. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. -^ to other employers, who refusedto give them work. The Unions resented this by urgingeverybody not to buy anything made by these peo[)le, or tohave any dealings whatever with them. The employers inturn brouglit foreign laborers here, who were not membersof Labor Unions, and who would \voik for low wages. Many strikes of alarming proportions were engaged in, andthere were riots in several cities. The most serious of thesetroubles were the Chicago strikes in 1880, the railroad strikesof 1877, the Homestead strikes in 1892
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. -^ to other employers, who refusedto give them work. The Unions resented this by urgingeverybody not to buy anything made by these peo[)le, or tohave any dealings whatever with them. The employers inturn brouglit foreign laborers here, who were not membersof Labor Unions, and who would \voik for low wages. Many strikes of alarming proportions were engaged in, andthere were riots in several cities. The most serious of thesetroubles were the Chicago strikes in 1880, the railroad strikesof 1877, the Homestead strikes in 1892, the Pullman, railroad,and coal miners strikes in 1894, and the strike of the steelworkers in 1901, and the coal miners strike in 1902. The leaders of the various labor organizations wisely dis-couraged the use of force in these strikes, but among the manyunemployed there are always enough ready to stir up riotsand destroy property. In most of the strikes mentioned Statemilitia was called out, while in some. United States troopswere used to protect life and
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