On November 13, 1909, at the Cherry Mine in Cherry, Illinois, a coal car filled with hay for the mules who worked underground rolled down a track. Earlier that week, an electrical outage had struck the mine. The miners were then forced to use torches,...
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D.W. Griffith's 1909 film about how much it sucked when Progressive Era women with gargantuan hats sat in front of you at the theater.
On October 10, 1917, the red light district of New Orleans, known as Storyville, closed due to the efforts of reformers seeking to eliminate vice from the city. During the.
On October 1, 1910, International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers member James McNamara blew up the Los Angeles Times building because the paper's publisher, Harrison Gray Otis, was spearheading the city's effort to crush unionism and remain an open shop alternative to heavily...
On August 3, 1913, the Wheatland Riot took place in California, leading to four deaths, including two workers and two law enforcement agents. A burst of violence caused by the.
On June 16, 1918, the socialist leader and former head of the American Railway Union Eugene Debs gave a speech in Canton, Ohio, criticizing the United States' actions in World.
On June 7, 1913, the supporters of the Industrial Workers of the World led textile worker strike in Paterson, New Jersey held the Paterson Strike Pageant at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The only such stage of production of strikers in American history,...
Good advice. Date unknown, but early 20th century.
Cool article on the 1913 barbers' strike in New York, which led to the reduction of barbers' workweeks from 92(!!!) hours to a mere 62 with Sunday off. I may.
On May 12, 1902, coal miners in Pennsylvania's anthracite fields went on strike. There were many strikes in the coal fields during the Gilded Age, but this one has special significance because the refusal of the industry to negotiate pushed the strike into the fall...
This collection of cat images used during the suffrage movement is outstanding. Thanks to djw for sending this my way.
On May 3, 1911, Wisconsin created the first workers compensation program, followed almost immediately by Washington and most of the Northwestern states. This was the beginning of a system, albeit.