Firing of union members, punitive enforcement of policies
Methods
Strike, riot
Resulted in
Success. Union members re-hired.
Parties
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees Local 663, inhabitants of Saint John
St. John Railway Company, Saint John police, Pinkerton and Thiel strikebreakers, 62nd Fusiliers, 28th Dragoons
Lead figures
Fred Ramsey, Sidney Mosher
H.M. Hopper
Number
136 strikers; 10,000 inhabitants of Saint John[1]
35-50 strikebreakers; nearly 500 militiamen[1]
Casualties
Injuries
2+ dragoons, many rioters[1]
Arrested
14+ rioters[1]
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e
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
Lyft and Uber 2019
The Saint John street railway strike of 1914 (sometimes called the Saint John street railwaymen's strike)[1] was a strike by workers on the street railway system in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, which lasted from 22–24 July 1914, with rioting by Saint John inhabitants occurring on 23 and 24 July. The strike shattered the image of Saint John as a conservative town dominated primarily by ethnic and religious (rather than class) divisions, and highlighting tensions between railway industrialists and the local working population.
^ abcdeBabcock, Robert H. (January 1982). "The Saint John Street Railwaymen's Strike and Riot, 1914". Acadiensis. 11 (2): 3–27. ISSN 0044-5851. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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