December 28, 1912, was a day of reckoning for the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, a union once hailed as a champion of the working class. In a shocking verdict, a federal jury in Indianapolis found 38 union labor officials guilty of conspiring to promote explosions on non-union work sites throughout the country. Their actions, which spanned the West Coast to the Midwest, brought about devastating loss of life and destruction, leaving a trail of terror in their wake.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Organized Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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