Federal employees win the right to receive Workers' Compensation insurance coverage - 1916

Operating railway employees win 8 hour day - 1916

A bomb was set off during a "Preparedness Day" parade in San Francisco, killing 10 and injuring 40 more. Tom Mooney, a labor organizer, and Warren Billings, a shoe worker, were convicted of the crime, but both were pardoned 23 years later - 1916