Billy Edwards and the Unknown, 1895
Time to take care of this blog’s failure to pay attention to Gilded Age pugilism. Share
View ArticleThe Boxing Cats, 1894
More Gilded Age pugilism–except tonight it is boxing cats! The past is a strange place. Share
View ArticleThis Day in Labor History: June 26, 1894
On this day in 1894, the American Railway Union, headed by Eugene Debs, called a nationwide boycott in solidarity with their striking members at Pullman, Illinois. This action turned a small strike...
View ArticleThis Day in Labor History: July 4, 1892
On this date in 1892, the People’s Party held its first convention in Omaha, Nebraska. Building upon two decades of rural labor’s deep dissatisfaction with the Gilded Age, the Populists articulated a...
View ArticleBryan
Who wants to hear William Jennings Bryan give his Cross of Gold speech? Recorded in 1923. Surely not with the power of 1896, but still. Bryan’s voice starts at about 1:00. Via Greg Mitchell Share
View ArticleThis Day in Labor History: July 11, 1892
On July 11, 1892 striking silver miners in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho blew up the Frisco Mill, a mine building filled with guards, after getting into a firefight with Pinkertons, killing two mine employee...
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