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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: August 13, 2014
Caption: A Devisive Time, A Divided Place
Additional Description: panel 2
The Christmas party was organized Anna Klobuchar Clemenc, a local labor leader and president of the Women's Auxiliary Local No. 15 of the WFM.
Clemenc was well versed in the politics of the day; both her father and husband were miners. In July when the strike began, she led parades throught town, past mine management offices. She rallied strikers behind a large American flag, uniting them in common cause with other struggling workers across the country.

By Christmas, the strike was in its fifth month and mine managers had still refused to negotiate with union leaders. Strike funds were low, and with families feeling the pinch of winter, Clemenc organized a party to help lift spirits and improve morale. Hundreds of parents and children attended to take part in the holiday cheer.
Submitted: August 16, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p282849
File Size: 2.775 Megabytes

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