Philip "Pinchy" Paul (died May 10, 1914) was an early New York labor racketeer who led an alliance of independent labor sluggers in an attempt to break the monopoly long held by
Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenweig and
Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein resulting in the first
Labor Slugger War
The Labor Sluggers War was a 15-year period of gang wars among New York City labor sluggers for control of labor racket (crime), racketeering from 1911 to 1927. This began in 1911 with the first war between "Dopey" Benny Fein and Joseph Rosenzweig ...
. A "starker" for the Furriers Union, Paul became involved in an altercation with Rosenzweig at
Rivington Street movie theater on May 8, 1914. He was eventually gunned down and killed on Norfolk Street by
Benjamin Snyder under orders from Rosenzweig. Rosenzweig was later indicted for Paul's murder and, agreeing to turn state's evidence along with Fein, would bring an end to the first Labor Slugger War.
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1914 deaths
Deaths by firearm in Manhattan
People murdered in New York City
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