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Bristol RI rubber plant strike ends after state troops deployed
The May disturbances at Bristol Rhode Island’s National India Rubber Company plant began with a 15 percent wage rise and time clocks. A riot on May 28 involved office staff and strikers. state troops and local guards restored order. By June 3, reopening progressed. by June 11 insurrection proclamation was lifted and troops withdrew.
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National India Rubber Company
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Watts Agency
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Col. L. H. Callan