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when a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square which was support to be a normal protest turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6okibrpyeUs
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African American sugar cane workers, determined to unionize for a living wage, chose to combine their minimal power during the harvest season. Instead, their actions sparked a massacre. http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.pbworks.com/w/page/125352056/Labor%20Unions%20and%20Radical%20Political%20Parties%20in%20the%20Industrial%20Era
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The Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Pennsylvania discharged workers from the Steel Workers Union. A bloody confrontation between the workers and the hired Pinkerton security guards, ultimately killing 16 people and causing many injuries. http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.pbworks.com/w/page/125352056/Labor%20Unions%20and%20Radical%20Political%20Parties%20in%20the%20Industrial%20Era
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The strike was a result of the Pullman Palace Car Company cutting already lowered wages by 25 percent, but not decreasing the rents and other charges of its workers who lived in the town of Pullman. http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.pbworks.com/w/page/125352056/Labor%20Unions%20and%20Radical%20Political%20Parties%20in%20the%20Industrial%20Era
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About 147,000 workers from the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania, miners striked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. The strike threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply to major American cities. http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.pbworks.com/w/page/125352056/Labor%20Unions%20and%20Radical%20Political%20Parties%20in%20the%20Industrial%20Era
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Attack on striking coal miners and their families by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards due to a confrontation that led to the death of at least 19 individuals, at least 12 of whom were women and children. http://resourcesforhistoryteachers.pbworks.com/w/page/125352056/Labor%20Unions%20and%20Radical%20Political%20Parties%20in%20the%20Industrial%20Era