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On this day in Labor History

April 29, 1899
When their demand that only union men be employed was refused, members of the Western Federation of Miners dynamited and destroyed the $250,000 mill of the Bunker Hill Company at Wardner, Idaho - 1899
October 12, 1898
Company guards kill at least eight miners who are attempting to stop scabs, Virden, Ill. Six guards also were killed, and 30 persons wounded - 1898
August 12, 1898
Coal company guards kill 7, wound 40 striking miners who are trying to stop scabs, Virden, Ill. - 1898
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