The 1937 Chicago steel strike
blood on the prairie
by John F. Hogan
A violent period of American labor history reached its bloody apex in 1937 when rattled Chicago police shot, clubbed and gassed a group of men, women and children attempting to picket Republic Steel's South Chicago plant. Ten died and over one hundred were wounded in what became known as the Memorial Day Massacre. A newsreel camera captured about eight minutes of the confrontation, yet local and congressional investigations amazingly reached opposite conclusions about what happened and why. Hogan sifts through the conflicting reports of all those entangled in that fateful day, including union leaders, news reporters and an undercover National Guard observer revealed after seventy-six years.
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Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937, Strikes and lockouts, Steel industry, History, Industrial relations, Demonstrations, Police brutality, Industrial relations, united states, Police, complaints against, Little Steel Strike (United States : 1937) fast (OCoLC)fst01405017, Little Steel Strike (United States : 1937) fast (OCoLC)fst01405017 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01405017Times
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The 1937 Chicago steel strike: blood on the prairie
2014, History Press
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1626193436 9781626193437
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1937 Chicago Steel Strike: Blood on the Prairie
2014, Arcadia Publishing
in English
1625848358 9781625848352
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