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The wikipedia also claims Blair Mountain was the largest strike: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of
by js2 5y ago
The wikipedia also claims Blair Mountain was the largest strike:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain
It was the deadliest by this list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_deaths_in_United_States_labor_disputes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_deaths_in_Unite...
- AlbertCory 5y agoIn 1941 in the River Rouge strike, [1] says "Sixty thousand workers and their families crowded into Cadillac Square in Detroit" So much for "largest march." However, you're right that Blair Mountain does appear to have had more armed conflict, although River Rouge had more people involved, as did the Pullman Strike. There were just more people in the industrialized North than in Appalachia. Why bother arguing about this? I'm really tired of things being called "the biggest [or worst] in history" when the real meaning is "biggest I can think of, off the top of my head." [1] https://speakoutsocialists.org/the-strike-at-river-rouge-detroit-1941-2/ https://speakoutsocialists.org/the-strike-at-river-rouge-det...