(4951) Strikes, Violence, Maritime Workers, John Kane, Houston, 1936

Seaman from Texan ports join together at Houston’s Evergreen Cemetery for the funeral of John Kane. Kane was a member of the Marine Transport Workers Union who was murdered by Wilbur Dickey, a member of the International Seaman’s Union (ISU), during a maritime workers strike.

(4951) Strikes, Violence, Maritime Workers, John Kane, Houston, 1936
Date: 
1936-12
Physdesc: 
Photograph