STRIKE DEMANDED
Mayor Wants Decision at Oshawa WASHINGTON, April 14. Larkih Baker, a Harlan County, Kenjtucky, coalminer, testified before the jLafollette Civil Liberties Committeo that he negotiated for five or six fcuonths in 1938-34 in an attempt to get » man to kill Lawrence Dwyer, union jorganiser. He said the negotiations 'were started at the xequest of Ben jUathank, chief deputy sheriff, who wanted Dwyer killed before five men eharged with dynamiting Dwyer '« house eame up for trial. He was willing to spend 800 dollars to 1 ' get the job done.-" Chris Patterson, who served a year |n pxison in conneetion with the dynar" liting, testifipd that Unthank paid him 00 dollars. He gave half to another knan whom he hired to do the actual flynamiting. The testimony was offered in conneetion with a plea by the United Mine Workers for Federal protection for a tiew drive to uniomso the Harlan mines.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 76, 16 April 1937, Page 6
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