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On this day in Labor History

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June 8, 1904

A battle between the militia and striking miners at Dunnville, Colo. ended with six union members dead and 15 taken prisoner. Seventy-nine of the strikers were deported to Kansas two days later – 1904

June 7, 1904

Militia sent to Cripple Creek, Colo., to suppress Western Federation of Miners strike – 1904

March 27, 1904

Mother Jones is ordered to leave Colorado, where state authorities accuse her of “stirring up” striking coal miners - 1904

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