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A bomb explodes at a labor rally in Chicago,Illinois killing seven police. Four labor leaders are later executed despite lack of evidence. -
It was a violent labour dispute between the Carnegie Steel Company and many of its workers that occurred in Homestead, Pennsylvania. -
Was a widespread railroad strike and boycott that disrupted rail traffic in the U.S. Midwest. Grover Cleveland used federal troops to address the strike. Following an outbreak of deadly violence, the strike dwindled and rail traffic resumed. -
Also known as the Georgia race strike, was a labor strike that involved white firemen working for the Georgia Railroad. This happened from May 17th-29th. -
An attack on striking coal miners and their families by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards, resulting in the deaths of 25 people, including 11 children. -
Coal miners faced a downward pressure on their standard of living which resulted from a combination of increasing prices and the wage stability provided by the Washington Agreement of 1917. ... Its strike began in April 1919 when the Potter Coal and Coke Company failed to recognize the United Mine Workers. This strike lasted over a month from November 1st- December 10th.