The Western Federation of Miners on the Mesabi Range: An Address at a Social Entertainment of Hibbing Mine Workers
Speech
By: Teofilo Petriella
Date: November 26, 1906
Source: Petriella, Teofilo. The Western Federation of Miners on the Mesabi Range: An Address at a Social Entertainment of Hibbing Mine Workers. Pamphlets in American History. L1644, pp. 1–4, 7–9, 10, 12.
About the Author: Teofilo Petriella was an Italian-born socialist and labor organizer for the Western Federation of Miners (WFM). In addition to his activities in the iron-mining region of Minnesota, he was also active in efforts to organize copper miners on the Keweenaw Peninsula in northern Michigan.
Introduction
The Western Federation of Miners, organized in 1893, represented metal miners. It was particularly successful in the Rocky Mountain states, although it also launched serious organizing efforts in the Minnesota iron mines and the Michigan copper mines, and briefly attempted to organize...
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