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(33287) Strikes, Cigar Workers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1913

I.W.W. supporters and striking workers demonstrate during the Pittsburgh cigar strike of 1913. Signs read: "We are dying of consumption while our exploiters are rolling in luxury" "You have nothing to loose but your chains and a world to gain ...

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(33288) Strikes, Cigar Workers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1913

I.W.W. supporters and striking workers demonstrate during the Pittsburgh cigar strike of 1913. A woman carries a sign that reads: "Mr. Dry Slitz Smoker We are on Strike Are you Wise?" "I.W.W." is written on the sign's handle. Date:&nbs ...

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(4744) Everett Massacre, Prisoners, Washington, 1917

Some of the 73 IWW members held prisoner at the county jail after the Everett Massacre. The ...

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(4823) Harlan County Coal War, W.B. Jones and Family, Kentucky, 1930s

... of the Evarts Local of the United Mine Workers and an IWW member, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in relation to the ...

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(5834) Hop pickers, Durst Ranch, Wheatland, California, 1913

... as pickers. When the living conditions and poor wages led IWW activists to call for a strike, the ranch owners called on the sheriff to ... and two lawmen and two migrant workers were killed. The IWW was blamed for the four deaths and the two activist, Richard Ford and ...

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(4911) Hop pickers, Durst Ranch, Wheatland, California, 1913

... as pickers. When the living conditions and poor wages led IWW activists to call for a strike, the ranch owners called on the sheriff to ... and two lawmen and two migrant workers were killed. The IWW was blamed for the four deaths and the two activist, Richard Ford and ...

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(4933) Halls, Houston, Texas, 1930s-1940s

Exterior of IWW Local No. 510 Hall in Houston, Texas. Date:  1930s-1940s ...

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(5167) Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Paterson Strike, 1913

Portrait of IWW organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, taken during the Paterson Silk Strike of ...

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(5831) Durst Ranch, Hop pickers camp, Wheatland, California, 1913

... as pickers. When the living conditions and poor wages led IWW activists to call for a strike, the ranch owners called on the sheriff to ... and two lawmen and two migrant workers were killed. The IWW was blamed for the four deaths and the two activist, Richard Ford and ...

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(5833) Durst Ranch, Hop Pickers in their camp on strike, Wheatland, California

... as pickers. When the living conditions and poor wages led IWW activists to call for a strike, the ranch owners called on the sheriff to ... and two lawmen and two migrant workers were killed. The IWW was blamed for the four deaths and the two activist, Richard Ford and ...

Image - mwallace - 04/03/2009 - 14:27 - 0 comments - 3 attachments