Stowe Township, PA, United States
1909 McKee's Rocks Strike. On July 14, unskilled immigrant workers led a strike against the Pressed Steel Car Company. Strain among the strikers, replacement laborers, and state police erupted into a riot on August 22. Eleven men were killed near this footbridge. Strikers were aided by the Industria
l Workers of the World.
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