Bay View massacre
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The Bay View massacre was the result of a strike held on May 4, 1886, by 7,000 building-trades workers and 5,000 Polish laborers who had organized at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Milwaukee, Wisco
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Jeremiah M. Rusk
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Jeremiah McLain Rusk was an American politician. A Republican, he was the second United States secretary of agriculture and the 15th governor of Wisconsin, and served three terms in the United States
Bay View massacre
…workers who gathered at the Milwaukee Iron Company rolling mill in Bay View. They were met by 250 National Guardsmen under order from Republican Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk. The strikers had shut down every business in the city except the North Chicago Rolling Mills in Bay View. The guardsmen's orders were that, if the…
Rusk c. 1870–80
Rusk c. 1860–75