Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1919 — STEEL STRIKE WAS EXPENSIVE [ARTICLE]

STEEL STRIKE WAS EXPENSIVE

Deputy Sheriffs and Guards Cost Calumet Region Big Sams. Gary, Nov. 18. —The steel strike in Indiana Harbor will cost Lake county taxpayers $16,000 to pay special deputy shqfiffs required to keep the peace after the departure of the state militia. The county council will meet in special session Friday to make the appropriation. The Gary steel strike will cost the taxpayers of this city between $15,000 and SIB,OOO to pay for special policemen who were on strike duty until the arrival of the federal troops. The city council will make a special appropriation for that purpose. %