Talk:Streetcar operators' strike

Great photos! Thanks for starting this one. --Admin 13:40, 21 September 2007 (CDT)

Notes

Dramatis personæ

• G. C. McCain - President of the local branch of the AASEREA.
• Alexander Sarra - secretary of the local branch of the AASEREA. If a worker was suspended by the company (without pay) that worker had to report to the company 3 times a day. Sarra says: "We [the striking workers] claim the rights of free men to earn what we can during such time, or, if our circumstances permit, to remain in our homes." Pensacola Journal, 7 April 1908 [1]
• John W. Leadley - manager, Pensacola Electric Company
• W. A. Blount, Sr. - counsel for Pensacola Electric Company

Categories

We probably need to create a category for this. Something fairly broad -- I don't know if we've had enough strikes to justify a Worker strikes category. (Though I'll need to look through this again to be sure.) What about Events > Demonstrations & unrest? Then it could be grouped with the Escambia High School riots. Thoughts/suggestions? --Admin 08:05, 7 March 2008 (CST)

Works for me. dscosson ··· talk 08:34, 7 March 2008 (CST)

April 6 story

Joe, I've just transcribed a story about the first day of the strike (April 6, 1908). Thought you'd get a kick out of it. My favourite line is "There was a good deal of anger displayed at this juncture, and more than one pair of brass knuckles was surreptitiously handled." I've uploaded the file as a .doc here: [2] dscosson ··· talk 14:38, 7 March 2008 (CST)

I wasn't able to download the document, but I do enjoy old-timey newspaper talk. --Admin 16:14, 7 March 2008 (CST)

Eh I thought that might not work. If you like I'll email it to you as an attachment. I'd post it here, but it's a long article (1100+ words) and I don't really think it has a place. dscosson ··· talk 16:27, 7 March 2008 (CST)