1914 Saint John street railway strike

Saint John street railway strike
Saint John street railway strike
Date	22 July 1914 - 24 July 1914
Location	Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Caused by	Firing of union members, punitive enforcement of policies
Methods	Strike, riot
Resulted in	Success. Union members re-hired. ;
Parties
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees Local 663, inhabitants of Saint John	St. John Railway Company, Saint John police, Pinkerton and Thiel strikebreakers, 62nd Fusiliers, 28th Dragoons
Lead figures
	Fred Ramsey, Sidney Mosher H.M. Hopper
Number
136 strikers; 10,000 inhabitants of Saint John	35-50 strikebreakers; nearly 500 militiamen
Casualties
Injuries	2+ dragoons, many rioters
Arrested	14+ rioters

The Saint John street railway strike of 1914 (sometimes called the Saint John street railwaymen's strike) was a strike by workers on the street railway system in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, which lasted from 22–24 July 1914, with rioting by Saint John inhabitants occurring on 23 and 24 July. The strike shattered the image of Saint John as a conservative town dominated primarily by ethnic and religious (rather than class) divisions, and highlighting tensions between railway industrialists and the local working population.

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