Strikers Line Edgewood Avenue

June 1914

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Title
Strikers Line Edgewood Avenue
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
June 1914
Identifier
913.3B.SW
Description
Eastward looking view of strikers lined up on Edgewood Avenue. The shot appears to have been taken from the plant or from a railroad crossing. Another photograph in the album shows a man with a camera and tripod positioned on a crossing bridge although it is unknown who he was working for or whether or not any of his work made its way into the album. Behind the strikers are advertisements for Ward's Tip-Top Bread and an unidentified cigarette brand. Also shown is a "J.F. Taylor Grocer" vehicle and the storefront advertising Tom Keene Cigar. The 1914 strike at the Union Switch & Signal Plant began on June 12th when between 1,100 and 1,400 employees walked out at lunch time to picket and join some 2000 strikers from other Westinghouse plants marching on Edgewood and Braddock Avenues in Swissvale. Organized by the Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union, the strikers demanded an eight-hour day, reinstatement of discharged union men, permission for workmen to elect grievance committees, and higher overtime and holiday rates. The union claimed victory upon culmination of the walkout on June 27th, saying that the company had agreed to allow committees and consider the other grievances. Company general manager H.G. Prout dismissed these claims however, asserting that no promises were made to the employees.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Men
Strikes and lockouts
Demonstrations
Railroad tracks
Advertising
Buildings
Geographic Subjects
Swissvale (Pa.)
Source
Union Switch & Signal Strike Photograph Collection, June 1914
Collection
Union Switch & Signal Strike Photographs
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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