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October 1

An ink storage room in the L.A. Times building is dynamited during a citywide fight over labor rights and organizing. The explosion was relatively minor, but it set off a fire in the unsafe, difficult-to-evacuate building, ultimately killing 21. A union member eventually confessed to the bombing, which he said was supposed to have occurred early in the morning when the building would have been largely unoccupied ? 1910

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September 30

A total of 29 strike leaders are charged with treason?plotting "to incite insurrection, rebellion & war against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania"?for daring to strike the Carnegie Steel Co. in Homestead, Pa. Jurors refuse to convict them - 1892

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September 29

A report by the Labor Department?s Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the average weekly take-home pay of a factory worker with three dependents is now $94.87 - 1962

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September 28

The International Workingmen?s Association is founded in London. It was an international organization trying to unite a variety of different left-wing, socialist, communist and anarchist political groups and unions. It functioned for about 12 years, growing to a membership declared to be eight million, before being disbanded at its Philadelphia conference in 1876, victim of infighting brought on by the wide variety of members? philosophies - 1864

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September 27

Striking textile workers in Fall River, Mass., demand bread for their starving children - 1875

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September 26

The Old 97, a Southern Railway train officially known as the Fast Mail, derails near Danville, Va., killing engineer Joseph ?Steve? Broady and ten other railroad and postal workers. Many believe Broady had been ordered to speed to make up for lost time. The Wreck of the Old 97 inspired balladeers; a 1924 recording is sometimes cited as the first million-selling country music record - 1903

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