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LONE STAR
SOF CONING: Two months ago, the 25-hundred members of the steel
workers' union walked off their jobs at the Lone Star
steel plant in Lone Star Texas, precipating one of
the most t strikes in the company's history.
T keep the plant in operation, the company hired
non-union workers, and used supervisory personnel.
They erected tents on the company grounds to house
union a
the non- steel-men, w daily crossed picket-
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lines to report for work. one of these
non-union workers, 27 year old A. S. Blackburn, was
shot to death as he another employe were going to
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work. The company ra se a p aque in honor, and
ordered all flags on company buildings flown at half-
mast during the strike in his honor. They also began
a fund for widow three children.
fr&U^ 4 ABEL
Today, I. W. Abel, president of the Steel-worker's
International came to Lone Star to speak with
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Lone star], script, January 19, 1969, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1142433/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.