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September 6

One of the worst disasters in the history of U.S. anthracite mining occurred at the Avondale Mine, near Scranton, Pa.,

September 6

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September 5

20,000 to 30,000 marchers participate in New York's first Labor Day parade, demanding the eight-hour day - 1882

September 5

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September 3

African-American cotton pickers organize and strike in Lee County, Tex. against miserably low wages and other injustices,

September 3

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August 26

Fannie Sellins and Joseph Starzeleski are murdered by coal company guards on a picket line in Brackenridge, Penn.

August 26