Industry and Labor Continued  1919: over 3,600 strikes in response to employees rescinding war time benefits ► January: Seattle, Washington - General Strike Achieved, US Marines intervene ► September: Boston, Mass - Police force on strike, violence and looting breaks out… entire police force fired ► September: greatest strike in US history 350,000 steelworkers walk of job in demand of an 8 hour day  violence from employers, hired armed guards  AFL timidly retreats  Strike collapses in January, death blow to labor  Where is that Democracy for which we fought?
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