EPISODE · Apr 29, 2026 · 1 MIN
April 29 - The Mine Wars Get Ugly
from Labor History in 2:00 · host The Rick Smith Show
On this day in Labor History the year was 1899. That was the day that Idaho miners detonated 50 cases of dynamite at the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mine in Wardner. For nearly a decade Idaho miners and owners had been locked in bitter battle in the Coeur d’Alene District. The mining companies fought against unionization.
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