#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: Jimmy Curley is fatally shot in #NYC, #anarchist bombers accuse arresting officer, numbers racketeer is nabbed, #Schultz victim is found near #TroyNY, body of minor racketeer is discovered in car at #CranstonRI, Franzese is convicted of bank robberies, #NewOrleans boss #Marcello dies, #Youngstown OH boss Strollo testifies against his own men.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Jan. 30) in #OrganizedCrime #History: federal judge supports clemency for imprisoned #NYC #mafia leader Lupo, Florino faces #Brooklyn homicide charge, rivals kill #Youngstown mob figures, Senate creates McClellan committee, Trafficante of #Tampa visits Marcello in #NewOrleans.

#OTD (Jan. 26) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Morello & Lupo go to trial in #NYC for counterfeiting, Lazia & Gargotta return to #KC from #Cuba, #Youngstown bootlegging conviction is overturned, Profaci is fined, #Wisconsin investigates crime links of cheese company, Salvatore #LuckyLuciano Lucania dies at #Naples airport, #Chicago mobster gets 20 years.

Today in Labor History January 6, 1916: 8,000 workers called a strike at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube plant. On January 7, their wives and family members joined them on the picket line. Company guards attacked the crowd with tear gas bombs and live fire, killing three strikers and wounding 25 others.

#OTD in 1961: An early morning car-bomb explosion in #Youngstown OH takes the life of local rackets boss Vincent DeNiro.

Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2022/07/car-bomb-takes-youngstown-rackets-chief.html

Today in Labor History June 19, 1937: The Women's Day Massacre. During the Great Ohio Steel Strike of 1937, there were numerous street battles between workers and police, including the Youngstown Riots and Poland Avenue Riot on June 21st. On June 19th, there were smaller battles that some believe were initiated by the cops to test the likely extent of union resistance in a real fight. When the cops in Youngstown couldn't find any union leaders to beat up, they went after women picketers who were sitting in chairs to support the strike. They fired tear gas and, when the women refused to leave, began firing live rounds at them, killing 2. Over the course of the entire strike, police killed 16 workers, many of whom were shot in the back as they ran away.

Amy Casey
Youngstown Ohio
-April 30, 2024
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I finally had a chance to get to the Butler Museum of Art and take in the Amy Casey show, 'Headlong Towards a Precipice' that is up until May 12th.
The museum is full of treasure and very easy to spend a few hours in there browsing all the art.
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https://pbase.com/image/174524827/original / https://pbase.com/tremont/043024
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#youngstown #clearts #cleartists #april2024

Today in Labor History January 6, 1916: 8,000 workers called a strike at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube plant. On January 7, their wives and family members joined them on the picket line. Company guards attacked the crowd with tear gas bombs and live fire, killing three strikers and wounding 25 others.

While hiking through the gorge, my 6yo found some carvings.

"Look! I found some carvings! I heard about these! They were made by prehistoric people in ancient times!"

Observe the prehistoric carvings.

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1937 in #Youngstown, OH, police were angry women came to support the #strike, part of the #LittleSteelStrike, and assaulted women & children. When men ran to protect them, #police opened fire, killing 16, injuring 300, in the second massacre of the strike.

Today in Labor History December 1, 1966: The Youngstown General Duty Nurses Association (YGDNA) became the first nurses in Ohio to engage in a mass resignation or "strike." According to the American Nurses Association, it may have been the first concerted action by nurses in a labor dispute in the nation.