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Chiquola Mill Strike

** Claude Cannon, Jessie "Lee" Crawford, Ira Davis, Edgar Matthew Knight, Maxie Henry Peterson, C.L. Rucker, Thomas Yarbrough ** "They died for the rights of the working man." ** These seven men were shot on September 6, 1934 during the General Textile Mill Strike at Chiquola Mill in Honea Path, SC. ** Six of them died that day and the seventh died 3 days later of his wounds. **

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Claude C. Cannon

7 Jul 1895 – 6 Sep 1934

Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA

Jessie Lee Crawford

21 Mar 1908 – 6 Sep 1934

Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA

Ira Barron Davis Sr.

8 May 1910 – 6 Sep 1934

Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA

Edgar Matthew Knight

8 Oct 1891 – 6 Sep 1934

Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA

Maxie Henry Peterson

10 Oct 1910 – 6 Sep 1934

Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA

Charlie Leverett Rucker

3 Jan 1895 – 9 Sep 1934

Tignall, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA

Thomas Rance Yarbrough

23 Dec 1880 – 6 Sep 1934

Honea Path, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA

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