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May 22

Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill. for role in Pullman strike - 1895 _(for more on Debs, check out [19]The Bending Cross: A Biography of Eugene V. Debs __in the UCS bookstore)_ Links: 19. http://unionist.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cee310b2c78fa78985b76038&id=f4be4d557e&e=7eab64386f

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May 21

Italian activists and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, widely believed to have been framed for murder, go on trial today. They eventually are executed as part of a government campaign against dissidents ? 1921

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May 20

The Railway Labor Act took effect today. It was the first federal legislation protecting workers? rights to form unions - 1926 9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933

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May 19

Explosion in Coal Creek, Tenn. kills 184 miners - 1902 Shootout in Matewan, W. Va. between striking union miners (led by Police Chief Sid Hatfield) and coal company agents. Ten died, including seven agents - 1920

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May 18

In what may have been baseball?s first labor strike, the Detroit Tigers refuse to play after team leader Ty Cobb is suspended: he went into the stands and beat a fan who had been heckling him. Cobb was reinstated and the Tigers went back to work after the team manager?s failed attempt to replace the players with a local college team: their pitcher gave up 24 runs - 1912

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May 17

First women?s anti-slavery conference, Philadelphia - 1838

May 17