February 7, 2026
That Time Colorado Took The Side Of ... The Workers???
February 7, 1894, in labor history!
TL;DR
- Gold miners in Cripple Creek, Colorado, struck in 1894 over a 10-hour workday with no pay raise.
- The strike became one of the Gilded Age's largest victories for organized labor.
- Governor Davis Waite intervened, siding with the workers and disbanding the mine owners' private army.
- The strike resulted in the restoration of the eight-hour day and previous wages for the miners.
- The event significantly boosted the Western Federation of Miners and influenced future labor movements.
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