Labor & working lives
Explore this record →Gunfire at the Depots
A workers’ meeting, depot gunfire and months of hardship: the unrest of 1877 followed Shamokin families long after the first dispatches.
Newspaper coverage: 1877–1878
Shamokin Stories collection
From the Newspapers
Stories of Shamokin drawn from the newspapers of their day.
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When the Coal Strike Reached the Lights
The strikes of 1900 and 1902 reached public meetings, electric service and household relief in Shamokin—connected events, but not one interchangeable strike.
Newspaper coverage: 1900–1903