Pennsylvania State Police labor riot reports [microform], 1936-1941.

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Pennsylvania State Police labor riot reports [microform], 1936-1941.

This microfilmed collection contains state police reports of steel strikes and other labor and industrial disturbances throughout Pennsylvania, including: Beaver Falls (Beaver County, Pa.); Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.); Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Aliquippa (Beaver County, Pa.); and Titan Metal Plant (Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa.). Individual reports include endorsements of special duties assigned to investigate labor unrest, patrol reports from picket areas, telegrams and radiograms. Labor disturbance reports from substations in the strike region form a large part of the reports.

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The Pennsylvania State Police was created as an executive department of state government in 1905. From the description of Pennsylvania State Police labor riot reports [microform], 1936-1941. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 212779231 The Pennsylvania State Police was organized on Dec. 15, 1905. On June 29, 1937 the State Police was merged with the State Highway Patrol. The first State Police Training School was established at Newville, Pa. from ...