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The 1916–1917 Springfield streetcar strike was a strike among streetcar workers in and around Springfield, Missouri. The strike went from October 5, 1916, to June 16, 1917, caused by the streetcar company's refusal to recognize the union. As a result, the union was recognized after 8 months of striking.
Gangster tortured to death by fellow gangsters on suspicion he was an FBI informant: Harry Aleman: Chicago: 1972-09-27: Mobster initially acquitted and, after first trial was ruled corrupt, convicted at second trial of murdering a Teamsters official: Sam DeStefano: Chicago: 1973-04-14: 1
1916 Aug 18 Newberry: Florida: 6 A white mob shot and killed a black man and then hung two black men, one of which was a minister, and two black women, one of which was pregnant at the time. Everett massacre: 1916 Nov 5 Everett: Washington: 5 27 injured and scores of IWW unionists arrested by police and vigilantes. Elaine massacre: 1919 Sep 30 ...
Deaths by firearm in Illinois (1 C, 116 P) P. Deaths by person in Illinois (35 P) Prisoners who died in Illinois detention (1 C, 12 P) S. Deaths by stabbing in ...
The death ignited simmering tensions between Black migrants from the American south and predominately Irish immigrants on Chicago's South Side. The rioting lasted a week and resulted in the deaths of 23 blacks and 15 whites and left over 1,000 people, mostly black, homeless. 38 537 1916–21 Political, organized crime
1894 – A fire starting in a barber shop engulfed the town of Gifford, Illinois. 1894 – Great Fire in Shanghai destroyed over 1,000 buildings. 1894 – Much of downtown El Paso, Illinois destroyed in a fire costing $250,000. 1894 – A fire in Conrad, Iowa destroyed the downtown, which was quickly rebuilt in brick.
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 106#3-4 (2013) pp: 395–421. in JSTOR; Gleeson, Ed. Illinois Rebels - A Civil War Unit History of G Company, 15th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry (1996, Guild Press of Indiana: Carmel, Indiana) Grossman, James R.. Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, eds.
In May 2013, Illinois' state (public) universities, colleges, and community colleges agreed, pending formation and passage of the legislation before the end of the state's legislative session, at Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and other members' repeated urging, to gradually assume more of the burden- half of a percent of the retirement ...