Word: mcnear
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When George Plummer McNear Jr. was murdered three months ago, Peoria wondered if the strife over his strikebound Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad had died with him. This week it looked...
...road was in full operation again for the first time in 18 months. Peoria gave credit chiefly to T. P. & W.'s handsome new president, Russel Coulter, 48, the antithesis of ruggedly individualistic, anti-union Mr. McNear. Coulter was affable, friendly and a born joiner; he is a member of more than a score of clubs...
...Western Union employees tore up their 25? demands, accepted a 5? "downpayment" raise. The oldest dispute in the nation was finally settled: on the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad, which had suffered more than five years of wrangling, Government seizure and bloodshed, culminating in the murder of President George McNear Jr. (TIME, March...
When he got it back, the brotherhoods walked out again. Then, in February 1946, the fight took an ugly turn. Two pickets were killed in a battle with guards on an armored train. The guards were acquitted of manslaughter charges; McNear was never linked with the shooting...
...night last week, McNear's rugged individualism boomeranged. As he strolled near his home in Peoria, somebody murdered him with a single shotgun blast. At week's end there were few clues, but $41,615 in rewards...