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The Morning Herald
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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In Norfolk on August 7, striking longshoremen employed by the White Star Company, who had forced about 150 workers to join them on Saturday, assembled outside the dock and were dispersed by police.
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By Associated Press.
Norfolk, August 7. - The strike of the longshoremen assumed threatening proportions this morning. The men employed by the White Star Company have of late been paid fifteen dollars a week, and are engaged by the company. The strikers determined on Saturday that they would put a stop to this system, and made the men, about 150, turn out and join them in the strike. About 60 strikers assembled this morning by six o'clock, outside the White Star dock, but were dispersed by the police.
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Norfolk
Event Date
August 7
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strikers dispersed by police
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The strike of the longshoremen assumed threatening proportions this morning. The men employed by the White Star Company have of late been paid fifteen dollars a week, and are engaged by the company. The strikers determined on Saturday that they would put a stop to this system, and made the men, about 150, turn out and join them in the strike. About 60 strikers assembled this morning by six o'clock, outside the White Star dock.