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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... Riots 131 Law and Order 1 7 1 After the Strike 205 The Ghost of Scollay Square 236 Postscript in Baltimore 242 Acknowledgments 245 Selected Bibliography 246 Index 249 19. OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION The Boston.
... Riots 131 Law and Order 1 7 1 After the Strike 205 The Ghost of Scollay Square 236 Postscript in Baltimore 242 Acknowledgments 245 Selected Bibliography 246 Index 249 19. OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION The Boston.
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... Riots followed as indignant opponents, often ex-soldiers and sailors still in uniform, attacked the Red militants ... riot so violent that it required army trucks and a Victory Loan tank to break up the fighting. One man was killed ...
... Riots followed as indignant opponents, often ex-soldiers and sailors still in uniform, attacked the Red militants ... riot so violent that it required army trucks and a Victory Loan tank to break up the fighting. One man was killed ...
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... manifesting itself sometimes in race riots and mob disorder, but for the most part evidenced by widespread industrial controversies. Our newspapers are daily filled with accounts of violent agitation by 21 THE YEAR OF DISILLUSION.
... manifesting itself sometimes in race riots and mob disorder, but for the most part evidenced by widespread industrial controversies. Our newspapers are daily filled with accounts of violent agitation by 21 THE YEAR OF DISILLUSION.
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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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affiliation afternoon American Federation appointed Armory asked BCLU Boston Police Department Boston Police Strike Boston Social Club called Calvin Coolidge Captain Central Labor City Hall commis committee Company Coolidge's crowd Crowley Curley Curtis's delegates Democratic dollars duty election Faneuil Hall Fay Hall Federation of Labor felt fire Gompers Governor Coolidge guard guardsmen Harvard headquarters hundred issue Jamaica Plain James James Michael Curley Labor Union leaders Long Massachusetts Mattapan mayor McCarthy McInnes meeting morning night O'Meara Parker patrol patrolmen Pemberton Square Peters Police Commissioner police force police officers police strike police union Policemen's Union political President refused remained replied Republican revolvers rifle riot Roxbury Scollay Square Senator sergeants sioner soldiers South Boston Starr Faithfull station houses Storrow strikers striking policemen thousand tion told volunteers vote walked Washington Street watch watchmen week workers wrote Yankee