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Gastonia 1929 - The Story of the Loray Mill Strike (Paperback, New edition)
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Gastonia 1929 - The Story of the Loray Mill Strike (Paperback, New edition)
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Of the wave of labor strikes that swept through the South in 1929,
the one at the Loray Mill in Gastonia, North Carolina, is perhaps
the best remembered. In Gastonia 1929 John Salmond provides the
first detailed account of the complex events surrounding the strike
at the largest textile mill in the Southeast. His compelling
narrative unravels the confusing story of the shooting of the
town's police chief, the trials of the alleged killers, the
unsolved murder of striker Ella May Wiggins, and the strike
leaders' conviction and subsequent flight to the Soviet Union.
Describing the intensifying climate of violence in the region,
Salmond presents the strike within the context of the southern
vigilante tradition and as an important chapter in American
economic and labor history in the years after World War I. He draws
particular attention to the crucial role played by women as both
supporters and leaders of the strike, and he highlights the
importance of race and class issues in the unfolding of events.
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