In Dubious Battle

Significance of Bloody Thursday

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Answered by Cat on 21 Mar 04:11

Sam had participated in Bloody Thursday, a day of rioting on July 5, 1934, during a dockworkers' strike in San Francisco. Strikers armed with rocks battled police armed with guns and tear gas. Eventually the National Guard was called in to assist in quelling the disturbance.