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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03f8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B>By January, most of the National Guard troops were on their way home.  The strikers had to be getting tired. I am sure what little money and spirit they had left was almost gone.</B></div> <div> <B>However, the strike was carried on until April 13, 1914.  The union won a couple of their demands, mainly the 8-hour day and the establishment of a grievance system.</B></div> <div> <B>But the total cost, financially and emotionally, to the union, the workers and the mining companies would not be erased for years.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Copper Country Reflections</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copper Country Reflections"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id315.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Exterior View"><U><B><IMG SRC="0420e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id228.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Italian Hall Tragedy"><U><B><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.gif" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Click arrows to go through series.  Use the UP arrow to go back to the main page.</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> Monument</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <B>Located at the Corner of Elm and Seventh Streets in Calumet</B></div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Georgia Ref" ><B>                             Front                                                                   Back</B></FONT></div> <div>    <IMG SRC="719f4980.jpg" border=0 width="244" height="408" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="71bfb990.jpg" border=0 width="251" height="409" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> This plaque was dedicated in memory of the deceased Nov. 13, 1989</div> <bR> <div> View of the Arch at the Italian Hall Park</div> <div> <IMG SRC="71d93700.jpg" border=0 width="403" height="624" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The final demolition, 1984...</div> <div> <IMG SRC="73fa4480.jpg" border=0 width="420" height="328" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>