STEEL STRIKE
A QUIET DAY PICKETS DISARMED BY TROOPS MEDIATION BOARD CONFERS WITH C. 1.0. CHAIRMAN [United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! NEW YORK. 22nd June. The steel strike area remained quiet throughout the day. Troops disarmed pickets at Youngstown. They possessed a wide variety of weapons, including dynamite and buckets of pepper. Non-strikers sent a telegram to Governor Davey protesting against the shutting of plants. The Johnstown Chamber of Commerce protested against Governor Earle’s use of troops as destroying Johnstown’s business. The Mediation Board conferred with Mr J. L. Lewis, leader of the Committee for Industrial Organisation, and expressed the hope that a settlement would be achieved. President Roosevelt revealed to a press conference that he had spent several sleepless nights at the telephone in order to keep in constant touch with the situation.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 June 1937, Page 7
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135STEEL STRIKE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 June 1937, Page 7
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