Today in Labor History – December 30th Gathering in the back room of Behrens’ cigar shop in Sedalia, Missouri, 33 railroad clerks form Local Lodge Number 1 of a union they named the Order of the Railroad Clerks of America – 1899 Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg, who had brutally suppressed the state’s miners, is killed by an assassin’s bomb. Legendary Western Federation of Miners leader William “Big Bill” Haywood and two other men were put on trial for the death but were ultimately declared innocent – 1905 GM sit-down strike spreads to Flint, Mich., will last 44 days before ending in union victory – 1936
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 14:03:04 +0000
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