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Unpaid Workers Riot

Rioting workers standing in front of sandstone building. The windows of the building have all been broken, presumably by angry rioters.

September 17, 1903
Photo courtesy of the Sault Ste. Marie Museum

On September 17, 1903, the Consolidated Lake Superior Company had no money left and was forced to shut down. Employees, including lumber and construction workers and local industrial workers who had not been paid, rioted outside the General Office located on Huron Street.