Denver streetcar strike | |||
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Part of US Streetcar Strikes | |||
Date | August 1–7, 1920 | ||
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Caused by | Lower wages for streetcar workers | ||
Methods | Striking, rioting, street fighting | ||
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Casualties | |||
Death(s) | 7 | ||
Injuries | 50 |
The Denver streetcar strike of 1920 was a labor action and series of urban riots in downtown Denver, Colorado, beginning on August 1, 1920, and lasting six days. Seven were killed[1] and 50 were seriously injured in clashes among striking streetcar workers, strike-breakers, local police, federal troops and the public. This was the "largest and most violent labor dispute involving transportation workers and federal troops".[2]
Leonard A. Temmer, 18, died in a hospital today as a result of being shot during rioting Thursday night. His death brought the total death list of the riots to seven.
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