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On [[April 7]], streetcar operators working for the [[Pensacola Electric Company]], the operator of Pensacola's electric streetcar transit system, went on strike. On [[April 12]], Florida Governor [[Wikipedia:Napoleon B. Broward|Napoleon B. Broward]] ordered the State militia into Pensacola to protect strikebreakers and restore order.
==Images==
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Image:1908militia.jpg|State militia camping in the median of [[Palafox Street]]
Image:1908militia2.jpg|State militia outside the [[Old Escambia County Courthouse]]
Image:1908militia3.jpg|State militia escorting strikebreakers
Image:1908militia4.jpg|State militia posing on the steps of the [[United States Customs House & Post Office|Federal Customs House & Post Office]]
</gallery>
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