San Francisco police escort a scab streetcar to protect it from the violence during the strike
Date
May 5, 1907 – mid-February, 1908
Location
San Francisco, California
Goals
8-hour day $3 per day
Methods
Striking
Resulted in
Unsuccessful; Carmen's Union Local 205 disbanded
Parties
Carmen's Union Local 205
United Railroads
Lead figures
Streetcar workers
Patrick Calhoun James A. Farley
Casualties
Death(s)
31 (25 passengers)
Injuries
1100 (900 passengers)
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North American transit strikes
Streetcar strikes
St. Louis 1900
Indianapolis 1892
Los Angeles 1903
San Francisco 1907
Pensacola 1908
Columbus 1910
Philadelphia 1910
Indianapolis 1913
St. John 1914
Atlanta 1916
Portland, ME 1916
Bloomington, IL 1917
Twin Cities 1917
Los Angeles 1919
New Orleans 1920
Denver 1920
New Orleans 1929
1930s–1970s
Century Airlines 1932
Philadelphia 1944
New York City 1949
Atlanta 1950
New York City 1966
1980s–2020s
Greyhound 1983
New York City 2005
Toronto 2006
Toronto 2008
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