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Omaha Steve

(99,628 posts) Thu Jun 11, 2015, 07:44 AM Jun 2015

Workers and union supporters were gassed, chased, and beaten and eight people were hospitalized

Sorry this is a day late.

http://nhlabornews.com/2015/06/june-10-1937/

In an effort to break the picket line by striking steelworkers at Newton Steel – a subsidiary of Republic Steel – in Monroe, Michigan, a vigilante mob deputized by city leaders attack with tear gas and clubs. Workers and union supporters were gassed, chased, and beaten and eight people were injured and hospitalized. An inquiry later revealed that Republic Steel had paid the city for the purchase of the weapons.

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Workers and union supporters were gassed, chased, and beaten and eight people were hospitalized (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP

K&R! Sherman A1 Jun 2015 #1

Sherman A1

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1. K&R!

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Thu Jun 11, 2015, 07:52 AM

Jun 2015

Thanks for posting.

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