Pittsburgh also went into Youngstown to take over when Cleveland had controlled it for years.
It became a war for years and Youngstown became known as "Bomb City" due the bombings during this time.
This war happened at the same time Cleveland was fighting Danny Green.
Pittsburgh came out on top and Cleveland was out. Partly due to most of Clevelands main members winding up in jail, partly because Pittsburgh took out more Cleveland members. There are some good articles written about those years.
Do you have a inclination how when why where Youngstown
Was divided up by Scalish and LaRocca?
Alot has been documented after the Greene bombing
When it was Trafficant playing both sides of the fence.
He took 100,000 from Cleveland in bribes than he took
The 60,000 from Pittsburgh
But not much is known how both John's worked out Youngstown
I do know that Vince DeNiro was rising up the Cleveland
Ladder as Scalish liked him alot. Then he got blown
To bits in 61 I think.
Then in the mid 70s Pittsburgh was getting 75% of
The Youngstown rackets and Cleveland 25.
But you would think at some point it was 50/50 preceding
That. What is overlooked is Tony Delsanter dying unexpectedly
In 1976. Tony Dope was a feared and well respected
Solider in the Cleveland Family who Licavoli made
Consigilere after telling Milano to step down
Delsanter was that important piece of the Youngstown
Puzzle that helped broker the peace
