The 1937 Chicago steel strike
Subtitle: blood on the prairie
By: John F. Hogan
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781626193437
Subjects: Little Steel Strike, U.S., 1937; Strikes and lockouts; Steel industry; History; Industrial relations; Demonstrations; Police brutality
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Godfathers; title: Mad as hell; title: The steelworkers organize; title: Detour; title: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Taylor have lunch; title: Little steel, big strike; title: "Here they come!"; title: Death on the prairie; title: A long time coming; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the author.