Labor Revolt In Alabama
The Great Strike of 1894
1st Edition
Published on 22. November 2015
173 pages
978-0-8173-9059-4 (ISBN)
Description
The gripping story of the 1894 Alabama coal miners strike The Alabama coal miners' strike of 1894 to gain improved working conditions and to protect themselves from wage reductions. The authors recount the depression of the early 1890s, which set the stage for the strike, and the subsequent use of convict labor, which became a catalyst. The gripping story of the strike includes the dramatic decision to strike and corporate attempts to break the strike by the use of company guards and "e,scab"e, labor. In Alabama corporate bosses inflamed passions further by deploying African American "e,black leg"e, workers, ultimately requiring the deployment of the state militia to restore peace.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Early Efforts at Organization
- 2. Unionization, Political Revolt, and Panic
- 3. The Strike Begins
- 4. Violence and State Troops
- 5. More Violence and a Quieter Note
- 6. Trouble at the Tracks
- 7. The Miners and Political Protest
- 8. "The Agony Is Over
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
