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Great photos! Thanks for starting this one. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 13:40, 21 September 2007 (CDT) | Great photos! Thanks for starting this one. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 13:40, 21 September 2007 (CDT) | ||
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| + | Awesome article. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 18:37, 7 April 2008 (CDT) | ||
| + | :''But''... do you mind if I de-Anglicize the word "organise"? :) --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 10:13, 8 April 2008 (CDT) | ||
| + | ::Yeah, sorry, I tried to go back and anglicise (ize) things. Force of habit. '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 08:42, 9 April 2008 (CDT) | ||
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Joe, I've just transcribed a story about the first day of the strike (April 6, 1908). Thought you'd get a kick out of it. My favourite line is "There was a good deal of anger displayed at this juncture, and more than one pair of brass knuckles was surreptitiously handled." I've uploaded the file as a .doc here: [http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=4982740169&realattid=f_fdj7k71e0&attid=0.1&disp=attd&view=att&th=1188af5c741ca861] '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 14:38, 7 March 2008 (CST) | Joe, I've just transcribed a story about the first day of the strike (April 6, 1908). Thought you'd get a kick out of it. My favourite line is "There was a good deal of anger displayed at this juncture, and more than one pair of brass knuckles was surreptitiously handled." I've uploaded the file as a .doc here: [http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=4982740169&realattid=f_fdj7k71e0&attid=0.1&disp=attd&view=att&th=1188af5c741ca861] '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 14:38, 7 March 2008 (CST) | ||
:I wasn't able to download the document, but I do enjoy old-timey newspaper talk. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 16:14, 7 March 2008 (CST) | :I wasn't able to download the document, but I do enjoy old-timey newspaper talk. --[[User:Admin|Admin]] 16:14, 7 March 2008 (CST) | ||
| + | ::Eh I thought that might not work. If you like I'll email it to you as an attachment. I'd post it here, but it's a long article (1100+ words) and I don't really think it has a place. '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 16:27, 7 March 2008 (CST) | ||
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| + | ==How many lines? Where?== | ||
| + | So far, I have seen cited in newspaper articles the following lines. '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' ··· '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' 00:21, 2 April 2008 (CDT) | ||
| + | *Bayshore | ||
| + | *North Hill | ||
| + | *East Hill | ||
| + | *West Hill | ||
| + | *Park (poss. Kupfrian's Park line) | ||
| + | *Belt | ||
Latest revision as of 15:16, 22 February 2009
Great photos! Thanks for starting this one. --Admin 13:40, 21 September 2007 (CDT)
Awesome article. --Admin 18:37, 7 April 2008 (CDT)
- But... do you mind if I de-Anglicize the word "organise"? :) --Admin 10:13, 8 April 2008 (CDT)
Notes[edit]
Dramatis personæ[edit]
- G. C. McCain - President of the local branch of the AASEREA.
- Alexander Sarra - secretary of the local branch of the AASEREA. If a worker was suspended by the company (without pay) that worker had to report to the company 3 times a day. Sarra says: "We [the striking workers] claim the rights of free men to earn what we can during such time, or, if our circumstances permit, to remain in our homes." Pensacola Journal, 7 April 1908 [1]
- John W. Leadley - manager, Pensacola Electric Company
- W. A. Blount, Sr. - counsel for Pensacola Electric Company
Categories[edit]
We probably need to create a category for this. Something fairly broad -- I don't know if we've had enough strikes to justify a Worker strikes category. (Though I'll need to look through this again to be sure.) What about Events > Demonstrations & unrest? Then it could be grouped with the Escambia High School riots. Thoughts/suggestions? --Admin 08:05, 7 March 2008 (CST)
April 6 story[edit]
Joe, I've just transcribed a story about the first day of the strike (April 6, 1908). Thought you'd get a kick out of it. My favourite line is "There was a good deal of anger displayed at this juncture, and more than one pair of brass knuckles was surreptitiously handled." I've uploaded the file as a .doc here: [2] dscosson ··· talk 14:38, 7 March 2008 (CST)
- I wasn't able to download the document, but I do enjoy old-timey newspaper talk. --Admin 16:14, 7 March 2008 (CST)
How many lines? Where?[edit]
So far, I have seen cited in newspaper articles the following lines. dscosson ··· talk 00:21, 2 April 2008 (CDT)
- Bayshore
- North Hill
- East Hill
- West Hill
- Park (poss. Kupfrian's Park line)
- Belt
