Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1909 — STRIKERS EVICTED IN DRIZZLING RAIN [ARTICLE]

STRIKERS EVICTED IN DRIZZLING RAIN

Former Pressed Steel Gar Company Men Without Homes. Pittsburg, Aug. 27. —Strikers against the Pressed Steel Car company at McKees Rocks were evicted from their homes in a drizzling rain. The evicted families had no place of refuge in view, but all of them were taken care of by friends. An old abandoned one-horse wagon was found by some of the men. After it had been loaded with household goods two strikers would pull it and two more would push from the rear. In many cases the parents and children carried heavy loads through the streets to a hillside just outside the strike district. Ninety men, who arrived here from Chicago, were taken into the plant.