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June 12

Fifty thousand members of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen employed in meatpacking plants walk off their jobs; demands include equalization of wages and conditions throughout U.S. plants - 1904

June 12

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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

June 11

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June 9

Helen Marot is born in Philadelphia to a wealthy family.

June 9

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June 8

A battle between the Militia and striking miners at Dunnville, Colo., ended with six union members dead and 15 taken prisoner.

June 8

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June 7

Militia sent to Cripple Creek, Colo., to suppress Western Federation of Miners strike - 1904

June 7