... 1892, 11 people were reported dead because of the strike at Carnegie Homestead and "a number of others were reported dead, but the Coroner has no official notification of their death". This shows that because of strikers and misunderstandings, too many people were killed. Labor unions also did not get much accomplished. According to the "Hours and Wages of Industrial Workers 1875-1891" Average daily ... hours went down from 9.9 hours to 9.4 hours. That is only a half an hour over a sixteen-year period, which is not very substantial. According to the Index of Average Daily Wages, wages o...

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... of immigrants began to come to America. Who could cause all these problems? Big factory owners, that's who. Sweatshop owners took advantage of the immigrant's ignorance and poverty and successfully got them to work for very low wages, obscene hours, and terrible conditions. Some industries that used sweatshops were cigar-making, clothing, medical and needlework industries. Also most of these buildings were ... stairs and elevator, and only one fire exit. The two main things that were associated with the working conditions were long hours and low pay. In 1910, 70% of all American industr...

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... were staying in. They were pulled from their car, cuffed, and separated into two patrol cars while their vehicle was searched. After a couple of hours they were let go with an explanation from police that they fit the description of some robbery suspects. In Florida, a black man was pulled over by 2 Orange County deputies. He was pulled from his car, thrown ... key border states like Arizona and New Mexico, conflicting answers to questions involving origin and destination and maps. Bob Vogel began accumulating tremendous arrest statistics and earned the attention of the Federal Drug Enfo...

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