Historical Marker
Grabow Riot
DeRidder, Beauregard County · Louisiana
Before anyone fired a shot at Grabow in 1912, the lumber operators had settled how the fight would go. Mills across the DeRidder country belonged to a Southern Lumber Operators Association that coordinated wages, and when the Brotherhood of Timber Workers prepared to strike, the owners resolved to shut the mills and blacklist union men. One company stood outside the pact: the Hudson River Lumber Company, a Long-Bell subsidiary in DeRidder, recognized the union and paid cash, not scrip. Casualty counts differ, from four dead and about fifty wounded to some thirty killed or hurt.
Where it stands
30.81702, -93.33993 · Directions
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