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THE MAN WHO WOULD REPLACE WALKER: Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, at right, attends a union-sponsored commemoration May 6 of the Bay View Tragedy. The annual event is dedicated to the memory of an 1886 strike in which 14,000 Milwaukee building trades workers demanded an eight-hour day; under orders from a Republican governor, the state militia opened fire, killing seven strikers. Next to Barrett is Mahlon Mitchell, his running mate in the recall campaign against Governor Scott Walker.
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