Strike in Lawrence, Mass.

AuthorEvans, Elizabeth Glendower
Position1919 - Brief article

There is a strike in Lawrence, Mass. It is one of the opening shots of the struggle between capital and labor. So I went to see. And I did see. The first thing I saw was a striker, flat on his back, with three policemen standing above him, and offering no resistance in arrest, dubbed on his head till the blood ran. In the court next day he was charged with "assault." When asked, "Are you guilty?" he answered, "I am not guilty; I did not assault. I was assaulted." No testimony...

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