A Sample of Peeps at Our Past

75 YEARS AGO TODAY March 26, 1938 About 150 men from the CIO gathered at the Connor Lumber and Land mill this morning at Laona and picketed the plant to prevent A.F. of L. workers from getting into the plant. The CIO had lost an election at the site but didn’t want to take no for an answer, despite legal action by the sheriff. When the A.F. of L. arrived, fighting started and the CIO side lost. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal

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