Four Wounded in Strike Violence - Robert Griffin (left) and Jack Brimberry, Covington policemen, look over the bullet-punctured windshield of a truck in which three employs of the strikebound Louisville & Nashville railroad were wounded today in a shooting affray at the Decoursey yards, near here. A fourth man, a bystander, was shot in the back. The shooting occurred as the truck, loaded with L & N employs passed through a picket line.
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Four Wounded in Strike Violence - Robert Griffin (left) and Jack Brimberry, Covington policemen, look over the bullet-punctured windshield of a truck in which three employs of the strikebound Louisville & Nashville railroad were wounded today in a shooting affray at the Decoursey yards, near here. A fourth man, a bystander, was shot in the back. The shooting occurred as the truck, loaded with L & N employs passed through a picket line.

Associated Press · [ca. April 1955]

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Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Labor: Strikes: Railroad Workers: U.S.

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