A U.S.-China treaty prevents Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. - 1894

Western Federation of Miners gold miners in Cripple Creek, CO, go on strike for 5 months

Union miners in Cripple Creek, CO begin what is to become a five-month strike that started when mineowners cut wages to $2.50 a day, from $3. The state militia was called out in support of the strikers – the only time in U.S. history that a militia was directed to side with the workers. The strike ended in victory for the union - 1894