Eugene V. Debs imprisoned in Woodstock, Ill. for role in Pullman strike -
1895 _(for more on Debs, check out [19]The Bending Cross: A Biography of
Eugene V. Debs __in the UCS bookstore)_
Links:
19. http://unionist.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9cee310b2c78fa78985b76038&id=f4be4d557e&e=7eab64386f
Italian activists and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti,
widely believed to have been framed for murder, go on trial today. They
eventually are executed as part of a government campaign against dissidents
? 1921
The Railway Labor Act took effect today. It was the first federal
legislation protecting workers? rights to form unions - 1926
9,000 rubber workers strike in Akron, Ohio - 1933
Explosion in Coal Creek, Tenn. kills 184 miners - 1902
Shootout in Matewan, W. Va. between striking union miners (led by Police
Chief Sid Hatfield) and coal company agents. Ten died, including seven
agents - 1920