Today in Labor History October 13, 1902: Teddy Roosevelt threatened to send in federal troops as strikebreakers to crush a coal strike. The strike by anthracite coal miners in eastern Pennsylvania was led by the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA). The region had had dozens of previous strikes led by earlier and now defunct unions […]
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Today in Labor History October 10, 1912: The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) struck in Little Falls, New York. The strike lasted into January and involved primarily immigrant workers. It started at the Phoenix Knitting Mill, but spread to the Gilbert Knitting Mill, also in the Mohawk Valley. In November, the Little Falls Council
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Today in Labor History October 5, 1789: The Women’s March on Versailles put an end to royal authority. The October March was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began with a near riot at the Parisian markets over the high price and scarcity of bread. Encouraged by revolutionary agitators, thousands of
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Today in Labor History October 4, 1887: 10,000 Louisiana sugarcane workers went on strike with the Knights of Labor. On November 23, the Louisiana Militia, aided by vigilantes, murdered 35-50 unarmed black workers during the Thibodaux Massacre. The massacre ended the strike and any concerted effort to organize black cane workers until the 1940s. Democrats in
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Today in Labor History 10/3/1873: The authorities hanged Chief Kintpuash for the Modoc War in California. 53 Modoc warriors killed 55 U.S. troops, including the only general to die in the Indian Wars. The authorities eventually captured Kintpuash and chopped off his head. They displayed it for decades at the Army Medical Museum in Washington,
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