Commissioner Curtis was supported during this incident by Governor Calvin Coolidge, who issued a response to Samuel Gompers declaring that "there is no right to strike against the public safety.
James Jackson Storrow headed a commission charged with investigating grievances prior to this event. Legislation put forth by Albert Pillsbury was a major impetus for this event, which Lawrence Lowell tried to mitigate by asking for volunteer students. The attempts of Andrew James Peters to resolve it peacefully were mostly unsuccessful, after it resulted when Edwin Upton Curtis issued a General Order prohibiting the central group from "serving two masters." Francis Russell wrote A City in Terror about this event, during which participants gathered at Scollay Square until scattered by a threat of live ammunition. Commissioner Curtis was supported during this incident by Governor Calvin Coolidge, who issued a response to Samuel Gompers declaring that "there is no right to strike against the public safety." For 10 points, name this 1919 event which saw law enforcement personnel in a city in Massachusetts refuse to work.
James Jackson Storrow headed a commission charged with investigating grievances prior to this event.
Boston Police Strike of 1919 [or obvious equivalents that refer to striking, Boston, and police officers; prompt on partial answers]