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State troops to the rescue in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1919. A Company going on duty during the city's Police Strike, which broke out on 9 September 1919. Widespread civil disorder broke out in the city and the Massachusetts Militia was deployed to restore order. US President Woodrow Wilson desribed the strike as a crime against civilization. State Governor Calvin Coolidge intervened to end the strike, sacking 1100 of the striking officers and hiring 1574 replacements from the ranks of unemployed World War I veterans. The new officers received higher salaries, more holiday entitlement and uniforms provided by the city, some of the demands their predecessors had struck for. Cooloidge's actions gave a substantial boost to his political career and he was nominated as Warren Harding's Vice-Presidential candidate for the 1920 election.
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AR9404402
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Public
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3375px × 5180px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1910s
20th century
AMERICA
American
ARMED
ARMED FORCES
Army
Avenue
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
BOSTON
Boston Police Strike
City
Cityscape
concept
country
EMPLOYMENT
gun.
GUNS
Historica Graphica Collection
industrial action
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE
industrial relations
labour relations
LANE
law and order
LOCATION
Male
Man
Marching
MASSACHUSETTS
Men
METAPHOR
militia
Monochrome
People
Photograph
Politics
Rifle
Road
Soldier
soldiers
Street
Strike
TGN
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa
War
WARFARE
Wars
Weapon
Weapon, Military
WEAPONRY
WEAPONS