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Chicago slugging rings expose teamsters strike crimes
Charles Gilhooley known as king of sluggers and Charles Casey a Wagon Makers union agent confess a system using paid killings and maimings to force strike outcomes. Police report a scale paying $100 to $500 for murder and $5 to $15 for simple assault, with eight unionists implicated and four dead so far.
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Gilhooley
Chicago
Charles L. Carlstrom
Charles Gilhooley
Teamsters
Gily
Charles J. Casey
Wagon Makers’ Union
Os Carriage and Wagon Makers’ Union
Henry J. Neuman
Carriage and Wagon Makers’ Union
George Miller
Frank Novak
John Heiden
Feeley
Looney
Charles Casey
Casey and
Giler
United States Army
Gilley
Casey
Twentieth Street
Wabash Avenue
Union
North Clark Street
Henry J. Newman
Carlstrom
Meyers
Carlstroim
Newman
Clark Street
Headquar
Ange
Ters
West van Buren
Halsted Streets
Chicago Avenue
Market Street
Twenty-second
States Streets
Employers’ Association
Giiooley
Carriage and Wagon Workers
Carriage and Wagon Manufacturers’ Association