trolley operators strike in staten island
One hundred years ago today … At 10 p.m., employees of the Richmond Rail and Light Company walked off the job, striking. They were frustrated that their demands for a raise from 45 to 73 cents per hour were not being met.
Daily News, 28 April, 1920, p. 34. Newspapers.com.
The city sent in buses to cover for the non-operational trolleys, whose routes are represented below:
Daily News 16 October, 1920. p. 2.
Photos from Staten Island ca. 1920 are not easy to come by, but this one of the Richmond Avenue suggests how spread out the borough was.
Richmond Avenue, 1920. New York Public Library. IRMA AND PAUL MILSTEIN DIVISION OF UNITED STATES HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
WRITTEN BY JONATHAN GOLDMAN, APRIL 27, 1920.
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