Western Federation of Miners
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The Western Federation of Miners was a labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mines of the western United States and British Columbia. Its efforts to organize both hard rock miners
Famous Western Federation of Miners flyer entitled "Is Colorado in America?"
Colorado Labor Wars
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The Colorado Labor Wars were a series of labor strikes in 1903 and 1904 in the U.S. state of Colorado, by gold and silver miners and mill workers represented by the Western Federation of Miners. Oppos
"Victor, Colorado, The Scene Of The Rioting Of June 6th", c. 1904.
Pinkerton Detective Agency detective James McParland, seen here some time in the 1880s.
The "Last Dollar" and other mines, Independence, Colorado, c. 1904.
View of Cripple Creek, c. 1900.