‘Murder’ and mayhem
A century ago, Minnesota’s mining boom led to a huge strike, followed by violence and unrest
This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the largest labor conflicts in Minnesota history — the Mesabi Iron Range Strike of 1916. By the strike’s end in September 1916, thousands of miners had walked off the job, three people were dead and hundreds had been arrested. In the early 20th century, the Iron […]