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The Boston police strike of 1919 pitted the Boston police officers, who were members of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), against the city government led by Mayor Andrew J. Peters. The police officers went on strike to demand better pay, working conditions, and the right to unionize, while the city government refused to negotiate and instead hired replacement officers.
The United Mine Workers Strike of 1919 was held throughout the United States in protest of Ton Mooneyâ??s imprisonment. They also wanted favorable working conditions in the mines.
It was not endorsed. Police opended fire and 4 workers were killed. Then a bomb exploded led by Anarchists, it killed 7 police men, and it made the Union MemberShip drop.
The Pullman Strike
the event that led up to the intolerable acts was the Boston tea party.