1907 San Francisco streetcar strike

San Francisco streetcar strike
San Francisco police escort a scab streetcar to protect it from the violence during the strike
DateMay 5, 1907 – mid-February, 1908
Location
Goals8-hour day
$3 per day
MethodsStriking
Resulted inUnsuccessful;
Carmen's Union Local 205 disbanded
Parties
Carmen's Union Local 205
United Railroads
Lead figures

Streetcar workers

Patrick Calhoun
James A. Farley

Casualties
Death(s)31 (25 passengers)
Injuries1100 (900 passengers)

The San Francisco streetcar strike of 1907 was among the most violent of the streetcar strikes in the United States between 1895 and 1929. Before the end of the strike, thirty-one people had been killed and about 1100 injured.