Women's day massacre

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The Women’s Day Massacre was an incident which took place on June 19, 1937 in Youngstown, Ohio, when police used tear gas on women and children, including at least one infant in his mother's arms, during a strike at Republic Steel. One union organizer later recalled, "When I got there I thought the Great War had started over again. Gas was flying all over the place and shots flying and flares going up and it was the first time I had ever seen anything like it in my life..."

"Jackson was a 30-year-old general assignment and labor reporter covering the strike for The Vindicator. He and Vindicator photographer Edward Salt were on Poland Avenue on June 19, 1937, when “all hell broke loose,” Jackson said."[1]

"Immediately, several union supporters fell wounded, but surprisingly, the crowd did not flee the scene. It regrouped to re-engage the police."[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/may/20/by-william-k-alcorn-alcornvindycom/?print
  2. ↑ http://academic.csuohio.edu/clevelandhistory/Issue3/articles/steelpage6content.htm
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