The worst rail accident in U.S. history occurred when two trains pulled by
80-ton locomotives collided head-on at Dutchman?s curve in west Nashville,
Tenn. 101 people died, another 171 were injured - 1918
First anthracite coal strike in U.S. - 1842
Labor organizer Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor born on Staten Island, NY. Among
her activities: investigating child labor in glass factories and mines, and
working undercover in meat packing plants to verify for federal
investigators the nightmarish working conditions that author Upton Sinclair
had revealed in "The Jungle" - 1862
Striking New York longshoremen meet to discuss ways to keep new immigrants
from scabbing. They were successful, at least for a time. On July 14, 500
newly arrived Jews marched straight from their ship to the union hall. On
July 15, 250 Italian immigrants stopped scabbing on the railroad and joined
the union - 1882
Two strikers and a bystander are killed, 30 seriously wounded by police in
Duluth, Minn. The workers, mostly immigrants building the city?s streets and
sewers, struck after contractors reneged on a promise to pay $1.75 a day -
1889