Solidarity felt with union strikers from past; Hammond memorial remembers those killed, injured in 1919 strike
- Posted on September 22, 2024
- By Chicago Tribune
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Solidarity felt with union strikers from past; Hammond memorial remembers those killed, injured in 1919 strike
On Sept. 9, 1919, four men were killed and 64 were injured after police and security guards fired shots into a striking crowd where Columbia Avenue and Highland Street intersect in Hammond.
