I was wondering how the coit tower events of 1934 took place? What were some of the major events and mishapps? What was the general mindset of the protesters? Etc...

-- Michael Sandberg (mmsandberg@hotmail.com), May 14, 2003

Answers

You're referring to the San Francisco General Strike of 1934, which culminated in several deaths on "Bloody Thursday" July 5, 1934. Here are two URLs with extensive information on the event and its background:

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist/thursday.html

http://www.californiahistory.net/9_pages/hard_strike.htm

Best,

John Martini

-- John Martini (jamartini@slip.net), May 14, 2003.