Procession Leaving Youngstown Sheet and Tube Stop 14 Gate Photograph   Save
Gerald Dickey Collection
Description: This 8.5" by 11" (21.59 by 27.8 cm) photograph depicts a procession leaving Stop 14 gates of the Campbell Works South Gate of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company. John McNicol can be seen carrying a cross. Attorney Staughton Lynd and Reverend C. Edward Weisheimer are on the right. Following announcement of shutdowns, United Steelworkers Association (USWA) Local 1462, Brier Hill Works of Youngstown Sheet and Tube (YS&T), fought to keep mill open. In November 1900, a group of 55 Youngstown citizens, led by James A. Campbell, raised $600,000 in capital to create the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company. Land was purchased along the Mahoning River approximately three miles east of downtown. In 1902, the mill opened for production. Spectacular growth marked the company's second decade, some of it spurred by the demand for steel caused by World War I. In 1923, YS&T purchased the Brier Hill Steel Company of Youngstown and the Steel and Tube Company of America of East Chicago. During View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1623_1909848_013
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Labor unions; Demonstrations; Laborers; Crosses; United Steelworkers of America
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)