March 25

First “Poor People’s March” on Washington, in which jobless workers demanded creation of a public works program.  Led by populist Jacob Coxey, the 500 to 1,000 unemployed protesters became known as “Coxey’s Army” - 1894

Also on this date: Toronto printers strike for the 9-hour day. 146 workers are killed in a fire at New York’s Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Explosion at a coal mine in Centralia, Ill. kills 111 miners.

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