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![Imprisoned union workers following the Grabow Riot of 7th July, 1912. [libcom.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Organizations/brotherhoodOfTimber.jpg)
On this day in 1912, a riot broke out in Grabow, Louisiana when gunfire was exchanged between organizing lumber workers and private gunmen hired by the Galloway Lumber Company, just one event in the Louisiana-Texas Lumber War.
Image: Imprisoned union workers following the Grabow Riot of 7th July, 1912. [libcom.org]
![Mother Jones surrounded by striking child mill workers. Source: Library of Congress [zinnedproject.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/childrensMarch.jpg)
The March of the Mill Children was a three-week trek from Philadelphia to New York by striking child and adult textile workers, led by Mother Jones, launched on this day in 1903.
Image: Mother Jones surrounded by striking child mill workers. Source: Library of Congress [zinnedproject.org]
![Marcus Thrane photographed in Chicago in the 1870s [nbl.snl.no]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/marcusThrane.jpg)
On this day in 1851, police raided the Norwegian Workers Association, seizing documents, suppressing their newspaper, and arresting five board members, including founder Marcus Thrane, who served seven years in prison.
Image: Marcus Thrane photographed in Chicago in the 1870s [nbl.snl.no]
On this day in 1834, New York City was rocked by a huge anti-abolitionist riot (known as the Farren or Tappan Riot) that lasted for nearly a week until it was put down by military occupation.