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Besieged Men Play in Plant
Portsmouth Ohio June 26 Associated Press siege at Wheeling Steel works continues since May 22 with about 200 supervisors guards and foremen dig in. Employees avoid plant operations while passing time with horseshoes and chores amid tightened conditions following Tuesday's riot that left a guard dead. Sheriff Oakes filed a first degree murder charge against James Sexton 51 for the death of George Meyers 38 in the plant battle. Sexton pleads innocent.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Ohio
New Boston Works
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Arthur Oakes
James Sexton
George Meyers
Sexton
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers