"I'm going to build that building," he says. Elsewhere, however, new union coercion shook merit shop builders: vehicles belonging to Joseph B. Rogers, Inc., disintegrated in fire on April 5, arson struck offices of Main Roofing, Inc. on April 3, and two Mennonite craftsmen who refused to join a plumbers union for religious reasons were beaten severely on April 10. The crew was adamant about not carrying weapons with them while they burglarized. Owen "O" Dunn K&A associate, mostly known as C.K. Archives So Far, DIY Uplighting has provided rental LED lights for the following venues and cities in PA: Venues Cities. The National Registry of Exonerations is a project of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society at University of California Irvine, the University of Michigan Law School and Michigan State University College of Law. Consistent with 47 U.S.C. So the Government Sold Their Homesand Kept the Profits. In response to the Valley Forge attack, County Judge Vincent A. Cirillo ordered on the afternoon of June 5 a ban on all union picketing against Altemose projects within one mile of the sites. (19821987) - Frank "The Beard" Zappacosta and Carl Jackson - Leaders of the gang. Of the present job he has no doubts. Source: LM forms filed with the Office of Labor-Management Standards. Feb. 19. They left the site's general contractor with a broken hip, one worker nearly blind, several men with broken arms and legs, and one employee hospitalized with a concussion and a fractured skull. The president of Merz Bus Lines, Inc., told REASON in July that the bus rental had been arranged by John McCullough, head of Roofers Local 30, several days before the firebombing. 3. Documentary It began with an incident almost identical to the Valley Forge firebombing. In North Carolina, several members were known as the "Hallmark Gang" and would collaborate with the Dixie Mafia. Local Union Directory. Owner of Northeast Philadelphia's Sherwood Club. Martorano served more than 17 years in prison on drug-trafficking and murder charges before his release in November 1999. Genealogy profile for John Raymond McCullough John Raymond McCullough (1901 - 1980) - Genealogy Genealogy for John Raymond McCullough (1901 - 1980) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Union Terror in the Building Trades". The seven [sic: there were actually eight] buses that hauled the rioters to the melee were chartered by someone. . . Other theories include a suggestion published here in The Bulletin today that Mr. Testa had been killed by an agent for the Irish Republican Army, which had been angered at the shooting of the labor leader, an avowed supporter of the I.R.A. One investigator, who declined to list possible future candidates, observed: ''There are just too many possibilities. Mr. McCullough, president of the Roofers Union Local 30 and a longtime friend of Angelo Bruno, a Philadelphia gang leader, was shot to death last Dec. 16 in the kitchen of his Philadelphia home by a gunman posing as a flower deliveryman. Louis "Junior" Kripplebauer - K&A crew leader, (circa 19801982) - Frank "The Beard" Zappacosta and John Berkery -. Business Assistant & Manager . McCullough, powerful leader of Local 30 of the Roofers Union, was shot to death Dec. 16, 1980 in the kitchen of his . Members Only James "Lefty" Shannon - Member of the Stocker gang. Chicago John J. McCullough Date of Birth: 01/05/1951 Neighborhood: North Philadelphia High School: Overbrook High School Street: Stewart Street Branch of Service: Army Rank: PFC Date of Casualty: 06/23/1970 . The rented buses returned, the union men boarded without interference from police, and above the fires, a grim man in a helicopter watched the attackers drive off. The gunman then fled with an accomplice in a rented van, which was found near the union leader's home hours after the shooting. He concedes that he will have problems when the company's insurance policies come up for renewal, and that armed guards and dogs must now watch over his home and all 20 company building sites around the clock. Albert Daidone. s***@rooferslocal30.com. Already, six besides Mr. Testa have fallen, and around all the deaths, little besides mystery has emerged, though theories and hints of evidence abound. Mr. Bruno, the family's fifth boss in a line of succession that has been described as going back to 1911, had been known as a leader who had earned the respect of his members and who generally settled issues by consensus. John McCollough Hall 6309 Torresdale Ave 0.00 Miles Away; Ronas Dream 0.02 Miles Away; Paganos Steaks & Shakes 6300 Torresdale Ave 0.03 Miles Away; Dani's Auto Sales of Torresdale 6250 Torresdale Ave 0.05 Miles Away; Wissinoming Section of Philly 0.07 Miles Away; Scarlet O' Hara's 6378 Torresdale Ave 0.08 Miles Away George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs "John J. McCullough, union leader" Save. John Edward McCullough was born in Coleraine, Ireland. Electricians Local 98 president John "Johnny Doc" Dougherty described Mr. Traitz as "straight, honest, and you knew where he was coming from.". He is survived by sons Stephen J. III and Joseph; daughters, Barbara, Tina, and Donna; a brother, and a close friend, Nancy Pasquale. . 30, on December 16, 1980. Lived In Sewell NJ, Land O Lakes FL, Sicklerville NJ, Upper Darby PA. Related To Barbara Mccullough, Jennifer Mccullough, Anne Mccullough. This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our. In support of Forrest and Edwin Booth he played second roles . But at that time, in contrast to the previous morning when only a few dozen police showed up, over 100 state and local police were waiting. But Bingaman thinks the unions may win regardless of court decisions. "We didn't know that the rank and file would go wild," union attorney Bernard Katz said later. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Lights, Camera, Killing: Philly Roofers Union President's Slaying Slated For Big Screen Treatment In New Scorsese Film 5 years ago Scott Burnstein He retired in 1960 with 21 wins, two draws, and five losses. Chief Executive Officer . Both Altemose and Bingaman are confident that an injunction barring union members from picketing Altemose sitesrequested after the June 5 Valley Forge attackwill be upheld when reviewed this September by the State Supreme Court. September 19 - John Simone, Philadelphia crime family capo. Margaret was born on August 10 1842, in Canada. I'm waiting for the book to arrive but it's been held up for over a month now! Police also found Young had purchased a .22-caliber gun and semiautomatic rifle. . "Four or five men in business suits seemed to have control of the whole situation," Louderback said. We encourage you to research and examine . REASON contributing editor Mark Frazier is studying journalism at Harvard University and spent this summer as a reporter for HUMAN EVENTS. He estimates that they have already bled $1 million from his company in direct costs and in business frightened away. I'm good at shoveling horse manure.". McCullough attended Overbrook High School and worked a vanity of part-time jobs, including bagging groceries at an A and P supermarket and . They Fell Behind on Their Property Taxes. In transcripts of tape recordings made secretly at the haunts of members of the crime family and filed in another case, one member was heard to tell Mr. Testa that he should take over. "John McCullough has a reputation for crafting lyric poems of the everyday with a surreal twist. The K&A Gang, currently known as the Northeast Philly Irish Mob, is a predominantly Irish American criminal network based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was very deliberate about his actions and he didn't suffer fools easily. Finally, at the end of May, in response to what he termed "continued union threats" if any nonunion laborers were used, he informed the Building Trades Council that the hotel would be built entirely by nonunion labor. The release came after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling overturning his 1984 conviction in the murder of Philadelphia Roofers Union boss John McCullough. [11] After spending five years on the run, he was captured in June 1987 and subsequently faced trial in the fall of 1987. Around 1980, the group switched to methamphetamine and with it came the need for a more hierarchical organization: John "John L" McManus - Former K&A Burglar of repute. The president of Merz Bus Lines, Inc., told REASON in July that the bus rental had been arranged by John McCullough, head of Roofers Local 30, several days before the firebombing. As always, please feel free to contact the Benefit Office at (877) 280-8874 if you have any additional questions or concerns. The bus doors folded open, the men burst out, smashing down one side of the Cyclone fence, then another, and then the rest. Death Date: November 8, 1885. Edward "Effie" Burke Jr.- Influential K&A crew chief. They are also allegedly responsible for the Pottsville Heist in 1959. By William Robbins, Special To the New York Times. The other picketers were clamped with $100 fines for violation of the injunction. In February 1991, Roy Stocker and three others were found guilty of operating a ring that sold $52 million worth of methamphetamine between 1981 and 1987. Mr. Traitz was born in Philadelphia and saw early success as an amateur boxer. It was founded in 2012 in conjunction with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. (See Hornblaum book - various references and clippings below upon release and marketing of the book), Green Street Counts. The building trades unions have determined to make the Sheraton Hotel project a test case to see whether the unions can raid newly lucrative ABC pastures, or whether they will tumble to oblivion as the cities decay. Suspect in Unionist's Killing Faces an Extradition Hearing, https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/09/nyregion/suspect-in-unionist-s-killing-faces-an-extradition-hearing.html. Young later told authorities he turned over the van and guns to someone else and had no idea how they would be used. The second best result is John P McCullough age 70s in Swarthmore, PA in the Swarthmore neighborhood. A month later two more trucks were firebombed, and a shot whistled past one of the owners as he entered his apartment. *Coupons can not be combined. After being indicted for 14 counts of trafficking in methamphetamine and the chemical P2P in January 1982, Berkery fled to Ireland to avoid prosecution, where he supposedly had contacts in the Irish Republican Army. Richard L. Scheff, who prosecuted the case, recalled sitting five feet from Mr. Traitz during his trial, and the defendant "treated me with complete respect. The man who was driving Mr. Bruno's car the night of the slaying was said in court documents to have driven to New York just before the murder with two members of the Bruno family. In May, 500 pickets smashed windows and lobbed stones at non-union workers building a Tennessee amusement center. "But somebody organized this assault and organized it well. PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ The state Supreme Court has permanently removed six judges and barred two others from completing their elected terms because they took cash gifts ranging from $200 to $500 from a union leader. Then, in angry reply, the Philadelphia Building Trades Council threw up picket lines at an Altemose school construction site in Prospect Park, intimidating workers and damaging equipment. ''Based on the pattern of violence that has already taken place, there's no reason to believe that it's going to cease immediately,'' said Joel M. Friedman, the attorney in charge of the organized crime and racketeering section of the Justice Department's Philadelphia Strike Force. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity on Jan. 3 in the suits below: In Tiffin EPS LLC and Tiffin Mount Airy LLC against Grubhub Inc.: 'Standing Order Outlined Herein.Signed By Honorable Paul S. Diamond On 1/3/2019. The court-approved electronic surveillance established that sometime in 1981, *1157 shortly after Roofers Union Business Manager John McCullough was murdered in an organized crime "hit," Traitz made an agreement with Nicodemo Scarfo ("Scarfo"), head of the LCN in Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. Last Update. The ABC has also lent support to investigations by private detectives into the June 5 affair, and sponsored an ad offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in the Sheraton firebombing. member (county kings). As a roofer, he idolized John McCullough, who organized and ran the Roofers union. Mr. Testa's reputed third-in-command, Peter F. Casella, is believed to be too old, at the age of 74, to be considered a serious candidate. In April, a nonunion roofing firm named R. Alper and Co. was hit by an incendiary bomb. Early this week the director of New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement, G. Michael Brown, citing ''well-informed state political intelligence,'' said that Mr. Testa's murder and those Mr. Bruno and of a local union leader had stemmed from maneuvers by organized criminal elements to infiltrate Atlantic City's casino industry. In the meantime, the young president races his cars, reads the hundreds of congratulatory letters he has receivedand mulls over plans for a new and bigger project, a $25 million condominium. I can teach guys to box. The offer was rejected. [15] The meth rings were sanctioned by the Scarfo crime family, who received a cut of the profits. He and Frank "The Beard" Zappacosta received a lifetime sentence in accordance with the Continuing Criminal Enterprise statute, otherwise known as the "drug kingpin" law. Charles "Chick" Goodroe - Influential member in the K&A burglary ring. To top it off, federal authorities charged that when Local 54 official Albert Daidone and mobster Raymond "Long John" Martorano were on trial for the murder of roofers' union leader John McCullough because allegedly McCullough was attempting to grab control of the bartender's union local from Scarfo, $175,000 was embezzled from the . Page 15. Roofers Union affiliate. Accessibility | ABC officials believe the fund may go double Magrann's estimate. John McCullough . The International Idiocy of the 15-Minute City. Far from being "exploited", ABC notes, the nonunion workers frequently earn more than their union counterparts because they are not subject to seasonal unemployment or the capricious job assignment characterizing union halls. Many of his co-defendants have since returned to South Philadelphia and are now part of an underworld in flux. Gillespie said Mr. Traitz was devoted to boxing, particularly working with the Rev. Mr. McCullough, president of the Roofers Union Local 30 and a longtime friend of Angelo Bruno, a Philadelphia gang leader, was shot to death last Dec. 16 in the kitchen of his Philadelphia home by . Back on the streets and in his 70s, most underworld and law enforcement . Two witnessesLewis Louderback, chairman of a union-shop transportation firm, and Mrs. Ruth Dann, a participant in a Baptist convention next to the Sheraton site, testified that a small group of men appeared to be directing the proceedings from the street. Martorano had returned to South Philadelphia in November 1999 after his murder conviction for ordering the assassination of Philadelphia Roofers Union boss John McCullough in 1980 was overturned. Clipping found in Philadelphia Daily News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Dec 17, 1980. Yes, Osborn said, he and Mr. Traitz went to prison, "but everyone was entitled to redemption.". The arrest capped a 10-month investigation of the slaying of John McCullough. Both of Philip Charles Testa's families, his kin as well as those reputed to have been linked to him in a brief reign marked by bloody violence, are expected to attend the last rites for the slain crime chieftain tomorrow. This was largely due to the liability of increased jail time if caught with a firearm. And at least one high investigative official believes that all the slayings stemmed from simple greed and from the impatience of Young Turks with aging leaders who may have grown less aggressive in their pursuit of profits. And as they gather for a service at St. Monica Roman Catholic Church here, law-enforcement agents will be watching and speculating on whether some of the mourners will fail to survive a war of succession that the law officers fear is likely to follow in Philadelphia's organized crime family. McCullough was portr "I'm losing my friends," Gillespie said. Case Files Mr. Traitz was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara. John Goodwin - Former K&A burglar & Roofers' Union member and member of the Traitz meth ring. Advertisement Newspapers.com makes these newspapers available for the purpose of historical research, and is not responsible for the content of any newspapers archived at our site. Resides in Franklinville, NJ. Francis James Brewer - Member of the K&A burglary ring. But that's a story for another day. The U.S. District Court of Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Board of Trustees, Roofers Union Local 30 . As "open shop" or "merit shop" contractors win growing shares of the market, operating on the principle that only the lowest responsible bidders should be awarded contracts, building trades unions have waged an increasingly ugly campaign of terror. information about the Registry, Perjury or False Accusation, Official Misconduct. "If they blow it up, I don't see how Altemose can rebound." Some members had become impatient, it seems, over Mr. Bruno's reluctance to approve drug trafficking as well as his failure to resist aggressively enough attempts by New York elements to invade the family's Atlantic City preserve. But, at the same time, Altemose believes that the unions are becoming their own worst enemies. Church, 196 N. Trooper Rd., Trooper, followed by a Funeral Mass at 10 a.m. Entombment will be at St. Patrick's Cemetery, East Norriton. Click for research & education opportunities. Interview James "Jimmy" Dolan - Recruit of Eddie Burke and member of the K&A burglary ring. Judges was a small part of it. The names, logos, and other source identifying features of newspapers depicted in our database are the trademarks of their respective owners, and our use of newspaper content in the public domain or by private agreement does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement from, the publishers of the newspaper titles that appear on our site. See the article in its original context from. "Leon Altemose hasn't been satisfied with the mediocrity that most contractors are. The Philadelphia showdown has been building for 10 years in blunt, often brutal stages of intimidation. K&A member and crew chief. Then, in 1969, union terror became increasingly spectacular and bloody. 1981. Donald "Don" Ray McCullough Jr.-K&A associate-whereabouts are unknown. Read through customer reviews, check out their past projects and then request a quote from the best roofers & gutter installers near you. His two companions on the trip, Frank Sindone and John Simone, who was also known as Johnny Keyes, have been found slain. In 1981, Willard Moran, a reputed organized crime hitman, was charged with the murder. Mob Hits 3 ND-12M ND-12M 24cm () Podcasts Usergen Friend and Associate of Hughie Breslin, Jimmy Laverty, John McCullough, Jack Johnston, Eddie Berkery, Charles "Chicky" Shaeffer, James "Junior" Smith and Pete Logue. "I'm going to fight them to the end," he promises. In that time he has held full-time positions in some of Philadelphia's finest . It came too late for delivery that day to union members, and over 120 of them assembled the next morning in front of Altemose headquarters in Center Square. YO, BILLY WHAT ARE YOU A FUCKIN "COP". (19871991) -Frank "The Beard" Zappacosta and Roy Stocker - Influential meth manufacturer & K&A burglar who aligned himself with.
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