Seventy-two 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. They were crushed against closed doors when they tried to flee - 1913
AFL officers are found in contempt of court for urging a labor boycott of Buck's Stove and Range Co. in St Louis, where the Metal Polishers were striking for a 9-hour day - 1908
A group of building trades unions from the Midwest meet in St. Louis to form the National Building Trades Council. The Council disbanded after several years of political and jurisdictional differences - 1897
Powered by children seven 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 percent of the mill workers in the state were youngsters, many working for less than $1 per week - 1790