<Tr> <Td> February 10, 1938 </Td> <Td> Chicago, IL </Td> <Td> hotel </Td> <Td> strike </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lloyd Rourke was beaten so severely when he attempted to deliver laundry to the Del Prado Hotel, that he died two days later . Police suspected striking hotel workers, but no arrests were made . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> September 9, 1938 </Td> <Td> Hatboro, PA </Td> <Td> garment </Td> <Td> strike </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Striker Raymond Cooke was killed at Oscar Nebel Hosiery Company, shot to death by the town's police chief . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1940 </Td> <Td> Ohio </Td> <Td> coal mining </Td> <Td> strike </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 picketer killed, 2 wounded during coal strike </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March 1959 </Td> <Td> Letcher and Hazard Counties, Kentucky </Td> <Td> coal </Td> <Td> strike </Td> <Td> at least three </Td> <Td> A United Mine Workers strike called on March 9 grew violent as the union used mass picketing tactics, and launched assaults against loading ramps using dynamite and arson . Firefights were common . At least three strikers were killed . </Td> </Tr>

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