Photograph shows men standing in front of Charles Ohlott's barber shop in Carteret, New Jersey; six wounded men lay on the ground awaiting an ambulance after being injured during a strike at the Williams & Clark Fertilizing Company near Roosevelt, N. J., April 13, 1915. Underwood & Underwood, C. C. (ca. 1915) Strikers at Roosevelt. Wounded awaiting ambulance. New Jersey Carteret, ca. 1915. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013647203/.
Today in #LaborHistory 1/19/1915: Sheriff’s deputies shot 20 workers, incl #children as young as 12, at fertilizer factory in #NewJersey. 2 died. On #strike to restore 20% #wages cut. They won. 9 deputies convicted of manslaughter. Sentenced to #prison.
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