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Warehouse District plaque dedicated to remember violent 1934 truckers' strike [1]

Stephen Montemayor
Star Tribune
July 21, 2015
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Pickets returned to the Minneapolis Warehouse District on Saturday, nearly 81 years to the day after a strike there turned violent when police shot 67 truckers, killing two and sparking the city’s labor movement.

Their cause this time: To remember the events of July 20, 1934, by dedicating a plaque on the side of the Sherwin Williams building on 3rd Street N., where striker Henry Ness was killed by officers.
 
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