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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: August 13, 2014
Caption: A Divisive Time, A Divided Place
Additional Description: panel 3
Cheer turned to grief
The party was disrupted, which led to the death of more than 70 people, most of them children. With strike funds depleted, disenchantment grew on all sides, and the strike ended by vote in April, 1914. Many people left Calumet to start anew in cities like Chicago or Detroit. Some went to find work in western mines. Others stayed, turned in their union cards, and returned to work along side those who had remained on the companies' side.

Italian Hall continued to host events for decades, yet its condition deteriorated. When it was demolished in 1984, people collected chairs, bricks, steps, and other reminders of the building and its history.

People gather at this site each Christmas Eve to remember the victims and those who had to navigate a divisive time and a divided place.
Submitted: August 16, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p282850
File Size: 2.713 Megabytes

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