1914 Saint John street railway strike

Saint John street railway strike
Date22 July 1914 - 24 July 1914
Location
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Caused byFiring of union members, punitive enforcement of policies
MethodsStrike, riot
Resulted inSuccess. Union members re-hired.
                                                                      
Parties
St. John Railway Company, Saint John police, Pinkerton and Thiel strikebreakers, 62nd Fusiliers, 28th Dragoons
Lead figures

Fred Ramsey, Sidney Mosher

H.M. Hopper

Number
136 strikers; 10,000 inhabitants of Saint John[1]
35-50 strikebreakers; nearly 500 militiamen[1]
Casualties
Injuries2+ dragoons, many rioters[1]
Arrested14+ rioters[1]

The Saint John street railway strike of 1914 (sometimes called the Saint John street railwaymen's strike)[1] was a strike by workers on the street railway system in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, which lasted from 22–24 July 1914, with rioting by Saint John inhabitants occurring on 23 and 24 July. The strike shattered the image of Saint John as a conservative town dominated primarily by ethnic and religious (rather than class) divisions, and highlighting tensions between railway industrialists and the local working population.

  1. ^ a b c d e Babcock, Robert H. (January 1982). "The Saint John Street Railwaymen's Strike and Riot, 1914". Acadiensis. 11 (2): 3–27. ISSN 0044-5851. Retrieved 13 May 2016.