Monday, May 1, 2023

Saturday, May 1, 1943. Strikes and Terminations

480,000 coal mining members of the United Mine Workers went on strike. President Roosevelt ordered them to return to work by 10:00 a.m. They didn't.

An executive order followed, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to take possession of the mines, if necessary.

“You Can’t Dig Coal With Bayonets”

In case you wondered, 55,156 people are employed in the American coal mining industry today.

On the same day, Ford Motor Company fired 141 employees because of labor disputes. Most of those fired were African Americans.

800 British troops, mostly Colonial forces, went down with the British troopship Erinpura which was sunk north of Benghazi by German aircraft.

Count Fleet won the Kentucky Derby.

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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