Soldiers with bayonets rescue strikers from strikers . Military guards stationed at the plant of the Knit Products at Belmont , North Carolina , rushed with bayonets at the ready to the rescue of Sheriff Clyde Robinson of Gaston County . The Sheriff was looking over the strike picket lines when he was attacked by strikers who declared their intention of ' beating him up ' . They had torn the doors from his car when the soldiers arrived , and he was taken unharmed from the crowd . Photo shows soldiers rushing to the aid of the sheriff . 27 September 1934