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Summary:September 19 1934 saw the United States gripped by one of its worst strikes. 850,000 textile workers downed tools on September 2 to back a claim for an 18-dollar-a-week wage. The three-week strike ended in victory for the workforce -- but not before there had been a series of ugly clashes with National Guard contingents.
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