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Western Federation of Miners

1908-10: Spokane Free Speech Fight

Account of the free speech and anti job sharking campaign carried out by the Spokane Wobblies.
Just some of the child victims of that day

The Christmas Eve Calumet massacre, 1913

A short history of the biggest mass murder in Michigan history: the massacre of 73 people, mostly the children of striking miners at a Christmas…
Charles Moyer, Bill Haywood and George Pettibone in 1907

The Haywood-Mayer-Pettibone case - Louis Adamic

Louis Adamic's excellent history of the trial and acquittal of three leaders of the Western Federation of Miners, Charles Moyer, Bill Haywood and…
Smuggler-Union mine, Colorado

Battles in the Telluride mines, 1901-1903 - Louis Adamic

A short history of the striking workers who took over the mines in Telluride, Colorado, and the…

US coal miners' strikes, 1894 - Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher's excellent account of the overlapping American miners' strikes in 1894: a national strike and a successful stoppage in Cripple…

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