In an unprecedented move and a milestone in Minnesota's labor history, two hundred and sixty women employed at the clothing factory of Shotwell, Clerihew & Lothman on Second Street in Minneapolis walk out, demanding that piece rates, which had been cut at the first of the year, be restored. Although the company agreed to make small reforms, few of the strikers returned to work. Due to lack of workers or to a boycott by sympathetic community members, Shotwell, Clerihew & Lothman closed its doors a few months later.