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January 19

Twenty strikers at the American Agricultural Chemical Co. in Roosevelt, N.J., were shot, two fatally, by factory guards.

January 19

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January 18

U.S. Supreme Court rules in Moyer v. Peabody that a governor and officers of a state National Guard may imprison anyone?in the case at hand, striking miners in Colorado?without probable cause ?in a time of insurrection? and deny the person the right of appeal - 1909

January 18

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January 17

Radical labor organizer and anarchist Lucy Parsons leads hunger march in Chicago; IWW songwriter Ralph Chaplin writes "Solidarity Forever" for the march - 1915

January 17

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January 16

The United States Civil Service Commission was established as the Pendleton Act went into effect - 1883

January 16

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January 15

Wobbly Ralph Chaplin, in Chicago for a demonstration against hunger, completes the writing of the labor anthem ?Solidarity Forever? on this date in 1915.

January 15