Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society The Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies) float passes by the old San Juan County offices on Reese Street during the Labor Day Parade of 1908. The IWW was founded in 1905 in Chicago by militant unionists including the Western Federation of Miners who opposed the more moderate American Federation of Labor.
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From the August 29, 1891 edition of the Silverton Standard: CHARLIE, GEORGE FINED FOR SNOWDEN AVE. HORSE RACE.
Chas. Melville and Geo.
Barbour were each fined $10 and costs yesterday for racing their horses on Snowden avenue. They were racing their horses Thursday evening and very nearly ran over one of Geo. Plantz’s children. The fine for this offence should be made heavy as there is no excuse for …
