A City in Terror: Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police StrikeBeacon Press, 15/05/2005 - 264 páginas On September 9, 1919, an American nightmare came true. The entire Boston police force deserted their posts, leaving the city virtually defenseless. Women were raped on street corners, stores were looted, and pedestrians were beaten and robbed while crowds not only looked on but cheered. The police strike and the mayhem that followed made an inconspicuous governor, Calvin Coolidge, known throughout America, turning him into a national hero and, eventually, a president. It also created a monster: for two days, more than 700,000 residents of Boston's urban core were without police protection, and the mob ruled the streets. |
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... union recognition. For several days the Canadian city was in the hands of rioters, who wrecked fire stations, looted ... workers, carpenters, pressmen, butchers, cigar-workers, actors, bank clerks, even rent and buyer strikes, and ...
... union recognition. For several days the Canadian city was in the hands of rioters, who wrecked fire stations, looted ... workers, carpenters, pressmen, butchers, cigar-workers, actors, bank clerks, even rent and buyer strikes, and ...
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... workers and to challenge the growing militancy of the generally antiunion Northwestern employers. On February 3 the Central Labor Council issued a proclamation for a general strike to begin on February 6. The Seattle Union Record ...
... workers and to challenge the growing militancy of the generally antiunion Northwestern employers. On February 3 the Central Labor Council issued a proclamation for a general strike to begin on February 6. The Seattle Union Record ...
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... Workers of America officials were ready to accept the offer, the more radical local leaders were not. The strike took on political overtones when a general strike committee repudiated the Central Labor Union and the AFL, and called on ...
... Workers of America officials were ready to accept the offer, the more radical local leaders were not. The strike took on political overtones when a general strike committee repudiated the Central Labor Union and the AFL, and called on ...
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Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike Francis Russell. of the telephone workers' union, pulled the switches and walked off their jobs. The girls, earning sixteen dollars a week, demanded twenty-two dollars, finally settled ...
Calvin Coolidge and the 1919 Boston Police Strike Francis Russell. of the telephone workers' union, pulled the switches and walked off their jobs. The girls, earning sixteen dollars a week, demanded twenty-two dollars, finally settled ...
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The Boston Police Department | 26 |
Overture to a Strike | 47 |
Summers End in Boston | 73 |
On a Tuesday in September | 97 |
The Ghost of Scollay Square | 236 |
Postscript in Baltimore | 242 |
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