Streetcar Strike neeg npau taws heev tuaj poj

I have always said cov me nyuam. Louis Streetcar Strike ntawm 1900 tsis zaj dabneeg uas muaj lub siab phem streetcar tuam txhab uas muag yog exploiting tus neeg ua hauj lwm ♦. “Cov neeg ua ♦” ua phem rau cov deplorable ua ke thaum lub caij lawv streetcar.

Ib tug ntawm lawv heev tshaj plaws tactics koom stripping poj niam nyob hauv tsev uas caij rau streetcars thaum lawv. Amazingly, cov neeg raug dag hais tau cov poj niam hluas thiab txaus nyiam. Tshuav cov poj niam laus thiab rog unmolested picket. Vim yog cov heinous thiab predatory es, Missouri tsim kev cai ua nws loj rau strip rau ib tug poj niam nyob hauv tsev thaum lub 1901 PatientsÕ qhib.

Sunday, Lub rau hli ntuj 17, 1900, Mrs. Eva Doman caij cov southbound streetcar Broadway sab qab teb thiab txojkev Marion, nws exited nyob qhov twg. Li 12:30 tav su. Mrs. Doman twg tsis twb paub lawm ib pab coob coob picket thiab lawv sympathizers nyob ze. Hluas nkauj ntau muab Mrs. Doman tseg, thaum lawv pib sis qw, “Kaub puab! Kaub puab!”

Thaum cov txiv neej spotted Mrs. Doman, lawv pib chase nws down. Mrs. Doman paub txog hmoo rau ob peb lwm tus poj niam stripped tom qab tawm hauv streetcars. Mrs. Doman tam sim ntawd muab rho tawm hauj lwm khiav rau tag nrho nws tej sab hnub tuaj ntawm txoj kev Marion.

Ntxiv rau cov txiv neej, hluas ntau caum pab Mrs. Doman. Thaum tus caum qab, lawv ua lawv qhov intentions huv los sis qw, “Strip rau nws!” “Pub!” Mrs. Doman khiav los ntawm txoj kev nrhiav ib qho chaw ntawm qhov taub tab sis tus poj niam tej neeg zej zog sawv pem lub taub hau lawv rooj vag tsis kam nws chaw sab.

Thaum Mrs. Doman los rov rau qab teb Broadway, nws sab sab tag. Mus ntsib ib tug saloon uas nws cov qhov rooj qhib, nws desperately sought qhov chaw nkaum. Xwb, cov zov Joseph Bene callously shoved nws rov tawm lub qhov rooj thiab muab nws tub.

Mrs. Lub Doman txoj hauj lwm yog perilous. Raws li pawg neeg pib chant, Cov poj niam ntau kuag thiab tore nws cov khaub ncaws. Cov tub hluas me me pelted nws nrog av nkos. Ob peb lub neej mus menacingly ntawm nws sau nws cov pej xeem humiliation.

Hais txog lub sij hawm no, Mrs. Alice Buck, uas nyob rau hauv pem teb peb saum lub saloon elbowed nws txoj kev los ntawm pawg neeg. Thaum nws pleas kev hlub poob rau hauv cov pob ntseg lag ntseg, Nws tsawv nkaus Mrs. Doman thiab ua rau nws rov rau 75 taw rau cov nkag rau chav tsev nws. Poj niam ob leeg twb pelted nrog av nkos, tiam sis Mrs. Doman muaj spared ntxiv humiliation.

St. Louis tub ceevxwm Sergeants Hess thiab Lally ua tau los txog kom ua thiab dispersed cov tib neeg coob. Tom qab sib hais txog Mrs. Yuav kho tus Doman, lawv kom sai ntes cov Mr gallant. Bene. Ntawm ib sab them nws cov roj teeb thiab ua phem, St. Louis Police kuj raug txim hais tias nws muaj nws saloon qhib rau hnub xya.

Hmoov tsis, ib tug xov tooj ntawm lwm cov poj niam uas tsis yuav muaj hmoo. Nrhiav Edward Whitaker, thawj coj streetcar, xaj deplorably, nws tus cwjpwm yog feem ntau matched ua picket thiab lawv cov sympathizers. Feem ntau cov heroes hauv no contest twb tsis koom tes nrog rau tog bystanders.

Cas ras koj txog tsam streetcar? Koj puas pom zoo picket xaj ua luaj los yog koj xav tias lawv raug justified?

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

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