Chronology 

from Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 by, Philip Korth 

1933

November 

Local 574 launches an organizing drive in the Minneapolis coal yards.

1934

January 5 

Meeting sponsored by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Regional Labor Board between Local 574 and coal yard dealers. 

February 2 

Local 574 votes to strike February 7 unless employers recognize the union. 

February 7 

Strike begins. 

February 9 

Local 574 drops all demands except recognition.

February 10

Strikers return to work believing they have won recognition.

February 14, 15 

Elections in coal yards. 

Early March 

Citizens Alliance calls meeting of Minneapolis employers to warn of impending union drive.

April 30 

Local 574 presents demands to eleven trucking firms. 

Employers form a committee that grows to 166 firms who designate Joseph R. Cochran as spokesman. 

May 1 

Meeting sponsored by Regional Labor Board between Local 574 and employer representatives. 

May 14 

Local 574 votes to strike on May 16. 

May 16 

Strike begins. 

May 18 

Governor Olson attempts to mediate the dispute and end the strike. 

May 19 

Clash between police and strikers in the Market district. Strikers dispersed. 

Committee of 25 recruits Special Deputies.

May 21

Clash between police and strikers with inconclusive results. Thirty seven injured.

May 22

“Battle of Deputies Run” between strikers and police and special deputies.

Police and deputies driven from Market district. Two special deputies killed.

May 23 

Governor Olson secures a 48 hour truce and attempts to mediate the dispute. 

May 25 

Agreement reached between Local 574 and the 166 employers. 

May 31 

Agreement signed. 

June 14 

Local 574 informs Minneapolis-St. Paul Regional Labor Board that employers are not living up to the May 31 agreement. 

June 16 

Employers deny the charges. 

July 6 

Local 574 rallies support for a strike through a mass meeting at the Parade Grounds. Workers set a deadline of July 11 for a strike. 

E. H. Dunnigan, U.S. Conciliator arrives at the request of Minn. Senator Henrik Shipstead.

July 7 

Regional Labor Board issues interpretation of May 31 agreement concerning "employees." 

July 11 

Workers vote for strike to commence midnight Monday, July 16. 

July 15 

Meeting at Wesley Church of workers opposed to a strike. 

July 16 

Workers confirm strike and endorse leadership at evening meeting. 

July 17 

Strike begins. 

Rev. Francis J. Haas, representing the National Labor Relations Board, arrives in Minneapolis. 

July 19 

Police escort truck with "Hospital Supplies" without incident. 

Governor Olson and Father Haas believe they have secured a 48 hour truce with Chief Johannes.

July 20 

"Bloody Friday." Police open fire on strikers wounding 67 and killing two.

July 21 

Chief Johannes announces temporary halt to convoying trucks.

July 25 

Rev. Francis J. Haas and E. H. Dunnigan issue their plan for a settlement which becomes known as the Haas-Dunnigan Plan. 

July 26

Governor Olson Declares Martial Law and institutes a permit system for delivery trucks. 

August 1 

National Guard raids strike headquarters. 

August 3 

National Guard raids Citizens Alliance headquarters. 

August 5 

Gov. Olson orders General Walsh to revoke all trucking permits and to institute a new permit system based on agreement to sign the Haas- Dunnigan Plan.

August 6

Olson successfully defends his declaration of martial law against an employer requested injunction. 

August 8

F. D. Roosevelt visits Rochester, Minn., and labor delegation submits its account of the strike to him through Louis Howe. 

Jesse Jones, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation puts Father Haas in touch with C. T. Jaffray who represents the RFC in Minneapolis. 

August 13

Haas and Dunnigan take a revised EAC proposal to the Committee of 100, which supports the union's bargaining team and rejects it. 

August 17 

P. A. Donoghue from NLRB arrives in Minneapolis to conduct representation elections. 

August 18 

Jesse Jones calls Barton who contacts A. W. Strong, president of the Citizens Alliance. 

August 19 

EAC modifies its proposal. 

August 21 

EAC votes 155 to 3 to ratify the proposal. Union ratifies proposal in a mass meeting that night. 

August 22 

Strike ends.