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But as the May 5 election approached, there were signs that Glimco was losing his hold over Local 777. On April 22, Teamsters Joint Council 25 took control of the Teamsters election campaign and moved the election headquarters out of Local 777's offices. [172] The AFL-CIO and Chicago Federation of Labor campaigned heavily for DUOC. [173]
Joe Gliniewicz was born in Libertyville, Illinois. He attended Marmion Military Academy and graduated from Antioch Community High School in Antioch, Illinois in 1981 before enlisting in the United States Army. [7] He was trained as a military police officer, drill sergeant, sniper, and in airborne assault. [8]
After his release from prison, Shea abandoned his family. In January 1909, he moved to New York City after being hired by a Teamsters local there to help run a strike. He was quickly elected the local's secretary-treasurer. Shea was arrested on April 29, 1909, in connection with a fistfight which occurred during the strike, but was released.
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Mounted State Police routinely charged onto sidewalks or into crowds, severely injuring men, women and children. [53] Severe beatings of citizens and striking miners for no reason were common, with troopers resisting local police attempts to stop them and breaking into homes without warrants. [52] [53]
A triple homicide-suicide in Cass County late Thursday has left four people dead and one man fighting for his life. The Cass County Sheriff's Office said at 10:58 p.m. they and four other law ...
Mob sought to lynch black man [63] [64] William "Froggie" James: Cairo: 1909-11-11: 1: Black man charged with rape and murder of 23-year-old shop clerk: East St. Louis massacre: East St. Louis: 1917-05/07-Labor and race-related attacks by whites who murdered between 39 and 150 black people, nine whites killed [65] [66] [67] Robert Prager ...
OREGON, Ill. (WTVO) — An unlicensed driver in an uninsured car, Timothy Valdivia, Jr., 32, of Oregon, was arrested after a police pursuit on Sunday, and then released from custody ahead of his ...