
American Socialist (2020)
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The Strike - Debbs' Union
The strike had failed. Hundreds more were arrested and skirmishers arupted cross the nation. It's estimated that nearly 250 thousand workers took part in the strike. And afterwards, many of them were lek jobless. Some say the strike pushed grever cleveland to create a holiday in honor of workers called labor day. As for deb's union, this was a well bgetting defeat for the american railway union never recovered. The whole leadership of the a r u was jailed on contempt of court. Debs got six months.
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