1 Jan 1899 Jahr - Central Labor Union protests in Cleceland

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Faced with this emergency (depression), many urban voters proved none too loyal to the machines (see part about book) when better alternatives arose. Cleveland, Ohio, for example, experienced eighty-three labor strikes between 1893 and 1898. Workers’ frustration centered on corrupt businesses with close ties to municipal officials. The city’s Central Labor Union, dissatisfied with Democrats’ failure to address its concerns, worked with middle-class allies to build a thriving local branch of the People’s Party (see “The Populist Program” in Chapter 19). Their demands for stronger government measures, especially to curb the power of private transit corporations and other local monopolies, culminated in citywide protests in 1899 during a strike against the hated streetcar company. That year, more than eight thousand workers participated in the city’s annual Labor Day parade. As they passed the mayor’s reviewing stand, the bands fell silent and the unions furled their flags in a solemn protest against the mayor’s failure to support their cause.

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