June 11

Representatives from the AFL, Knights of Labor, populists, railroad brotherhoods and other trade unions hold a unity conference in St. Louis but fail to overcome their differences – 1894

 Also on this date: Police shoot at maritime workers striking United Fruit Co. John L. Lewis dies. A legendary figure, he was president of the United Mine Workers and a driving force behind the formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

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