Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-01 | Page 3 | Mob Attacks 2 on Refusal of Jobs

Mob lob Attacks 2 on Refusal of Jobs BENTON Ill June 1 UP UP UP-Ar- Af- Af ter er being refused work on a highway project men attacked and se severely severely se- se verely beat bent William Laird contractor tor or and his assistant Thomas Kin King near here today Sheriff Sherif Browning Robinson rescued the he contractors and placed a a. detail of or deputies at the road camp to guard 50 union workers employed on the tile road oad construction project Sheriff Robinson said the Unemployed unemployed unemployed un un- employed men came here from Lo- Lo gan IlL lato yesterday y and demand demanded ed that the union men be discharged and that local labor be employed In In- stead tead When Laird refused reused flatly to today ay to o discharge e any union men or em em- loy any of or the group which had renamed re rc- rc named mamed about the camp since yester day lay the men attacked him King came to his assistance and was also beaten