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Michael Malloy (1873 – February 22, 1933), nicknamed Mike the Durable or Iron Mike, was a homeless Irishman from County Donegal who lived in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A former firefighter and stationary engineer , he was murdered by a group of five acquaintances after multiple failed attempts on his life by the men ...
Workers killed by authorities Notes August 8, 1850 Manhattan, NYC, NY: Garment Strike 2 At least two tailors died as police confronted a street mob of about 300 strikers, mostly German, with clubs. [2] These deaths stand as the "first recorded strike fatalities in U.S. history". [3] July 7, 1851 Portage, New York: Railroad Strike 2
Salvatore "Sal the Iron Worker" Montagna (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre monˈtaɲɲa]; 1971 – November 24, 2011) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss and acting boss of the Bonanno crime family in New York City, as well as the Sicilian faction-leader of the Bronx section. He had later been associated with the Rizzuto crime family of Montreal.
The RCA Building in December 1933 during the construction of Rockefeller Center. The photograph depicts eleven men eating lunch while sitting on a steel beam 850 feet (260 meters) above the ground on the sixty-ninth floor of the near-completed RCA Building (now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza) at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City, on September 20, 1932.
Iron foreman Kevin Scally was one of thousands who lifted the tower's 104 floors to create the new World Trade Center. This feat was not without sacrifice. %shareLinks-quote="Wake up in the dark ...
By 1970, through the Cold War buildup, iron worker wages peaked at $44.80 (2010) ($7.97). Then, following the 1965 new immigration policy and the start of the fourth great migration wave, [ 5 ] wages fell 10% to $40.38 (2010) by 1980 ($15.26), and fell another 20% to $29.90 (2010) per hour ($20.88) by 1990, comparable to the 1950s wage rate.
A 25-year-old man has died following a shooting at New York's West Indian Day Parade, which left four others injured. ... In 2014, a man was shot and two were wounded during pre-parade celebrations.
Flags fly at half mast in front of UnitedHealthcare headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., Wednesday after CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York City. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP)