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. The clash left three union workers and one company gunman dead, wounding an estimated fifty more.
The event took place in the context of workers in the sawmill town of Grabow joining the Brotherhood of Timber Workers (shown), a branch of the Lumber Workers Industrial Union (LWIU), itself affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
On July 7th, 1912, the union workers held a series of rallies at several different company towns, including Bon Ami and Carson, alongside Grabow.
The group that went to Grabow, around 200 people, spontaneously decided to hold a rally with several speeches - labor leader Arthur L. Emerson spoke on top of a wagon to roughly 25 non-union men, plus the additional union men who had come with him.
Shots began between these workers and a group of four others, including Galloway Lumber owner John Galloway, in the local mill office, all of whom had later been found to be drinking before the incident. It is not known for certain which group fired first. Three union men were killed alongside one member of the private company security force. Approximately 50 more were wounded.
Over the next few days, more than more than 60 workers were taken into custody by police. Although the mill owner himself was arrested, he was released without charges soon afterward. Sixty-five of the timber workers' group were brought up on charges ranging from inciting a riot to murder.
The IWW worked to aid the incarcerated workers, with "Big Bill" Haywood fundraising for their legal fund. The trial lasted until November 8th, and its jury returned a not guilty verdict for all of the union men. All of those arrested were set free.
Although they had limited success in Louisiana, the LWIU successfully organized later, winning an eight-hour day and vastly improved working conditions in the Pacific Northwest after a 1917 strike. Today, there is a historical marker at the site of the riot, located on what is now the property of DeRidder Airport, Louisiana.
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October last year. I tapped the back of a truck and it busted my bumper. I go back to driving without further analysis, the hit made my hood go loose and smashed my windshield😵💫
So I ziptie it down with like 4 zipties and I go back on the road, the zipties break and my windshield smashes.
So. I put like 8 zipties, thinking no way will this break. Then my windshield smashes again, this time completely cracking it up.
Im a big dumbass for this, one of my biggest problems is never thinking the worst thing that could happen can definitely happen
My dad aligned the hood back up, I just kept driving with a fucked up windshield since the roof was badly dented. This fix was like 5000 dollars to replace the roof.
Last week because of all the rain and heat, out of nowhere the glass up top started to sink. Next thing you know theres a big hole up on top and this happened like overnight. I used flex tape to cover it up and keep water from getting in the car. I was freaking out about it cuz i needed to get a car asap because who knows when the glass finally collapses on itself.
I literally found and bought a 4000 dollar prius with 160k miles the next day. Haha
Moral of the story. Make sure you always have a couple hundred on you for a tow truck. When the accident happened I didn’t have a dollar. Or use more than 8 zipties to hold a hood down. Or just keep a hammer in the car.
I got a whole ass-toolkit in my car, I could theoretically take the whole thing apart with what I got (putting it back together though ehhhhhhh)