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==The strike is broken==
[[Image:Carbarn-accomodations.PNG|thumb|right|Strikebreakers were lodged inside the streetcar barn]]
Despite much support from the community, the strike was eventually broken. As a show of solidarity with the union men, employees at the Pensacola Navy Yard had begun using chartered boats for their commute, refusing to patronize the streetcar lines run by strikebreakers. However, this practice was stopped when the Yard’s commandant issued an order prohibiting the vessels from landing, forcing the Yard workers to use the strikebreaker-run Bayshore line to get to and from work.<ref>“Strikers Call Off Street Car Strike,” Pensacola Journal, May 17, 1908.</ref> This, combined with the turning public opinion, and the adamant refusal of the company to negotiate or submit to arbitration, did much to hasten the end of the strike.
Image:1908militia4.jpg|State militia posing on the steps of the [[Escambia County Courthouse|Federal Customs House & Post Office]]
Image:Pr08429.jpg|Mounted state militia patrol during strike
Image:Strikers-tent.PNG|Strikers in tents advertising strike rally at [[Opera House]]
Image:Strike-cannon.PNG|Troops with cannon in Pensacola during strike
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