>They didn't use force, as far as I am aware Then you're not very aware. During the Gilded Age there were hundreds of strikes a large minority of which ended

>They didn't use force, as far as I am aware Then you're not very aware. During the Gilded Age there were hundreds of strikes a large minority of which ended with the murder of the organizers and arrest of the leadership, an incomplete list thanks to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_strikes#1850.E2.80.931899 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_strikes#1850.E2.80.9318...