. Revolution in Los Angeles (1911). JOB HARRIMAN Km PREFACE nm r I HIS is a record of events—not a catalogue of is the story of a great political struggle, astne writer saw it. Some day it may be spread on a larger canvass; butat least tnis outline is necessary to an understanding oftne determining factors of the fignt. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FIGHT For over twenty years Los Angeles has been the most conspicuousbattleground of industrial interests in the United States. As this partof California changed from an agricultural to a manufacturing center,the labor problem intensified. The
. Revolution in Los Angeles (1911). JOB HARRIMAN Km PREFACE nm r I HIS is a record of events—not a catalogue of is the story of a great political struggle, astne writer saw it. Some day it may be spread on a larger canvass; butat least tnis outline is necessary to an understanding oftne determining factors of the fignt. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FIGHT For over twenty years Los Angeles has been the most conspicuousbattleground of industrial interests in the United States. As this partof California changed from an agricultural to a manufacturing center,the labor problem intensified. The wage workers of San Francisco hadsecured better conditions, by a shade, than any other city, and the busi-ness interests of the Southern City determined early to put LosAngeles on a different footing. The E. H. Harriman and H. E. Hunting-ton interests functioned through the Republican party and Otis func-tioned through the Times. Born of these interests was the Merchantsand Manufacturers Association, locally known as the M. and M
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