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Author J. Anthony Lucas traces Haywood trial, Coeur d'Alene labor clashes and Montana’s role
Summary
At a Helena Public Library lecture, author J. Anthony Lucas outlined his research on the 1907 trial of labor leader “Big Bill” Haywood, the 1905 assassination of former Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg and cross‑border labor conflicts that drew federal troops into Idaho and Montana.
Author J. Anthony Lucas, a two‑time Pulitzer Prize winner, told an audience at the Helena Public Library that his current book examines the 1907 trial of William “Big Bill” Haywood and the earlier labor violence and federal response in the Coeur d'Alene mining district that prosecutors said led to the 1905 assassination of former Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg.
Lucas said the case grew out of a string of labor confrontations in northern Idaho, including a violent 1899 episode at the Bunker Hill mill and an 1892 incident in Burke that drove nonunion miners toward Montana. He described how James McParland, the Pinkerton detective who infiltrated labor organizations in…
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