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Colt Firearms Collector |
1919
This revolver was delivered initially to the
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company who was dealing with
a strike and union problems during 1916.
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Colt factory archive letter showing this revolver was shipped to Youngstown, Ohio
| The Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company, based in Youngstown, Ohio, was an American steel manufacturer. Officially, the company was created on November 23, 1900, when Articles of Incorporation of the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company were filed with the Ohio Secretary of State at Columbus. It acquired the Mark Manufacturing Company in 1923. Youngstown Sheet and Tube remained in business until 1977. In 1916, Sheet and Tube workers at the East Youngstown plant rioted during a strike over working conditions, which resulted in most of the town's business district being burned to the ground. The strike was quelled by the arrival of National Guard troops. After the riots, East Youngstown was renamed Campbell in honor of the company's president. In 1919, Colt Fire Arms' records show 300 Colt Police Positive revolvers were purchased by a 'W. S. Smith', who listed his address as the 'Hotel McAlpin', New York. The 300 guns were shipped by Colt to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company in Youngstown, Ohio. One can only imagine why the company bought 300 Colt revolvers. In 1937, Youngstown Sheet and Tube played a prominent role in the Little Steel Strike, along with Republic Steel, Inland Steel, Bethlehem Steel, and Weirton Steel. The so-called "Little Steel" group, led by Republic's Tom Girdler, operated independently of United States Steel, which had previously signed a labor agreement with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and its subordinate Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC). Violence during this strike resulted in the deaths of workers in Chicago and Youngstown. |
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