Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-02-08 | Page 2 | One Killed in Strike Battle

ONE KILLED IN SHE BATTLE Several Also Wounded in Clash Outside Ohio Steel Plant SpRXVILtLiE Ohio, Feb. 8. At 'east one man was killed nnd n number num-ber of others wounded In a fight this morning at the plant of tho Wheeling Steel corporation here The plant resumed re-sumed operations Tuesday after being shut down nim o hint .luli' when the company and tho Amalgamated Association Asso-ciation of Iron, Meel ami Tin Workers Work-ers were unable to reach an agreement. agree-ment. The dead man Elmer 'ost, was n resident Of TUtonVllle, near here and Moj .said to have been on duty as a union picket when the shooting occurred. oc-curred. At iiv mill were a number of deputy Sheriffs under command of Sheriff Lucas of Belmont county. The company recently brought in a i number of workmen trom tne outside, ancj It was stated Tuesday that three mills had been placed In operation. Early today When the new men were leaving th mill, which had been picketed all Tuesday Iird Tuesday nlqht. they mot a number of pickets and fight followed. A call for help was answered by the forces within the in 11 1 and the firing fir-ing commenced. Cost was paid to have been killed Instantly and two others wounded.