The Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, labor riot of 1899 was the second of two major labor-management confrontations in the Coeur d'Alene mining district of northern Idaho in the 1890s. Like the first incident se
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill sometime after the 1899 Coeur d'Alene explosion
Burke, Idaho
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Burke is a ghost town in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States, established in 1887. Once a thriving silver, lead and zinc mining community, the town saw significant decline in the mid-twentieth centu
1899 Coeur d'Alene labor confrontation
…all other union men collect their back pay and quit. The strike by the union local at Wardner was not succeeding, and the nearby WFM locals, at Gem, Burke, and Mullan, feared that the other mine owners would cut wages to match those paid at the Bunker Hill mine. During the trial, these proved to be only…
East hillside of Burke as seen in 2017
Burke, c. 1891, showing the railway track running on the street through town.
The Tiger Hotel, a 150-room hotel with the railway running through the main lobby.
The Poorman, Burke, Idaho 1890