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Norfolk Strike Riot Requires Militia

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 19, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 12.

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Norfolk Strike Riot Requires Militia

ON March 4 a mob of about 500 strike-sympathizers held the streets of Norfolk, Virginia, despite the endeavors of the police to preserve order. The strikers cut several miles of trolley wire, smashed cars, and piled wagon loads of stones on the tracks of the street railroad. The militia had to be called out to preserve order and protect the property of the street railway.