National Affairs: Strikes-oj-the-Week

As the midnight shift was preparing to enter the Republic Steel plant in Massillon, Ohio one night last week, two cars driven by C. I. O. sympathizers collided, blocking the entrance to the long viaduct leading to the mill. Ohio's Governor Davey, having withdrawn his troops from Massillon, the gate was patrolled by some 30 deputized special guards. Knocking in the windows of the cars the guards dragged out the drivers, while a crowd of pickets surged up to defend them. In the ensuing two-hour battle the nearby union headquarters was nearly wrecked,...

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