Anaconda Road Massacre

Anaconda Road Massacre

The Anaconda Road Massacre is an incident that occurred on April 21 1920 during a miners' strike in Butte, Montana. 15 strikers were shot and two were killed by agents allegedly hired by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, though no party was found guilty. Federal troops arrived on the 22nd, and 500 miners returned to work on the 23rd. The mine banned all members of the Industrial Workers of the World placing signs that read "No member of I.W.W. will be employed at this property." [http://www.butteamerica.com/hist.htm]

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* [http://www.butteamerica.com/labor.htm Butte America] "When Toil Meant Trouble"


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