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THE DECADE OF
DYNAMITE
Review
Progressive Era
Period of uncertainty, social activism and political and social reform
had labor and capital engage in such a private warfare than during
this decade. (until the 1910s)
Homestead
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unionism it was clearly derived from the new theories of industrial unionism.
Between 1910-1917, the AFL gained some 800,000 new members. Over 70%
of the growth came from railway, building, coal mining and clothing.
Some of the most bitter labor fights in the 1910s took place in these industries.
Addition unexploded bombs found at the home of Harrison Gray Otis (owner of
38 were convicted.
Matthew Schmidt and David Caplan were also arrested
to be low.
Hours were long and conditions were deplorable.
Three unions existed in the needle trade industry but were confined
I learned a new sound that day, a sound more horrible than description
can picture -- the thud of a speeding living body on a stone sidewalk "
-William Gunn Shepard (reporter)
Owners were brought to trial but were acquitted, but lost a
subsequent civil suit and was made to compensate the families of the
victims in the amount of $75 per victim. Insurance company paid the
owners $60,000 more than the reported losses - $400 per victim.
Brought attention to sweatshop conditions in factories
Series of regulatory laws to protect workers safety.
March 25, 1911- Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire 10-story Asch Building in
Deaths were exacerbated due to blocked or locked fire escapes to prevent stealing and broken
elevators.
One fire escape the victims had access to collapse due to the weight and heat of the fire
causing twenty victims to fall to their death.
Other victims pried the elevator shafts open and jumped to their deaths attempting to escape the
flames.
Over 62 people jumped to their deaths from windows.
I learned a new sound that day, a sound more horrible than description can picture
-- the thud of a speeding living body on a stone sidewalk " -William Gunn Shepard
(reporter)
Owners were brought to trial but were acquitted, but lost a subsequent civil suit
and was made to compensate the families of the victims in the amount of $75 per
victim. Insurance company paid the owners $60,000 more than the reported
losses - $400 per victim.
Brought attention to sweatshop conditions in factories
Series of regulatory laws to protect workers safety.
1912 - Bread and Roses - Lawrence, Mass., ended with 23,000 men and women
and children on strike and with as many as 20,000 on the picket line
Coal Mines
Growth of the AFL membership in the coalfields after 1910
agency to break the strike brought in 300 troops to evict the workers
from their rented homes and brought in scab labor.
Beatings, sniper attacks and sabotage were daily occurrences.
Martial law was declared strikers were forbidden to congregate and
their weapons seized. Strikers were arrested and tried in military
courts.
In February company guards machine gunned a tent village of
striking workers setting off another gun battle.
Over 150 strike leaders were arrested; Over 50 killed through violence
many more through starvation and malnutrition
Coal Mines
Growth of the AFL membership in the coalfields after 1910
developed primarily out of conflicts in West Virginia and
Colorado.
1912 Paint Creek and Cabin Creek Mine War April 18, 1912
agency to break the strike brought in 300 troops to evict the workers
from their rented homes and brought in scab labor.
Beatings, sniper attacks and sabotage were daily occurrences.
Martial law was declared strikers were forbidden to congregate and
their weapons seized. Strikers were arrested and tried in military
courts.
In February company guards used a machine gun to open fire on a
tent village of striking workers setting off another gun battle.
Over 150 strike leaders were arrested; Over 50 killed through violence
many more through starvation and malnutrition
April 20, 1914 14-hour gun battle. Miners tent colony is pelted
with machine gun fire and torched by state militia. Two women and
11 children were killed in the fire.
out of finances
Over 75 people were killed
400 people were arrested; 332 of whom were indicted for