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PBS's Red Metal: The Copper Country Strike of 1913 commemorates Michigan's bitter labor past
Watson, Debra
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/08/mich-j08.htmlDate Written: 2014-01-08 Publisher: World Socialist Web Site Year Published: 2014 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX15663 One hundred years ago, a major strike by copper miners was continuing in the Keweenaw Peninsula, which protrudes into Lake Superior in northern Michigan. In the middle of the months-long battle against intransigent mine owners, at least 73 people, mostly children, were killed in a horrific incident at a celebration on Christmas Eve in 1913. Subject Headings |