NTDMG5849 Guide to Mining Strike Damage photograph Mining Strike Damage photograph Finding Aid prepared by Jeremiah Fielding University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 2024

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-11-25. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Mining Strike Damage photograph MG 5849 1 folder April 29, 1898 Single photograph of the damage by the Coeur d'Alene. English .

1 print of damage caused by an explosion during a mining strike at Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mine on April 29, 1898. Item in poor condition.

The Coeur d'Alene Mining Strike of 1898 was a defining moment in northern Idaho history. Martial law was declared by the government and federal troops were deployed against the miners. Union miners attacked the hired guards and even blew up a mill with dynamite. The Industrial Works of the World Union was formed by the same leaders of the Coeur d'Alene Mining Strike.

Materials received from Reann Poray at the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library in Plainfield, IN in 2021 (MA 2021-22).

Collection is open for research

FOR PHOTOS: Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

https://www.britannica.com/event/Coeur-dAlene-riots

Series I: Images Mining Strike Damage Photo 1 items Photo of the 1898 Wallace mining strike damages. 1898 1 1