2 THE INTELLIGENCER, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1967 Ellis' Role Protested Picket Line Incidents Mar Strike Frayed tempers and local politics sharpened the edge of labor protest today as the strike of more than 200 workers at Wilson Concrete Products Ltd., entered its fifth dav As police intervened to aid vehicles through reinforced picket lines sealing off the plant's main entrance early this morning, placarded strikers patrolled the sidewalk outside city hall. xhe city hall demonstration apparently had links to the fact that Mayor Jack Ellis is a member of the strikebound company's management staff. Officials of Local 424, United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers International Union, charged that the mayor Saturday personally loaded a light truck with company-made concrete blocks in full view of pickets. The truck, claim union oJ> ficials, hit a striker as it drove through the picket line.