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A Gun For Hire: Striker Shot by Guard at Hercules Plant
Max Poppenhagen 28 year old Local 7713 OCAW member was shot in the head and died two hours later during a strike against Hercules Inc. Melvin Tilton an armed Burns Detective Agency guard was charged. Witnesses say the shooting occurred on public property after a plant confrontation. OCAW and union leaders condemned hiring armed guards and urged rethinking gun use in labor disputes.
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Hercules, Ind
PAI
Max Poppenhagen
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
Hercules, Inc
Melvin Tilton
Burns Detective Agency
Hercules
Burns
Poppenhagen
OCAW
Lawrence Langford
Hercules Management
A. F. Grospiron