C.I.O. HEADS DENY SHOOTING IN GALENA RIOTS

GALENA, KAN. -- Heads of the new C.I.O. International Union of Mill, Mine and Smelter workers visit the scene of last week's shooting fray to defend their organization's part in the riot. Nine marchers of the Tri-stated miners' union were wounded when shots reputedly were fired on their advancing mob from the windows of the local C.I.O. union headquarters.
Tony Micer, member of the executive board and national pres. of the International Union of Mill, Mine, and Smelter workers, at the scene of Sunday's shooting fray. Reid Robinson is pointing to the hole in the window of the Galena Local 17 headquarters of the C.I.O. organization, contending that the shooting was done from the outside.

Reid Robinson and Tony Micer, leaders of the C.I.O. International Union of Mill, Mine, and Smelter Workers, stand outside the Galena Local 17 headquarters in Galena, Kansas. Reid Robinson is pointing at a broken window, which is significant in the context of defending their organization against allegations related to a shooting incident during the Galena riots on April 14, 1937.

The photo captures a crucial moment in labor history during the tense period of unionization in the 1930s. The Congress of Industrial Organizations (C.I.O.) played a significant role in organizing industrial workers, contributing to the expansion of unionism in America. This period was marked by numerous conflicts as workers sought better conditions and right

NOTE: Robinson was elected as the union's eastern vice-president in 1947. Though he was not a communist, he was deported from Canada as a communist agitator and resigned from his union positions in 1950.