Several labor organizations had attempted recruiting Lake Superior copper district mine workers over the latter decades of the 19th century. Some of them were e
The screenwriters strike, approaching five months at the time of this writing, crippled the industry and LA and was reported on frequently. The 1894 Western Federation of Miners’ strike in Cripple Creek was covered nationally and was especially of interest in Aspen because many Cripple Creek miners had previously lived in Aspen.