Bill Haywood

Bill Haywood

male, deceased (1928)
afl, craft union, ColoradoLaborWars, Labor leader, industrial unionism, direct action…american federation of labor, Labor unions in the United States, American labor movement
William Dudley Haywood (February 4, 1869-May 18, 1928), better known as Big Bill Haywood, was a prominent figure in the American labor movement....

Charles Moyer

male
Trade unionist, pinkerton, American miner, Pinkerton National Detective Agency, Harry Orchard, ColoradoLaborWars
Charles Moyer was president of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) during the Colorado Labor Wars. He was implicated in the 1905 assassination...

Morris Friedman

male
Western Federation of Miner, Big Bill Haywood, ColoradoLaborWars, Idaho Daily Statesman, Pinkerton Labor Spy
Morris Friedman was, until 1905, the private stenographer for Pinkerton detective James McParland. Friedman came to the attention of the public...

Steve Adams

male
pinkerton, American miner, Pinkerton National Detective Agency, Western Federation of Miner, Coeur d'Alene miners' dispute, Harry Orchard…ColoradoLaborWars, American labor unionist
Steve Adams, sometimes known as Stephen Adams, played a minor, but particularly revealing, role in events surrounding the murder trial of Harry...
Emma F. Langdon

Emma F. Langdon

female
Denver, ColoradoLaborWars, Industrial Workers of the World leader, American miner, American, victor…Labor leader
Emma Florence Langdon was born in Tennessee in 1875. She moved to the gold mining district of Cripple Creek, Colorado in 1903. She was an...