The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-06
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 Illinois Strike
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NAss delivered food to strike
 11s At the American pistining
 apany plant, was shot from ans
 Nh ns no entered his home last
 hk Tho bullet entered hls chest.
 Was said Co bO cue og danger at
 'Eln Public Hospital.
 Xnn shooting was ct airst attrib- 1eH Co tho general strike. but te Hta learned that Rupps company ENd been engaged in Q price-cutting NK. Masked men burned one of his Nahg recently.
 Rdiutant General Black said that &he dhpotlng might have been plan- MAd to discredit the strikers and EcEre military intervention. For That reason, he said, he was acting 1lowly.
 ConcIllas0rs At Work
 Cancellation efforts progressed, but with little hope of ending the general strike. ConciliatorB met in Peoria Co reconcile the American Distilling company and It's employ. es-tae strike that resulted in the general strike that began ct 9 q. ra. Tuesday. Martin Durkin, of ene state department of labor, was cgnfldent that they would succeed But the leaders of the general strike Aamanded the dismissal of Police Chief Harry Donohue as the price ef peace and Mayor 6churman iii- eleted he would not dismiss him. GchurmRn, from his home guard- Gd by three deputy sheriffs, said his 1Ige and the life of state Attorney Nathan TelliR had been threatened. "This is the first I've had to say about t." he said. "They told Tel. m they'd pick him of one of these days and they told me they would bomb my home."
 TelliK agreed with the mayors charge.
 schurman's Story
 nchurman told his story in his living room. His shotgun was near- hy. Only . few Jumps of coal burned an the grate, he, in common with oil other Pekin citizens, was consery- ang fuel because strikers were turn. lnR back coal trucks at the town line. Three deputies patrolled out- side. Last night he and his plump, cheerful wife slept in 0 spare bed. room in the attic. He said he was afraid of . bomb.
 Union leaders denied ell charges el terrorism. The general strike, khoy said, was being conducted s.afR.ss,k s,iafauaA aad xyaa Aiv,aaSl solely ct the removal of Donohue, who they said had interfefed ula- sairly in the distiiiing company strike. Donohues men threw tear gas into picket lines around the distilIery where 36 strike.breakerl had been employed. The general strike followed within 24 hours.
 "Donohue's attitude toward or. @aniged labor has been consistently hostile," Frank Mahoney, chairman pf the general strike committee, said. He indicated that settlement Of the distillery company strike would not end the general strike.
 Workers VIII Join
 Workers of one of the three fac- torres remaining open voted last nigkt to join the general strike to. night. Numbering GAO, they will join 5000 men already out. This Wiii close the Corn Products Com pany plant. Tickets maintained con- etant vigil ct the plants of the #leigchmann Yeast company and the quaker Oats Company, and predicted their workers would join them soon.
 Gasoline was as hard to obtain as food. Bus lines operated as usual, but gasoline stations and public ga- yagss were closed and motorists had to 90 to Peoria for fuel. Fly. sng squadrons had gone from store to store, requesting proprietors to sign petitions demanding Donohue' 'a