Gate raming car, Little Steel Strike of 1937   Save
YHCIL MSS0017 1937 Little Steel Strike Collection
Description: This black and white photograph taken June 16, 1937 depicts a car outfitted with buffer material to help to facilitate the crashing of mill gates. This particular vehicle was used by a father and son team to crash the main gate at Republic Steel in Warren, Ohio. The picture was taken during the course of the violent and deadly 'Little Steel' strike of 1937 in Youngstown, Niles and Warren, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0017_F01_012
Subjects: Steel strike, 1937; Steel Workers Organizing Committee (U.S.); Steel industry; Republic Steel Corporation; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Niles (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)