St. Louis streetcar strike of 1900

St. Louis streetcar strike
Fatal conflict between strikers and posse comitatus
DateMay 9, 1900 – September 14, 1900
Location
MethodsStriking
Parties
St. Louis Transit Company
Metropolitan Police
Posse comitatus
Lead figures

Edwards Whitaker
John H. Cavender

Number
3,000 Workers
1,000 Policemen
2,500 Posse comitatus
Casualties
Death(s)14
Injuries200

The St. Louis streetcar strike of 1900 was a labor action, and resulting civil disruption, against the St. Louis Transit Company by a group of three thousand workers unionized by the Amalgamated Street Railway Employees of America.

Between May 7 and the end of the strike in September, 14 people had been killed, and 200 wounded.