicitor of East Youngstown by the council of that municipality. news.nnyln.net/tupper-lake/tupper-lake-herald-1914-1915/t..., column 1 "TROOPS QUIET MOB" says that about half a dozen men fell when Diser ordered to fire in the mob. The fire started by rioting strikers laid large parts of the town in ruins, see the Bisbee daily review., January 14, 1916, Image 1.

Must have been a long day for the LOC transcriber!
See notes on Youngstown rioting under:

Thanks for sorting out; we'll update records.

Title still needs update.

Corrected in LoC catalog. Will investigate why Flickr didn't pick it up.

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.

Haha nice