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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Omaha Steve

(99,896 posts) Sun Jun 21, 2015, 09:27 PM Jun 2015

6-21-15 The Day of the Rope in 2:00 (Twenty Irish miners were hung)

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/june-21-the-day-of-the-rope/

June 20, 2015
On this day in Labor History the year was 1877. It became known in Pennsylvania labor history as “The Day of the Rope.”

Twenty Irish miners were hung for allegedly belonging to a secret group of labor radicals known as the Molly Maguires.

2:00 minute audio at link.