Title
Meyer Adelman and Oakley Mills
Subject
Adelman, Meyer, -1948
Mills, Oakley
Labor Leaders
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Labor Unions
Labor Unions--Officials and employees
Jails
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Fansteel, Inc.
Strikes and Lockouts
Iron and Steel Workers
Iron and Steel Workers--Labor Unions
Description
Meyer Adelman, a native of Poland, was a well known labor leader in the Midwest during the 1930s. Oakley Mills, Adelman's assistant, was a former coal miner from Virginia.
On verso: Waukegan, Ill., Mar. 9--Sit-Down Strikers Pay---Meyer Adelman and Oakley Mills, officials of steel workers organizing a committee, C.I.O., played cards as they started serving 240 and 180 day jail sentences, respectively, here today for ignoring an injunction forbidding a sit-down strike against the Fansteel Corp., in 1937. Eleven others also started their jail sentences on similar convictions."
On verso: Waukegan, Ill., Mar. 9--Sit-Down Strikers Pay---Meyer Adelman and Oakley Mills, officials of steel workers organizing a committee, C.I.O., played cards as they started serving 240 and 180 day jail sentences, respectively, here today for ignoring an injunction forbidding a sit-down strike against the Fansteel Corp., in 1937. Eleven others also started their jail sentences on similar convictions."
Creator
Tribune Wirephoto
Publisher
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Date
1939-03-09
Format
jpg
Language
eng
Identifier
401117
Minneapolis Public Library Collection
Original Format
commercial print
b&w
1
Physical Dimensions
21 x 19 cm