Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1916 — Strike Riot In East Chicago Results In Death. [ARTICLE]

Strike Riot In East Chicago Results In Death.

Labor troubles in the plant of the Eiwards Valve Co., at East Chicago, Wednesday, resulted in the killing of a watchman and the wounding of five other persons including a policeman. Sheriff Whittaker was called and with his deputies Jiad the matter well in, hand by night. A dozen arrests were made but the police do not know who fired the shots that killed Watchman John Meehan and wounded the others.