C.I.O STRIKERS

Grey River Argus, 4 June 1937, Page 5

C.I.O STRIKERS

CLASH WITH TROOPS Steel Works Besieged (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn). (Received June 3, 9 p-m.) LITTLE FALLS (New Jersey), June 3Sltate (troopers were summoned as the result of a riot in which the police were forced to use their batons and tear gas to rout one thousand striker s a'ttempjting to close a laundry- plant- Afore than a score were hurt, including several women, but none critically. A dozen motor-cars were damaged- The plant windows were smashed- The strike is lustered by’ the Committee for Industrial Organisation. Strikers, surrounding the plant, refused to permit food to be sent to those working. Therefore the Corporation used planes. (Received June 3. 9 p-m.) YOUNGSTOWN, June 3After two Republic Steel Corporation aeroplanes had crashed without the occupants being injured, the Corporation announced it would discontinue the use of planes to drop food to the strike-besieged planlt. It is alleged a sniper’s bullet severed a sltrut over the head of one pilot. The Sheriff and Deputies are hunting for the snipers in the underbush.