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'31 Depression Blues
— Coal miner tells of hard times in the Depression. Miners go to work hungry, rag…
1913 Massacre
— In Calumet, Michigan, striking copper miners and their children are having a Ch…
A. R. U.
— "Been on the hummer since ninety-four, Last job I had was on the Lake Shore, Lo…
The Ashland Strike
— "I had a job; was well content And pleased in every way." "...The men, like me,…
Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line
— First verse describes leasing out of convicts to act as scabs in a miners' stri…
Casey Jones (IV) (Casey Jones the Union Scab)
— Casey Jones keeps working when the rest of the workers strike. (Someone puts ra…
Coal Creek Troubles
— "My song is founded on the truth, In poverty we stand. How hard the millionaire…
Durham Strike (Durham Lockout)
— "In our Durham County I am sorry for to say, That hunger and starvation is incr…
Father Was Killed by the Pinkerton Men
— "'Twas in a Pennsylvania town not very long ago, Men struck against reduction o…
The Fayette Brown
— When sailors go on strike, the owner of the lake schooner Fayette Brown hires a…