Evidence Points to Planned Murder by Company and Ex-Convict Strikebreakers
Federated Press investigation ties TP&W president George P. McNear to a premeditated murder plot against strikebreakers in Gridley Illinois. Private guards, armed scabs, and ex-convicts were employed to crush the Oct 1 1945 walkout, with guns bought under McNear supervision and threats against unarmed pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Epstein
Peoria
Gridley
George P. McNear
Toledo Peoria & Western Railroad
McClean County
Irwin Paschon
Arthur Browne
McNear
Federated Press
Tp&w
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
MecNear
Pickering
L. E. Rourke
Merchants Protective Assn
Robert Brown
Korea Jobbing Co
Paschon
Local Steel Strikes Still Are Unsettled
Local steel strikes linger in 22 Greater Cincinnati plants as the United Steelworkers and other unions press for postwar wage protections. Union officials say slow wage price formula implementation hinders settlements while management resists wartime security terms and pushes anti-union stances. A mass meeting is set for Emery Auditorium to rally support and demand firm settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers of America
Cincinnati
Local 674 denounces Elston Hess for Case Bill support
A resolution adopted by United Auto Workers Local 674 denounces Cincinnati congressmen Charles Elston and William Hess for backing the Case anti labor bill. The union, whose General Motors Norwood workers picketed, urges democracy supporters to join the fight and register for upcoming congressional and state elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elston
Hess
Charles Elston
William Hess
Cincinnati
Friends of Democracy
United Auto Workers
Board of Elections
Cin
Local 674 Joins CIO Council in Cincinnati Meeting
The group voted February 15 to affiliate with the Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council. Members thanked Harold W. Ickes for accepting honorary chairmanship of the GM Strike Fund Committee. A GM plan to settle the strike by withdrawing union security contract clauses was rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood
Nation
United Auto Workers
Greater Cincinnati
Strike Fund Gifts Grow With Broad Community Support
Contributions to the strike fund continued this week amid urgent SUN appeals and collector efforts. Donors include Max Hirsch $20 Wm T Cochrane $1 Local 51 United Office & Professional Workers $26 Miscellaneous $75.10 Local 151 United Rubber Workers $25 Newspaper Guild $56.50 The Cincinnati Local 214 sent a $2200 check to its International Union. Food pickups arranged by calling Kirby 0811 and donations mailed to Greater Cincinnati Industrial Union Council CIO c o Elmer Kauffman 3935 Spring Grove Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hirsch
Wm. T. Cochrane
United Office & Professional Workers
United Rubber Workers
Newspaper Guild
Cincinnati
International Union
Kirby
Greater Cincinnati
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Organized Labor
U. S
Baby
United Steelworkers
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Chicago
Federated Pictures
al Whitehouse
District
Dir
Ector
WLB
Tion
Satur
Emery Auditorium
Walnut Street
Whitehouse
CIO
Greater
General Motors
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
J. H. Day Co
Allis Chalmers
Albert J. Fitzgerald
America
Cinnati
Elston and Hess
CIO Council
SUN
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