When Baseball Met Big Bill Haywood
In the early 20th century, immigration, labor unrest, social reforms and government regulations threatened the power of the country''s largest employers. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester, New Hampshire, remained successful by controlling its workforce, the local media, and local and state government. When a 1912 strike in nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts, threatened to bring the I...
In the early 20th century, immigration, labor unrest, social reforms and government regulations threatened the power of the country''s largest employers. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester, New Hampshire, remained successful by controlling its workforce, the local media, and local and state government. When a 1912 strike in nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts, threatened to bring the I...
