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25,000 textile workers strike against the American Woolen Co. of Lawrence, MA, Jan 12, 1912 (qv.)
To get food and housing for the affected children, the IWW sent trainloads of the children to other
cities. On Feb 5, 1912, Lawrence police attacked & clubbed the embarking children and their parents
in order to reduce public sympathy for the strikers. (!!!) The strike was won on March 12th.
This strike was one of the few great successes for the IWW. It was a singing strike - men & women.
One song they sang was:
The preachers, cops and money kings were working hand in hand,
The boys in blue, with stars and stripes, were sent by Uncle Sam;
Still things were looking blue, 'cause every striker knew
That weaving cloth with bayonets is hard to do.
"John Golden and the Lawrence Strike," by Joe Hill;
The Songs of Joe Hill, Barrie Stavis & Frank Harmon
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