Polish, Lithuanian and Slovak miners are gunned down?19 dead, more than 50 wounded?by the Lattimer Mine's sheriff deputies in Hazelton, Pa. Most were
shot in the back. The miners were marching peacefully and without weapons for collective bargaining and civil liberty - 1897
In convention at Topeka, Kansas, delegates create the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. The men who repaired the nation's rail cars were paid 10 or 15 cents an hour, working 12 hours a day, often seven days a week ? 1890