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  Free Driver Offer 002.JPG - 1904 VICTOR MINER APPLICATION - Interesting early 20th century Western American trade union ephemera - the Colorado miners and mine owners dispute was one of the most violent and disturbing events in American labor history. Here is an application for work dated Jul. 8, 1904, at the height of the Colorado Labor Wars between the Western Federation of Miners and the Cripple Creek District Mine Owners Association; one of the application questions very specifically asking "Are you a member of the Western Federation of Miners?" among other queries; in this case, the application is for a young unmarried French national, Isidor De Wilde (age 20) who had never been employed in the U.S. before; referenced signatures of Jon Schmitt and Alf De Wilde (perhaps a relation) - evidently the questions an attempt to discern union sympathies by the hire; approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" size; printed black on light yellow paper and completed in manuscript; some edge, tips wear, dustiness, old docketing - spindling holes at top; De Wilde had most probably been hired as one of the non-union workers during the CCDMOA's attempts to break the union.  
 
 
 
 
 

Free Driver Offer 002 | 1904 VICTOR MINER APPLICATION - Interesting early 20th century Western American trade union ephemera - the Colorado miners and mine owners dispute was one of the most violent and disturbing events in American labor history. Here is an application for work dated Jul. 8, 1904, at the height of the Colorado Labor Wars between the Western Federation of Miners and the Cripple Creek District Mine Owners Association; one of the application questions very specifically asking "Are you a member of the Western Federation of Miners?" among other queries; in this case, the application is for a young unmarried French national, Isidor De Wilde (age 20) who had never been employed in the U.S. before; referenced signatures of Jon Schmitt and Alf De Wilde (perhaps a relation) - evidently the questions an attempt to discern union sympathies by the hire; approx. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" size; printed black on light yellow paper and completed in manuscript; some edge, tips wear, dustiness, old docketing - spindling holes at top; De Wilde had most probably been hired as one of the non-union workers during the CCDMOA's attempts to break the union. Download Original Image
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