1. Lattimer Massacre Sept. 10, 1897 Sheriff's men killed nineteen unarmed immigrant miners Fired on a peaceful labor demonstration made up of mostly Polish, Slovak, and Lithuanian miners.

2. On Sept. 1, miners began to strike unfair working conditions & wages On Sept 10, 400 strikers were on their way to shut down the A.D. Pardee & Co. at Lattimer They were unarmed.

3. demonstrators were met by the sheriff and several deputies. Strikers beaten They continued towards the Pardee mine.

6. strikers reached Lattimer, they were met again by the Sheriff & sixty armed deputies. sheriff again ordered the crowd to disperse, but marchers spoke different languages. someone reportedly yelled "Fire!" and the deputies opened fire on the strikers.

7. Gen. John Gobin with National Guardsmen in front of their headquarters at the Valley Hotel after the violence.

8. Sheriff Martin and 78 of his 87 deputies were arrested and put on trial, but were later acquitted. These parties alleged that the trial was conducted unfairly