article_snippet.sent: Around the nation, trade unionists opposed to "the capitalist war" joined the movement.
article_snippet.sent: General strikes halted industry, as workers reacted to the food shortages, unemployment and rising poverty that threatened the social accord of "the Working Man's Paradise.
article_snippet.sent: Groups that voiced opposition to the war, like the International Workers of the World, were banned and dissidents were jailed for publishing material "likely to cause disaffection or alarm".
article_snippet.sent: When waterfront workers and coal miners went on strike, the Unlawful Associations Act was invoked to send waterfront workers and coal miners back to work.
article_snippet.sent: Most protest meetings were peaceful, but one became infamously violent.
article_snippet.sent: Other protesters were deported.