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Los Angeles Times bombing anniversary recalls 21 killed in 1910
Original: Today in Labor History October 1, 1910: Twenty-one people were killed when the Los Angeles Times building was dynamited
On October 1, 1910, a dynamite blast destroyed the Los Angeles Times building during an ongoing labor dispute, killing twenty-one people. Anarchists were immediately blamed for the attack, which came amid a bitter, prolonged battle between the Iron Workers Union and U.S. Steel. The bombing remains one of the deadliest incidents in American labor history.
Why now: Anniversary commemorations and labor history posts mark the date of the bombing.
Los Angeles TimesIron Workers UnionU.S. Steel
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- Today in Labor History October 1, 1910: Twenty-one people were killed when the Los Angeles Times building was dynamited during a labor strike. Anarchists were immediately blamed. The Iron Workers Union had been engaged in a brutal and protracted battle with U.S. Steel and the… · MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social · 17
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