In Pennsylvania, Polish, Lithuanian and Slovak miners are gunned down by the Lattimer Mine?s sheriff deputies?19 dead, more than 50 wounded?during a peaceful march from Hazelton to Lattimer. Some 3,000 were marching for collective bargaining and civil liberty. The shooters were tried for murder but the jury failed to convict ? 1897
In convention at Topeka, Kan., delegates create the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. The men who repaired the nation's rail cars were paid 10 or 15? an hour, working 12 hours a day, often seven days a week - 1890
Employers give in to the demands of striking miners in McKees Rocks, Pa., agree to improved working conditions, 15-percent hike in wages and elimination of a "pool system" that gave foremen control over each worker?s pay - 1909