One of the worst episodes of labor strife occurred at the Ohio Falls Iron Works, one of the largest iron manufacturers in the West. When managers attempted to impose a 20 percent wage cut in 1874, workers struck, prompting a standoff that lasted for several months.
Image courtesy of Industies of Louiville, Kentucky, and of New Albany, Indiana (Louisville: J. M. Elstner and Co., 1886), p. 238.