There are also the sites of strikes. some of which are known for their violent outcomes. They were. in a real sense. battlefields in the fight for fair wages and working conditions. Haymarket Square in Chicago. where workers met in 1886 to protest police actions against strikers. for example. A bomb went off. se% eral people died. and seven labor leaders were sentenced to death. Or the 1917 strike led by the Wobblies in the copper mines of Bisbee. AZ that ended when the sheriff and 1.800 deputies deported 1.200 strikers to New Mexico. Mr. President. these events form a vital part of American history.
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