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December 26

Knights of Labor founded. Constitution bars from membership ?parasites,? including stockbrokers and lawyers - 1869

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December 25

A dynamite bomb destroyed a portion of the Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles, where a bitter strike was in progress ? 1910

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December 24

72 copper miners? children die in panic caused by a company stooge at Calumet, Mich., who shouted ?fire? up the stairs into a crowded hall where the children had gathered.

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December 23

AFL officers are found in contempt of court for urging a labor boycott of Buck's Stove and Range Co. in St Louis, MO where the Metal Polishers were striking for a 9-hour day - 1908

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December 22

21 Chicago firefighters, including the chief, died when a building collapsed as they were fighting a huge blaze at the Union Stock Yards. By the time the fire was extinguished 26 hours after the first alarm, 50 engine companies and seven hook and ladder companies had been called to the scene. Until Sept. 11, 2001, it was the deadliest building collapse in American history in terms of firefighter fatalities - 1910

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December 21

Powered by children 7 to 12 years old working dawn to dusk, Samuel Slater?s thread-spinning factory goes into production in Pawtucket, R.I., launching the Industrial Revolution in America. By 1830, 55 per cent of the mill workers in the state were youngsters, many working for less than $1 per week - 1790

December 21