The Lawrence textile strike Attack , also known as the Bread and Roses strike Attack , was a strike Attack of immigrant workers in Lawrence , Massachusetts , in 1912 led Causation by the Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW ) .

In late January , when a striker , Anna LoPizzo , was killed Killing by police during a protest , IWW organizers Joseph Ettor and Arturo Giovannitti were framed Bodily_harm and arrested Arrest on charges of being accessories to the murder Killing .

IWW leaders Bill Haywood and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn came to Motion Lawrence to run Motion the strike Attack .

Within a year , however , the IWW had largely collapsed Destroying in Lawrence .