The union also conducted a major strike from late 1921 through February 1922, perceived as a failure. Two black strikebreakers were lynched as a result of the strike. Jake Brooks in Oklahoma City on January 14, 1922 and Fred Rouse in Fort Worth, Texas. On December 6, 1921, Rouse was accused of shooting two brothers during the strike. After being "roughly manhandled," Rouse was transferred to City County Hospital with a fractured skull and several stab wounds. He was dragged from his hospital bed and murdered on December 11, 1921. Leadership International Secretary-Treasurers Historically, the International Secretary-Treasurer was the AMC's de facto ranking official. Homer D. Call, 1897–1917 Dennis Lane, 1917–1942 Patrick E. Gorman, 1942–1976 Samuel J. Talarico, 1976–1979 Presidents 1898: Michael J. Donnelly 1907: Edward Winthrop Potter 1909: John E. Carney 1910: John F. Hart 1921: Cornelius J. Hayes 1923: Patrick E. Gorman 1942: Earl Jimerson 1957: Thomas J. Lloyd 1972: Joseph Belsky 1976: Harry Poole Mergers Over time, the Amalgamated absorbed several other unions, including the United Leather Workers' International Union in 1951, the International Fur and Leather Workers Union in 1955, the National Agriculture Workers Union in 1960, and the United Packinghouse Workers of America in 1968. In 1979, the AMCBW merged with the Retail Clerks International Union to form the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). See also United Food and Commercial Workers Workers' rights in meat packing industry References External links Official UFCW page on the AMCBW Barrett, James R. Work and Community in the Jungle: Chicago's Packing-House Workers, 1894-1922. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1990. Brody, David. The Butcher Workmen: A Study of Unionization. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1964. Foner, Philip S. History of the Labor Movement in the United States. Vol. 3: The Policies and Practices of the American Federation of Labor, 1900-1909. New York: International Publishers, 1964. Cloth ; Paperback Halpern, Rick. Down on the Killing Floor: Black and White Workers in Chicago's Packinghouses, 1904-54. Champaign, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1997. "Mob of 4,000 Men Charges Police." Chicago Daily Tribune. August 19, 1904. Defunct trade unions in the United States Meat industry trade unions Meat packing industry Trade unions established in 1897 Trade unions disestablished in 1979 American Federation of Labor United Food and Commercial Workers