Today in Labor History Jan 13 mounted police charged into the crowd, beating men, women and children

[Omaha Steve]

January 13



The original Tompkins Square Riot (pictured above). January 13, 1874 - The original Tompkins Square Riot took place. As unemployed workers demonstrated in New York's Tompkins Square Park, a detachment of mounted police charged into the crowd, beating men, women and children indiscriminately with billy clubs and leaving hundreds of casualties in their wake. Commented Abram Duryee, the commissioner of police, "It was the most glorious sight I ever saw . . ."

Chicano citrus workers strike in Covina, CA - 1919

(Exact date uncertain) As the nation debates a constitutional amendment to reign in the widespread practice of brutally overworking children in factories and fields, U.S. District Judge G.W. McClintic expresses concern, instead, about child idleness - 1924

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & here: http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_01_13_2011