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A violent '''labor strike''' was staged in Pensacola from [[April 7]]–[[May 13]], [[1908]] by streetcar operators employed by the [[Pensacola Electric Company]]. The strike resulted in several deaths and caused the Governor of Florida to order the State militia into Pensacola.
On [[April 7]], streetcar operators working for the [[Pensacola Electric Company]], the operator of Pensacola's electric streetcar transit system, went on strike. On [[April 12]], Florida Governor [[Wikipedia:Napoleon B. Broward|Napoleon B. Broward]] ordered the State militia into Pensacola to protect strikebreakers and restore order. On [[April 14]], under protection of the militia, the city's streetcars were run for the first time in nine days. The city remained calm for about one week until [[April 21]], when a mob attacked a streetcar and fatally wounded the conductor, a [[G. Hoffman]]. Stenographer [[W. L. Wittich, Jr.]] was also fired upon while boarding a streetcar.
==Images==
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*"Troops Sent to Pensacola.; Electric Cars Will Be Started To-day Despite the Strike." ''New York Times'', April 13, 1908.
*"Run Cars with Troops.; Pensacola Line Is Operated for the First Time in Nine Days." ''New York Times'', April 15, 1908.
*"Pensacola Riots Renewed.; Strikers' Mob Attacks Street Car and Fatally Wounds Conductor." ''New York Times'', April 22, 1908.
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