Chaos reigned in Kansas City
Some 250 striking firemen jammed into a courtroom in Kansas City last week, demanding that they be put in jail. City officials more than obliged, issuing contempt-of-court citations against 700 of the city's 850 firemen, and marching many of them off to the lockup in handcuffs. Angry firemen sabotaged their equipment, stuffing rags into water hoses and pouring sugar into the fuel tanks of their trucks. Most outrageous of all, three fire fighters were charged with setting grass fires while they were on strike. National Guardsmen were called out to protect the police and other substitutes manning...
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