Record #:

9307

Author(s):

Williams, Robert L.

Abstract:

The first cotton mill appeared in Gastonia in 1816 and by 1925, Gastonia was the cotton mill capital of the world. The biggest of these, the Loray Mill, began reducing wages resulting in a strike beginning on April 1, 1929. Immediately violence broke out, resulting in shoot outs, fights, and the killing on the police chief on June 7th. A trial, which found seven defendants guilty and sent them to jail, did not begin until August.\r\n

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 47 Issue 10, Mar 1980, p19-21, il, por

Subject(s):

Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry--Southern states; Textile Workers' Strike--Gastonia, 1929