What the records say
- When
- 1873
- Kind
- Strike
- Coordinates
- 41.00° N, 77.50° W
- Description
- union strike in the United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Coal miners' strike of 1873
Union strike in the United States
The Coal miners' strike of 1873, was a strike against wage cuts in the Mahoning, Shenango, and Tuscarawas Valleys of northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania. In the Tuscarawas Valley, the labor action lasted six months, and in the Mahoning Valley four and a half months, but the walkouts failed.
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