On This Date in Minnesota History: May 22

May 22, 1934 – C. Arthur Lyon died on this date after being “clubbed by strikers” during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike during the summer of 1934. Lyon, a factory executive and “leader in the Citizens Alliance, a group of employers that squashed unions in Minneapolis for 30 years,” had volunteered to help control the strike, signing on as a special deputy. His name was added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. for fallen officers. While not a police officer, he is considered to have died in the line of duty.

StarTribune; “Volunteer killed by strikers in 1934 honored”; Minneapolis, Minn.; May 14, 2012; pp. 9A and 10A.

1934 Minneapolis Teamster's Strike

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