History of using National Guard to suppress Unions

[FreakinDJ]

Bloody Thursday

3 Killed, 31 Shot in Widespread Rioting
SCORES INJURED, GASSED AS POLICE BATTLE MOBS; CARGO MOVING CONTINUES

Officers Pour Gunfire Into Crowd; Women, Children Periled by Bullets;
2000 National Guardsmen Get Arms



The National Guard was ordered to San Francisco's waterfront by Gov. Merriam today as riot after riot swept the Embarcadero, swirled around the Ferry Building and gripped the downtown industrial area and Rincon Hill.

Two men were killed by bullets, another by injuries, 31 others were shot and an untold number, including police, were clubbed, gassed, beaten and stoned.

In calling out the National Guard, Gov. Merriam instructed Adj. Gen. Seth Howard to place such portions of the militia on duty in San Francisco as may be necessary to protect state property.





http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist4/maritime17.html

[Brickbat]

1. Dial-up warning.

The National Guard raids an office during the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strike:


Devastation after National Guardsmen killed 19 at a strikers camp in Ludlow, Colorado:


National Guardsmen aim at strikers in the Maytag strike:


National Guardsmen block the entrance at the Youngstown, Ohio, steel strike:


National Guard tanks try to intimidate marchers in the Memphis sanitation workers strike:


National Guardsmen brandish batons as they keep the gate open for scabs during the Hormel meatpackers strike in Austin, Minn.:


It goes on and on. And that's just against labor. They're called out to break up peace protests...Wounded Knee...it's not all puppies and sandbags for the National Guard.

[FreakinDJ]

2. News papers printed propaganda against Unions in each case

The 1 striking similarity in ALL of the cases where the National Guard was called out and committed heinous acts against the striking workers was the local media "Newspapers" at the time printed stories proclaiming the workers were "Communist" or "Threatening to Murder and Plunder the homes of the Wealthy Elite".

Stories that would be later proved to be purely "Fictitious" but yet were quote and used in the Gov. reasoning in calling out the Guard

[GrantDem]

3. Looks like we destined to repeat history.

Maybe...

http://markcrispinmiller.com/2011/02/wisconsins-national-guard-prepared-to-crack-down-on-disruptive-state-workers-2-items/

[Arctic Dave]

4. Funny how this is never mentioned in the commercials.

Propaganda is fun.

[goddess40]

5. Kent State. nt

[Starry Messenger]

6. k&r