Illustration: REMEMBER SEPTEMBER THE 9TH. Boston
Illustration: REMEMBER SEPTEMBER THE 9TH. Boston Newspapers headlines at the violent beginning of the Boston Police Strike in 1919. The strike was ignited when Boston Police Commissioner Edwin Curtis suspended 19 officers for their union activities. Background causes were the anti-union environment caused by the Post World War 1 Red Scare and political tension between the Yankee Republican Commissioner and the Irish Democrat Police Force. (BSLOC_2015_15_100)
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11969091
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45357999
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2784px x 2047px
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Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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Everett Collection
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